pavomag.com

Pavo launched on September 15, 2009, as many of you readers know.  However, we started way, way before that.  We were an idea in September of 2008. We gave the idea a name several weeks later.  Another baby step -- we participated in a zine fair that November.  We put the zine together in a matter of a couple of days, xeroxed a peacock feather at Kinko's, tied each zine together with string... 

In the weeks between actions, we spent long periods in discernment.  What would our magazine be?  What voice was speaking most loudly?  We became an LLC.  Who would read our magazine?  We listened closely to our friends when they talked about Birmingham.  We drove around our city and looked closely.  We watched as ideas took shape and faithfully followed them through darkness into the light.  It took courage and faith.  It also took time. 

Now we are in the phase of being.  We exist, but are growing.  How we view our city shifts, which affects how we talk about our city.  We have many exciting plans for the new year.  We can't wait to show you what we mean.

But, best of all, as I told Food Revival blogger Amanda Storey over lunch today, because of Pavo, I have met and continue to meet amazing people, all right here in this city.  I am seeing other things REALLY happen in this city because passionate people, like-minded or not, are driving our city forward.  People have started to view Birmingham in new ways, with the eyes that are open, engaged and filled with new visions for Birmingham. 

Here's to 2010, to ideas taking shape and becoming a reality.

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