EDITOR’S NOTE Remember to draw out the creative soul within you. Dig deep and express what moves you; what gets you out of bed in the morning. We are all capable of beautiful, expressive art. Art is subjective. That means whatever you consider art, is art, and no one person can dictate whether it’s truly “art” or not. Make it, support it or inspire it. Be someone’s muse or someone’s medium. Travel places to find it. Talk about it. Do whatever you can to be a part of it. You are an inspiration, each and every one of you, to the gifted visionaries that surround us. “We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out, and combed out. We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible. Told to act our age. Told to grow up, for God’s sake. And you know why we were told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what they’d allowed to wither in themselves.” - Robert R. McCammon, Boy’s Life I lifted this quote from the back of a flyer from Bula, a kava bar in downtown Cocoa Beach. I found it laying on the counter of Wahoo Coffee, randomly placed, just for me to find. It moved me and I wanted to share it with you. Because that’s what art does, it moves you and then inspires you to share it with others. I hope you enjoy this month’s publication.
Sharon Lacy
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