From the Editor’s Desk
Bonne Annee! Happy New Year!
To some Winter is a time of endings, the fields
have been plowed to await the Spring planting,
trees stand naked without their leaves, a year will
come to an end and yet it is also in Winter that a
new year begins. It is with the energy of renewal
that I approach Winter. Perhaps things slow
down a bit, but all the better to recharge the
battery; there may be a few more layers of
clothing but all the better to shelter and
rejuvenate the body for the Spring that’s to come.
At ProSeed Books and The Cone we enter this
Winter invigorated in our continual march
toward growth, collaboration, exploration and
our desire to make a difference in the world,
however small.
With this our fourth issue The Cone has now
completed a year of publication and our viewers
have grown steadily so I wanted to thank all of
you for taking time to peruse, read and share The
Cone. As much as The Cone is a truly
collaborative effort of many writers and artists
around the globe, our biggest collaboration is
with you, the reader. Even as I write this the
Spring issue is actively being planned and I am
excited to see what improvements 2015 will bring
to the publication.
In this issue photographer Ana Yazdi takes us
on a photographic journey in Turkey, we will
learn how to Cut It Old School; we have
interviews with Artist Andre Allen and with
Actor/Writer David Dastmalchian and that is just
the tip of the iceberg of this jam packed issue. So
I hope you will dive in deep, read the articles,
watch the videos, engage and explore. It may be
Winter, but we’re not slowing down here at The
Cone.
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THE CONE - ISSUE #4 - WINTER 2015