January 2025: Be the backbone for artists
We aspire to be a free-to-read, share, download, and even print (use your home printer and recycle: a paper printed on the front can still be used!) magazine for all those seeking a moment with arts.
New Year edit notes are always the most challenging to pen. It’s the start of 2025 and also the six-month anniversary of stories over art, a magazine that stemmed from the idea of creating a space where anyone who loves creative expressions could share their love for various forms of art — theatrical productions, comedy gigs, ornate sculptures, outfits on the runway, dance rehearsals, strokes on canvas, and more. We’ve grown gradually and aim only to connect with more of you from the art fraternity as we go along. As I look back at the editions gone by and the year ahead, I only wish for this space to emerge as the backbone for all those who passionately and aggressively not only support art but also pursue it in their ways — whether you scribble poetry on a piece of napkin or you put up glorious shows at the Opera — we want to hear your story. So, “own this space”. The edition is always dotted with interviews, reviews, commentary, and more. And it’s your voice that makes each edition brighter.
Leaving you a few words from a piece of poetry I came across, it’s titled The Man with the Blue Guitar, Wallace Stevens (1937): The man bent over his guitar, A shearsman of sorts. The day was green. They said, “You have a blue guitar, You do not play things as they are.” The man replied, “Things as they are. Are changed upon the blue guitar.” And they said then, “But play, you must, A tune beyond us, yet ourselves, A tune upon the blue guitar, Of things exactly as they are.”
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I wish you and your loved ones an art-filled 2025.
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Authored by Purva Grover
Purva Grover is an author, journalist, and creative entrepreneur. She is the founder-editor of storiesoverart.com, a sanctuary for all who find solace, inspiration, and purpose in art. In a world that often overlooks the significance of art, she stands firm in her belief that it is essential, more so than anything else.
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