Janine from UPPERCASE magazine writes on her inspiration on publishing the UPPERCASE magazine.
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Hello,
Even though I’m publishing UPPERCASE magazine for you, my lovely readers, the origin of each issue is very personal. The themes are always ones that I’m excited to explore; the topics are ones I want to learn about. They’re often inspired by my own creative interests or things happening in my life.
For this next issue (#43 Oct/Nov/Dec), I was inspired by my son Finley learning cursive handwriting in school. It has been so fulfilling and fun to see him expand his communication skills through handwriting! In addition to sharing a sample alphabet, he has written an article about what it is like to learn cursive. It’s an interesting companion to all the wonderful reader handwriting submissions that are included in this issue—many of you fondly recall your early days of learning how to handwrite, and how your personality emerged through your lettering.
Watching my son learn to handwrite, though, shows me how out of touch I’ve become with my own handwriting. So I’ve also challenged myself to handwrite the article titles throughout this issue, so not only will the topics be personal but their presentation is, too. It’s an exercise that puts my mark on the issue in a very tangible way—to let my handwriting be natural, flawed, imperfect… and me. I’ve felt vulnerable throughout this experience and as I write the titles, I’m exposing my own insecurities.
I’ll share more about this process—and reveal the cover—in September.
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