Editor’s Note

     As I was evaluating the overwhelming number of submissions for this issue, I was reminded of the true essence of art and, in effect, what makes it so intriguing to those of us who seek it out: its humanity. Art—by this I refer to all of the works which require a union of creativity and discipline—seems always to have some kind of relationship with those qualities that make each of us innately human. Whether masking or exposing it, exploring or offering penance for it, art always draws us in with how it interacts with pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth : in short, the Cardinal Sins.

     The contents of the following pages make it obvious that this magazine’s name is drawn from the inspiration of the art it celebrates. The pieces in this issue exemplify not only the talented artists we have as students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Saginaw Valley State University, but also that intricate relationship which art maintains with something inside each of us.  

     I would like to thank my husband, Nathan, who continues to cultivate the creative being in me, and who supported me in every step of this endeavor. I would also like to thank my parents, who have insisted for the last twenty-three years that I can be successful in whatever I set my mind to. This issue—and all of the bits and pieces of myself woven through it—is for the three of them.

   Lindsay S. Bryce

    Editor-in-Chief