Eye of the Needle has been gestating with us for some time now. We visualized a communal, creative space available for mothers and nurturers of all types to express themselves. A zine seemed to fit this notion perfectly and functions as our document, our homage, to our collective creativity.
It is our belief that in becoming mothers, our lives transform. At times, the change affects us so radically that we experience it as loss of ourselves. On easier days we can see it as growth and expansion; our new role stretching us in ways we couldn’t have imagined before, opening us to the new possibilities of our lives. This opening process, allows us the opportunity to view the everyday activities of our lives as creative and spiritual.
By intentionally documenting these experiences, our contributors generously give voice to those facets of motherhood that usually go unseen. We want to express our gratitude to everyone who participated in making this, our first issue, so stirring.
With its publication, we say farewell to the Winter. Pregnant with the rebirth of the sun and the force of life itself. Her end brings us to the beginning and back again. We invite you to plant a seed that will germinate and flower in time for our next issue, Eye of the Needle: Cycles, May 31, 2009.
Catherine & Lauren
Editors, Eye of the Needle
editors.eyeoftheneedle@gmail.com
www.eyeoftheneedlezine.blogspot.com
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