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Reverie Fair Winter Edition 2016
The
Stone is the stuff of the earth.
Pebbles chatter amongst
themselves as they roll in and
out of the waves, traveling
together from shallows to
shore and back. Great boulder
formations represent
landmarks that show up in
photos and paintings created
centuries apart. And yet, what
is simpler than a stone? Hold a
smooth, round beach rock in
the palm of your hand and
marvel at its neutral beauty.
As we put the finishing
touches on this issue the
temperatures in Chicago are
near zero, but we hope you
will find that The Stone glows with the heat of our creative energies. Reverie Fair
Magazine celebrates the
creative endeavors of women
around the world, and women
are masters of the act of
creation.
Our cover model is none other
than Reverie Fair’s Founder,
Creative Director and new
mother, Carly Kemper-Bos. Car
and her husband welcomed
their firstborn just days before
Thanksgiving, then spent the
next month by his side in a
neonatal intensive care unit.
By the time the new family got
home, Carly had grown strong
as stone, protecting her little
one and warming him in the
heat of love like a baking sun.
It is our pleasure to feature two
works by our dear friend and
frequent guest writer, Lisa
Welz, who turned our focus for
The Lens to the past. Frances
Benjamin Johnston left a
historic record of the people
and places around her. The
images we chose are from a
collection of stark landscapes
and strong characters. In 13
years as a journalist, Lisa
conducted scores of
interviews. She is gifted in the
nuances of The Conversation.
We asked her to offer her
thoughts on what may be a
dying art.
Italian artist Sabina Botti collects smooth drops of
marble from the beaches of
Tuscany. It is the stuff from
which great works of art and
architecture are hewn, but Sabi
simply adorns it with color. See
her tiny images of magical
characters in The Brush.
The poems in The Pen are
excerpted from Lynne Handy’s
upcoming book, Spy Car and
Other Poems. The writer says
her poetry is not for everyone.
We say it is just fine for us, and
for The Stone.
Ceramic artist Laura Sharp
spends winter days skiing in
the back country around her
home in Alberta, Canada. It’s
clear that her ceramic works
are inspired by the vast natural
beauty that surrounds her.
Laura’s studio is called White
Owl Ceramics, and you can see
just a few of her pieces in The
Kiln.
We are proud to introduce
Sophia Thompson, the newest
member of the Reverie Fair
family. In her first feature
piece, our Junior Staff Editor
offers thoughts on the literary
concept of resilience. Her love
of dystopian novels made
Sophia the expert on the
subject.
Sometimes we look at what an
artist does, and we wonder if
perhaps they should be doing
something else for a living.
Erin Miller makes jewelry in
her spare time. We might
never have found her if she
didn’t work with one of us in
the publishing industry. Erin’s
glittering natural treasures, as
far as we know, have not been
discovered beyond a small Etsy
following. You can see them
now in The Trove.
It’s been interesting putting
this issue together, arranging
each piece so it nestles snugly
into place between the others.
We see potential in every
pebble now. We hope you will
feel the same way after
reading this issue of Reverie
Fair. Thank you for turning the
page.
Laura Slivinski, Senior Editor