from the editor
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his past summer I had the chance to take the train from Indiana to Seattle, Washington. It was a three day trip that I got to spend with my grandmother. Along the way, I was able to truly relax and see the beauty of this world we live in. It was a lot of quiet time, my music pouring through my headphones as I was able to journal and snap photographs of everything that passed by my window. One of the days, I had lunch in the dining car with a woman from Seattle. The woman, a bicycle mail carrier had spent the past sixty days traveling the country asking students two questions—what inspires them and how they came to the conclusion of what they wanted to do. At the age of 52 , she was heading to school for the first time, but wanted to get inside the minds of my generation. She wanted to know what inspired them and their creative process through the interworkings of their mind. For me, I’ve been inspired by the arts and the power it has to change the lives of individuals. I believe the arts play an essential role in shaping a new generating of students that will one day become leaders and changers in this world. In this issue, I’ve highlighted artists in all areas. Grab a group of friends and go enjoy music at a music festival this summer, or get to know some of the Ball State University dance students. Keep Reading. Keep Creating. Keep Processing.
// We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren’t on our lists, people we’ve never met but still want to protect, We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.” jonathan safran foer
MAY 2011 | 4