Jason Mraz, an extremely talented young singer, once wrote a song called “Life is Wonderful”, where he said, “It takes an egg to make a hen; It takes a hen to make an egg; There is no end to what I’m saying.” This seems to be a universal wisdom, which can also be applied to art. Let us say it this way: it takes art to make art, because art itself is a source of inspiration, library of knowledge, depository of ideas, and a storeroom of instruments and techniques. There has always been a strong bond between the art already created and the art to be created in the near or far future. At Cruzine magazine we believe in the existence of such bond, and we make our own modest contribution to maintaining that link by sharing different art works with our audience of designers, photographers, illustrators, and simply fans of art and design.

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