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Brandon Rushton 63 GUEST EDITORIAL JASPER ONLINE • %\5DQG\$NHUV MDVSHUFROXPELDFRPMDVSHUFROXPELDQHWEORJ IDFHERRNFRPMDVSHUFROXPELDWZLWWHUFRPMDVSHUDGYLVHV A MESSAGE FROM JASPER Dear Friends, 3˞˝˝˒˗ː˝˘ːˎ˝ˑˎ˛ a magazine is a lot about the music direction Dream Girls to the writing a column that bounced around al- of work. vagaries of 19th century female composers most as much as what I chose to feature— ǯȋϐȌ to the curious case of Andy Warhol, among but ultimately I’d like to think (humbly, if into my new role as assistant editor here other subjects. It’s a ride. that’s possible) that I forged a particular at Jasper, that might seem like a fairly ob- Putting it all together though, is a pro- sensibility of what and how we wrote about vious thing to say. After all, cries of being cess, one that requires a lot of thinking, our music scene. I’ve also dabbled in oth- overworked are practically an American brainstorming, and chasing down ideas be- ǡϐǡǡ tradition, particularly among us white col- fore there’s an even a rough sketch of what theater for the magazine when inspired or lar folks who gather together over wine or the magazine is going to look like. And from called upon to, but what has remained con- a beer late at night to commiserate about issue to issue, there’s also always a small sistent is my desire to both to get at the heart our endless mountains of blown deadlines ȋ Ȍ ϐ of a story emotionally and intellectually, to and backlog of projects. But I’m not saying out. These problems range from the logis- acknowledge all of the outward realities of that to garner your sympathy, but rather tical—a photographer may have locked his art while at the same time recognizing that to push it towards our fearless leader, Edi- keys in the car on the way to a shoot or a how and why it makes us tick is usually a lit- tor-in-chief Cindi Boiter. planned feature falls through because the tle more complicated than that. Having worked closely with Cindi on subject is out of town—to concerns about That’s pretty much what the magazine ϐǡ - ϐ has done across the board as well, but as timately understand the laborious process stories we tell or how much we should tem- the new assistant editor I’d like to continue of corralling a legion of talented freelanc- per our desire to educate and promote with and strengthen that mission. As Columbia’s ers to not only take on assignments, but to critique and taste. It’s hard to predict what arts scene grows, there’s a clear hunger to ǡ ϐ these quandaries will be ahead of time, or challenge ourselves, in all sorts of ways, and the magazine’s vision and challenges our how best to prepare for them. You just deal. there’s always going to be some tension and readers. All of that is only partly why Cindi asked disagreement over any sort of change. How- We’ve mostly succeeded this time, with for my help though. Since I started with Jas- ever long my tenure in this position will be, an eclectic array of subject matter that per as music editor back in 2011, she’s al- I’d like for us here at Jasper to do our best to ȋϐ - ways encouraged all of the editors to bring give our community ways of thinking, reject- ly relevant) hip-hop roundtable with rap- their own vision to their subject matter, and ing, challenging, or re-thinking the role of pers FatRat da Czar, Preach Jacobs, and for the most part I think I’ve done a good arts in our social world as well as deep with- Karmessiah to centerfold Kendal Jason’s job living up to that. The music coverage in our own interiority. Again, a tall order. fascinatingly introspective performance art in Jasper has drifted dramatically over the But you don’t make a magazine if you piece that grapples with masculinity and years—the record review section, now a don’t like a little bit of challenge. the mythos surrounding The Wizard of Oz. ǡ ϐ In between, we hopscotch through talking magazine’s existence, and for a while I was Jasper// as in Johns, the abstract expressionist, neo-Dadaist artist Jasper Magazine – www.jaspercolumbia.com – is dedicated to the promotion and as in Sergeant, the Revolutionary War hero support of Columbia, SC artists and arts lovers. Jasper Magazine is copyrighted and as in Mineral, the spotted or speckled stone may not be reproduced in any manner without the publisher’s written consent. Jasper as in Magazine, the Word on Columbia Arts Magazine is a division of Muddy Ford Press, 1009 Muddy Ford Road, Chapin, SC 29036. MAY/ JUN 2015 / VOLUME 004 / ISSUE 005 0ʃʕʖʇʔ CORALEE HARRIS . 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