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In the blink of an eye, it seems from the distance of nearly a year, our lives here in Western North Carolina, our ideas about what might happen at any given moment, our reactions to even the word hurricane, were changed forever.<\/p>\n

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Gina Malone, Editor<\/p><\/div>\n

Since that fateful day last fall, not an issue of The Laurel<\/em> has gone out that did not mention the name Helene on page after page. What it did. How it made us cry. What we learned. What we lost. But most often, these days, I think of how amazingly far we all\u2014as individuals, as communities and as a region\u2014have come. There are still signs of destruction; businesses and people still struggle; many find it hard even nearly 365 days later to come to terms with the tragedy. We remember our lives before, how unknowing we were in the golden days before September 27. But think about how amazing the recovery has been and what we\u2019ve all learned about ourselves, our strengths, about how the arts\u2014and nature\u2014have the power to heal.<\/p>\n

This issue, too, mentions the hurricane on nearly every page, but in the context of the many events being held to honor resilience, heroism, determination and accomplishments.<\/p>\n

As much as I love words, I appreciate how music expresses emotions without them, how, to paraphrase Aldous Huxley, it expresses the inexpressible. This month, hear commemorative concerts by the Asheville Symphony and the Blue Ridge Orchestra.<\/p>\n

For inspiring news about the visual arts, read about the artists of New Morning Gallery and how they embraced creativity after the devastation. A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>, with events in Asheville and in New Orleans will be a partnership exhibition encompassing two cities whose residents share similar heartbreaks. And join Kelsey Schissel at Plays in Mud Pottery for a free, community-wide event\u2014Leaves of Strength<\/em>\u2014a celebration of continuing to move forward with the help of art. \u201cThere\u2019s something powerful about shaping something with your own hands,\u201d Schissel says, \u201cespecially in a shared space filled with conversation and remembrance. It\u2019s a gentle, symbolic way to mark the transition from devastation to growth\u2014to acknowledge that we\u2019ve endured something hard, and we\u2019re still here, still creating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to transitions: from suffering to strengthening, from heartbreak to hope, from anxiety to creativity\u2014and from summer to autumn. Wishing all of us a peaceful, magical September.<\/p>\n

Gina Malone can be reached at gina@thelaurelofasheville.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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