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Whirlwind Magazine
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| devoted to excellence in writing and production
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whirlwindmagazine.com
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Whirlwind Magazine Welcomes You
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| Welcome. You have arrived at the home page of Whirlwind Magazine.
We are devoted to promoting excellence in writing, design, performance,
production, marketing, and distribution as these activities relate
to mass media. Whirlwind Magazine serves Christian writers, novelists,
screenwriters, playwright, performers, actors, directors, movie-makers,
storytellers, journalists, editors, producers, production professionals,
public speakers and others devoted to mass media and mass communication.
The content of this site is created by those who hold to a biblical
Christian faith without any intention of offending those who subscribe
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What does a free Whirlwind Magazine subscription get me?
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Electronic subscriptions to Whirlwind Magazine are currently
free of cost. There are no subscription fees and you don't have
to purchase anything to have your free copy of each Whirlwind
Magazine issue delivered to your inbox. We only ask that you keep
your contact information fresh, which we keep confidential so
that you do not get pestered with extra junk mail you don't want.
Each issue will be delivered to you in the format of your choosing.
You can also customize your own notification of events and classified
ads that fit your custom profile so you can stay in the loop on
items of your interest. You also get reduced costs for advertisement
of your business, your creative abilities, services you offer,
and your events. To summarize, you get ...
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A free copy of every issue of Whirlwind Magazine, |
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Confidential treatment of your contact information, |
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Notifications of events that interest you, |
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Automatic access to resources and people, |
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And advertising space at a reduced cost. |
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The Vision and Approach of Whirlwind Magazine
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| Whirlwind Magazine was created to assist those who wish to serve
and exalt God through the exercising of creative gifts in such a
way that a wide audience is reached. It is a Christian publication.
We encourage the use of any creative or technical ability that supports
the creation and distribution of expressions that lead to the exaltation
of God or the union with God of those who have remained separated.
This vision can be simply fulfilled merely by providing simple services
to creative contributors, subscribers, and web visitors. These simple
provisions are leveraged to impact the world positively on behalf
of God because of the collective contributions and interests of
all of you. |
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| You are actors, advertisers, agents, architects, artists, audiovisual
engineers, audiovisual technicians, cartoonists, cinematographers,
columnists, comedians, communications specialists, composers, conference
creators, directors, directors of photography, distributors, documentary
makers, editors, film producers, graphic artists, Internet community
designers, journalists, line producers, lyric writers, lyricists,
makeup artists, marketing specialists, mass media specialists, movie-makers,
music producers, music writers, musicians, nonfiction writers, novelists,
painters, performers, photographers, playwright, poets, preachers,
producers, production managers, production professionals, public
speakers, publishers, recording artists, reporters, screenwriters,
sculptors, set designers, short story writers, songwriters, speech
writers, story consultants, storytellers, teachers, teleplaywrights,
textbook writing, video producers, visual artists, vocalists, web
designers, and writers by design. |
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Human Creativity is Imitation of Our Creator
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| Christians believe that God created the Universe. The book of
Genesis describes a creation event where everything was created
by God out of nothing, the ultimate prototype for all creative acts.
Each human imitation of this prototype, whether an expressions of
love, an artistic reflection of some aspect of life, or an expression
of some mysterious possibility not yet realized, is an imitation
of the original creative act. With all life came all forms of media
- light, sound, matter, and electricity - repeatable physical patterns
which scientists have been working to understand. Intelligence was
built into us, along with the appreciation of beauty, drama, comedy,
and even ugliness and tragedy. We can use our God-given gifts and
the materials God has left for our use to bring out through our
work truth and aesthetic beauty and inspire love, purpose, and passion
in others. |
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We intend to promote excellence in several ways.
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We provide a way for people of similar views to collaborate
and mutually encourage one another through several services,
many of which are free of charge. |
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We publish informative content relating to the passion,
creativity, understanding and skill required to successfully
create in the mass communications arena. |
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We publish various resources and links to resources, by
permission, to facilitate personal growth in your target areas
of expertise. |
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We act as a central storehouse for creative, technical,
marketing, and organization resource that creative people
can use. |
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Who can subscribe or contribute?
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You can. You do not have to believe anything Christian or otherwise
to subscribe. Anyone can submit a contribution. Items submitted
for publication will be considered on the basis of its expected
contribution to the vision of Whirlwind Magazine and its internal
objectives as judged by our editorial department.
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Where did the name Whirlwind come from?
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The the word whirlwind appears in the Bible fourteen times (2KI
2:1, 2KI 2:11, JOB 38:1, PSA 58:9, PSA 77:18, PRO 1:27, PRO 10:25,
ISA 5:28, ISA 29:6, ISA 66:15, JER 4:13, HOS 8:7, NAH 1:3, HEB
12:18), but only one of these was the inspiration behind the naming
of Whirlwind Magazine. It is after Job speaks his mind about the
awesome power of God that God responds to Job, "out of the
whirlwind," saying that essentially Job has nothing to contribute
to God's wisdom. After a long segment where God reminded Job that
he was not present when God constructed the Universe, Job entered
a deep humility and turned from his intellectual pride.
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| The choice of name should not be considered as implying that human
beings have nothing to say, but merely that we have nothing to teach
God. Consider the probability that God through us has much to teach
human beings. May our creative endeavors be God's whirlwind. |
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The selection of Editorial Staff and the design of this web site
was a joint effort between Higher
Ground, TranSeed Media,
Producers of Terrance
the Movie, Reality
Check Ministries, and members of the Christian
Writer's Guild.
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What areas of creative expertise does Whirlwind Magazine wish
to support?
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| We encourage any acting, advertising, architecture, art, audiovisual
technology, cinematography, comedy, comic book design, comic book
writing, communications, composition, directing, distribution, editing,
film production, graphic arts, Internet community design, journalism,
line production, lyric writing, makeup art, marketing, mass media,
movie-making, music, music production, music writing, nonfiction
writing, novel writing, painting, performance, photography, poetry,
preaching, production, production management, public speaking, publishing,
recording, reporting, screen-writing, sculpture, set design, short
story writing, song-writing, speech writing, story specialists,
story writing, storytelling, teaching, teleplay writing, video production,
visual arts, web design, and writing that serves the loving purposes
of God. In the future, it is our interest to find appropriate ways
of including art-forms within issues of Whirlwind Magazine beyond
text and still images. |
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What geographical locations does Whirlwind Magazine reach?
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| Because this is a site written in English, we primarily support
these activities in the countries of Australia, Austria, Bangladesh,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland,
Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Papua, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto, Romania,
Russia, Sierra, Singapore, Slovakia, South, Spain, Sri, Sweden,
Tanzania, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, United, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe, including the USA states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. In the future, it is our
interest to find economically viable ways of supporting other languages. |
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What are some of Whirlwind Magazine's policies?
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Assuming adversarial positions in such a way as to discourage
subscribers or discredit Whirlwind Magazine Online or any
of its staff or affiliates may lead to suspension of subscription. |
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Publication is selected by Whirlwind editors on the basis
of the vision of Whirlwind Magazine and its confidential internal
goals and objectives. |
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Acceptance or rejection of an item submitted for publication
is not an indication of acceptance or rejection of the ideas
contained in said item. |
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What is Whirlwind Magazine's mailing address?
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Whirlwind Magazine
PO Box 5993
Lighthouse Point, FL, U.S.A. 33074-5993 |
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| Whirlwind Magazine is not affiliated with any
denomination or political party, but reserves the right to publish
materials that endorse, criticize, expose folly, give credit, or
any of the like in the pursuit of a quality overall product. Whirlwind
Magazine may modify its policies, costs, Privileges granted subscribers,
or other functional characteristics at any time and for any reason
it deems as useful and legitimate. |
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| © 2007 Whirlwind Magazine, Lighthouse
Point, Florida, USA All rights reserved. |
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