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For us (young graduates, a traveler, new mothers, a veterinary technician, and a florist) the process of discovering this little magazine was a meal of gulping, with sips and nibbles in between—of chewing the cud we had created. After many prayers and puzzling over ideas and proposals for weeks, we noticed that our ultimate aim was to reveal faith in art. We decided this was a good aim and kept going. And through this our magazine materialized, the title was chosen, and the topic for our first issue’s theme, “Chewing on Life” surfaced. Yet we found that creating and publishing a magazine, much like ruminating, isn’t done in one swallow.
Often it was, “Can we make a literary magazine? Yes.” Grab. Scarf.
Gobble. Gulp. And then, “Oh no. What were we thinking?” Cold food.
Nibbles. Sips. But in spite of our somewhat erratic pace, a feast was
served and taken. We were lucky to have such great artists submitting,
chewing--believing in the task at hand. We were fortunate to find
encouraging yeses when they were most needed. This is what brought
RUMINATE through the ponderings and onto the presses. We are grateful.
And we hope you enjoy—it is far richer than we ever dreamed. For it
just so happens that “chewing on life” occurs at the end of a pier, is
as real as a cow’s cud, as big as The Blues and The Classics, as
particular as a well-made pie, and as substantial as the communion
table. To create is to chew. To believe is to chew. Take and eat. And
cheers to a good meal.
With many thanks,
Brianna Van Dyke
~RUMINATE is for my grandmother, Janet McCabe, who passed
away last spring—because she was the ultimate lover of words and all
things worth chewing.
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