Letter to the Staff

Dear All,

Welcome back. I am so amazed by the work you’ve displayed this past year. It’s been a rough one, and I dearly apologize to you for all the obstacles we’ve had to face. I’m forever thankful to those of you who chose to stick around – and am missing dearly those of you who didn’t.

At last, you’re holding this magazine in your hands – a pledge to your hard work and creativity. To our hard work and creativity. I hope you love it as much as I do, and I hope you’re just as excited to hold something so intrinsically our own as I am.

This magazine is yours, it is mine, it is ours, as is everything that we create. Art belongs as much to its creator as it does to its consumer. After all, consuming art is a creation in its own right, is it not? Creation of thought, of empathy, of community.

I hope that this magazine, this past year with us, and Encounters overall have been a safe space for you. And I hope it stays that way for the eons to come.

Kindly,

Karina Aslanyan Managing Editor