Editor's Note

"I want to bring part of my everyday life into my art," says danyol, our Issue 55 cover artist, "and show people that there is beauty in the mundane, harmony in the abstract and power in the inspiration." While using equal parts nostalgia and current events together, danyol's pop-influenced mixed media paintings explore the liminal spaces between surface and emotion; gender role, responsibility and reality; along with other inconsistencies in our fragile social fabric.

San Francisco artist danyol was born in 1970 in Orange County, California, just a stone's throw away from Disneyland. Growing up, he nourished himself on a steady diet of pop art, cubism, and sarcasm. danyol's use of his own life and surroundings combine to form a dizzying combination of colors, patterns, and textures. These are then masked out by definitive figures and shapes, somehow bringing some definition to his chaos. Look closely at the found objects collaged in the background; they leave hints as to the deeper meaning of the painting. Look at one of his paintings from one angle and it is seemingly straight forward. From another angle in different light, the painting becomes much more.

Check out what's new about The Cortland Review:
- We're now on Facebook and Twitter.
- We're now accessible on your iPad or iPhone.
- Watch for the launch of our own radio station, the TCR Poetry Streamer. All 1000+ poets in our pages will be randomly selected to read their poems on our own radio station. You'll see the poet's photo, hear the poem, and the page on which the poem appeared will be accessible by link. Tune in by clicking on the "Poetry Streamer" link at the top of our page. It's just days away from appearing as a link on our home page.

Congratulations to our own Jennifer Wallace on the publication of It Can Be Solved By Walking just out from CityLit Press. Jennifer Wallace is one of Cortland Review's poetry editors.

Congratulations to Guy Shahar on the Broadway opening of "Ghost: The Musical." Guy is founder and Editor Emeritus of The Cortland Review, and one of the producers of the show.

Are you interested in social media? a Photoshop expert? An HTML whiz? an audio guru? The Cortland Review is building a deeper technical staff and is looking for poetry lovers with skills in these areas. If you're interested in volunteering to serve the art form with one of the best journal staffs online, send us a brief note with your resume.

Cheers,
Ginger Murchison
Editor