Letter from the Editors

Dear Reader,

This time apart has made apparent the

importance of Fools’ relationship with its readers and contributors. For us, not being able to sit in a room together and share our love for this process has made our community bond feel as distant and grainy as a buffering screen. But because of the resilience of our members, our team, and our readers, we persist. Fools could not exist without the people who continue to support it both with their creative contributions and their time spent thumbing through its pages.

Even though Fools is changing and evolving, it was important for us to remain in touch with the founding principles of this space: to make art heard by providing a medium for creatives to showcase their work and their talents while acting side by side. The medium has changed over time—from crowded classrooms and glossy pages to online meetings and interactive web experiences—but the mission has not. Art has a way of finding its voice, even in extraordinary circumstances.

The content of the magazine is an honest representation of what our team is feeling right now, and what our members are doing to keep their creative talents in practice. The things that we are making may or may not be representative of the times, but they are decidedly a result of sitting with ourselves in a way that we hadn’t ever anticipated.

We eagerly await the return of poring over spreads in someone’s overpriced apartment, or meeting in coffee shops to discuss pieces; but we’ll hold onto the heartening show of perseverance modeled by this generation of fools as we move forward.

Anyway, we hope you’re alright.

The Fools Team