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Volume 8

pause | collect | sustain

A note from the editor

It’s been some time since we published the last volume. A lot has happened in that time and with the magazine, clearly a lot has not. Sometimes you plan a break and sometimes it’s planned for you. In our case, it was more of the latter. As some things change, develop, build, others need to be looked at differently, reassessed, and perhaps recommitted to.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the practice and cycles. We are in an age where, more so than before, we look at the final product; we look at the final presentation; our attention comes together when the curtains part and it feels as though the show is about to begin.

What of the moment before?
What of the moment after?

It is a cycle. 
We take all the steps to reach that moment where the performance begins,
then the performance is over,
and the day ends, all the same.
You wake up the next morning, all the same,
to do it all over again.

This has been percolating over the last several months as we’ve been working to re-engage with the magazine, to bring it back from an extended pause, and it has been different. It has had a different feel. Moving into the eighth volume and moving into the third year feels distant even though it is not. Because of this break, it feels like a lot of things have to be relearned, rewritten, reframed, and yet somehow the magazine must remain the same. Its core intact.

I think the break was necessary, albeit unintentional, but necessary to reflect and understand how we must move forward in this landscape. I’m reminded of my previous note and thoughts on the word ‘edit’. It feels ever relevant today. But in thinking of cycles, I remind myself that all we can do is take the next step. No matter the outcome, the steps are in our control and that is what we must focus on.

Having stepped back so that now we can step forward.
Into, Volume 08.

Ishan Benegal

Editor-in-Chief