What a year this has been, and yet, we have all found ways to thrive, grow, support and be supported in unique ways. While we MIGHT be thinking of the theme in terms of growing, sprouting, etc, you might ask, what is sprout?  What is growth?  How can we connect it to all things artistic? Plants aren't the only things that sprout and grow.  Sometimes we have to travel through effort and pain to get to wa place where we look back and see how we have grown.   Every new life has its beginnings, and it is in these beginnings that the most pivotal moments are seen. Beginnings are where babies take their first steps and birds learn to fly. As our magazine takes its first breath, our staff looks forward to the growth of our own little sprout. We invite you to share with us what sprout means to you.