Mosaic Minds.

[same_sky]

After three years and twenty-three issues, it is time to say goodbye to Mosaic Minds. Inspiration and interest has waned. In January, we decided to become a quarterly magazine after a hiatus to fix the last issue, with a caveat that we would re-evaluate next year. Unfortunately, as the months passed without an issue, what we--I--learned was that not stressing out over putting out a new issue every six weeks was actually quite nice. Meanwhile, the issue never did come together, and depressing, anxious emails were sent while we tried to figure out what to do. Carrie (the editor) sent out the email today to officially close the project.

I feel both sad and relieved--on one hand, it was a lot of work, but it was a pretty impressive little project, if I do say so myself, and I think everyone who was involved would agree. We started out on a whim, and kept it up for over three years. I think we all learned a lot, and best of all have been the friendships that have developed. We were friends to begin with, but I think we became quite a bit closer (you know who you are.) So now I am just reminding myself that we didn't sign up for forever, so on a personal level, this is a pretty good time to call it quits if we're going to. I am in a pretty obvious transition stage of life. I have been pretty worried about how I would be able to manage Mosaic Minds and a newborn and a full-time job.

Bye bye, MM. I'll miss you. Sort of.

Comments

[carrieb.livejournal.com]

I love the sort of at the end. Personally, I'm feeling pretty elated. We did a great job with the project but it was time to end.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I am feeling like we made the right decision, too. It is going to be SO NICE to not worry about this anymore.

[reebert.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that even for me, who had a very minimal role, it is a bit of a relief to not worry about the deadlines and coming up with new projects. I loved MM and being a part of it though so it is a bit sad that it is ending. Life goes on, new things come. :)

[ms-jacket.livejournal.com]

It seemed stressful just the little you guys talked about deadlines, etc. but I did enjoy reading it now and again. Good work guys, it was good while it lasted. ;-)