My Editorial for the New WIN-ZIM Double Issue
Welcome to 2021! It is appropriate for WIN-ZIM to start 2021 with a double issue, coming out close to the end of the second month of the year. As you can see, there has been a lot to cover, a lot to reflect on, and a lot to look forward to. It wasn't easy to navigate the roller coaster ride that was 2020, and the uncertainties of last year have continued into the new year, but there is hope as science continues to make inroads into ways of handling the pandemic. This trying season has tested our resilience as humans, and has made us reflect and project, and in some cases, we have found it difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, especially because we didn't have quite a handle of what the tunnel looks like. But for artists, especially we poets, writers, playwrights, what has the year meant for our work? For me, 2020 meant less writing of new projects, but a reflection on past works, as well as some planning for a post-pandemic future of creati...