The Future is as Bright as we Dream it to Be
from the editor
as featured on page 5 of the December 2018 issue
As the Blank Spaces community continues to grow, I find myself increasingly humbled to see the ripples of its influence. What a powerful time we’re living in, when someone can post a vision on a website and watch people across a whole country rally around it and take it up as their own!
I recently participated in a local craft fair, my publishing booth a little out of place among the stained glass and homemade baby hats, but what a pleasure to share my passion with an unsuspecting public! What a thrill to sell three back issues to an older woman who was over the moon to know that a ‘young person’ was keeping print alive in Canada!
There are moments of self-doubt, certainly times when I shake my head and think I have no business doing this, but then my email dings with another submission or a word of encouragement from someone who is moved by the work we’re trying to do and I’m reminded that what we’re doing is making a difference in the creative journeys of creatives all across Canada.
In the foreword of Just Words Volume 2 I said that I wanted “to make a positive mark on the future of Canadian creatives. It doesn’t have to be a big mark. It could be minuscule in the vast scope of the publishing industry; but someday, when someone is examining their life, I want them to gaze through the microscope and see that Blank Spaces positively influenced them on their artistic pursuit, whatever it was.”
Legacy matters, and I hope Blank Spaces is as much a part of yours as it is of mine as together, we fill the gaps with story and colour.
—Alanna Rusnak, Editor in Chief
1 comments
Very true, such a motivative post, thank you for sharing it with us.
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