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Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2021 Acknowledgments Administrators and Staff: David Livingston, President of Lewis University Christopher Sindt, Provost of Lewis University Laura Franklin, Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communications David Deitemyer Assistant Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communications Mardy Philippian, Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communications Therese Jones, Assistant Professor of English Editor, Designer, and Coordinator of Windows Fine Arts Magazine Rachel Fosler, Student of Lewis University, Cover Designer of Windows Fine Arts Magazine Maria Sanchez, Administrative Assistant Communications, English Studies, and World Languages Judges: Madeline Brzeczek, Student of Lewis University Margaret Capalbo, Student of Lewis University Alexciana Castaneda-Deir, Student of Lewis University Jasmine Castillo, Lecturer III of English Therese Jones, Assistant Professor of English Chelsea Kuhel, Lecturer II of English Lara Kraus, Alum of Lewis University Susan Mitchell, Lecturer II of English Noah Slowik, Student of Lewis University Web Master Sylvain Goyette Layout and Design Ken Spiegel Spiegel Associates, Inc. (815) 295-0625 Printer Glen Conklin J-M Printers, Inc. (815) 609-7041 1 Letter from the Editor Welcome to the 41st issue of Windows Fine Arts Magazine! From the imaginative front cover by Lewis University student Rachel Fosler, to the spectacular range of literary works, to the beautiful digital art, you are sure to be thrilled and engaged by the award-winning creative works of students, faculty, staff, and alumni on the pages ahead. The online and print versions of this magazine were made possible by the support of Dr. David Livingston, President of Lewis University, and, most especially, by the Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communications, Dr. Laura Franklin. As the editor, I am certain that all of the readers of this text are extremely grateful to President Livingston and Dean Franklin for their continued support of Windows Fine Arts Magazine. Gratitude is also due to all of this year’s administrators, staff, cover designer, and judges mentioned on the Acknowledgment page, as well as contributors, past founders, and past editors of Windows Magazine. These present and past visionaries have opened our minds to the wealth of artistic expression that lies within the members of the Lewis community. The task of judging the talent found in the entries to the Windows Fine Arts Magazine Contest was a challenge. Winners of the contest were chosen from two groups: students or faculty/staff/alumni in the genres of Art, digital or visual, and Writing, essay (academic, creative nonfiction, fiction), poetry, and research report. Prizes are awarded based on the following scale: First Prize: superior insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Second Prize: outstanding insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Third Prize: high-quality insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Honorable Mention: publishable quality insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Please note: The rules specify that an individual can win only once in a category. If a category skips one of the levels of prizes, this is due to the quality of the submissions received. The contributors to this volume should be very proud of their accomplishment in their genre, and the entire Lewis University community is greatly enhanced by the talents of those graced in this publication. Sincerely, Therese Jones Assistant Professor of English Editor, Designer, and Coordinator of WFAM 2 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2021 Table of Contents Writing Category Student Academic Essay First Place: “The Compatibility of Science and Adan Martinez 7 Faith” Second Place: “So God Made a Farmer’” Carrie Anderson 9 Third Place: “A Quiet Struggle” Julian Rocha 12 Honorable Mention: “The Reappearing Red Pen” Maggie Joutras 13 Special Category: Covid-19 Student Academic Essay First Place: “Mask Resistance” Brandon Diaz 16 Second Place: “Preparing for the Worst” Antonia Cymone Arceo 18 Third Place: “Masks and Social Distancing” Jessica Leasure 20 Special Category: Covid-19 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Essay Second Place: “How to Leave an Impression Asst. Prof. Simon Dai 22 with Your Design” Student Creative Nonfiction First Place: “From Resentment to Respect: Michael Yerkes 27 My Revelation on Reading” Special Category: Covid-19 Student Creative Nonfiction First Place: “The Air We Are Breathing” Bryanna Fergus 31 3 Student Fiction Second Place: “The Talking Tree” Bryanna Fergus 33 Honorable Mention: “Pushing My Way into Love” Angelica Del Pilar 35 Art Category Student Digital Art First Place: “Late to the Party” Rachel Fosler 39 Second Place: “The Priestess of the Pond” Sol Llanes 39 Third Place: “Ripples” Samantha Sabalboro 39 Honorable Mention: “Beauty of Flying” Konrad Palenik 40 Honorable Mention: “The Vibrance of Life” Sarah Quattrocki 40 Special Category Covid-19 Student Digital Art Second Place: “Glad You Masked” Kimberley Skubic 41 Third Place: “Social Isolation” Makenzie Hollis 41 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Digital Art First Place: “Decay in the Light of Day” Heidi Glogowski 40 First Place: “Bygone Chatter” Javier Solorio 41 Special Category Covid-19 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Digital Art First Place: “Emptiness” Joan LaCombe 42 Second Place: “Called Away” Heidi Glogowski 42 4 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2021 Writing Category Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Fiction First Place: “King Mickey, Climate Change, Dr. Maria Fischer 43 and Mass Migration: Magic!” Special Category: Covid-19 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Fiction Honorable Mention: “Home” Lois “Silver” Mintah 46 Student Poetry First Place: “Gray” Bryanna Fergus 51 Second Place: “State of Mind” Keri Edgeworth 53 Honorable Mention: “The Hill” Lauren Gernes 54 Honorable Mention: “Love Birds” Meredith Coon 55 Special Category: Covid-19 Student Poetry First Place: “Finding the Best in the Worst” Bryanna Fergus 56 Honorable Mention: “Under a Blue Sky” Madison Gersch 58 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Poetry First Place: “Being the Property of” Dr. Maria Fischer 60 Third Place: “Within Waterfall Glen” Tim Honn 61 5 Special Category: Covid-19 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Poetry Honorable Mention: “Grandma Nellie” Donna Flowers 62 Student Research Report First Place: “Reducing Detrimental College Carrie Anderson 64 Attendance Costs” Honorable Mention: “College and International Devon Pulido 67 Students” Special Category: Covid-19 Student Research Report Honorable Mention: “Literature Review” Staci DiCristofano 73 Honorable Mention: “Mental Health Coverage: How Michael Yerkes 76 Insurance Companies Benefit from Stigma” 6 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2021 Student Academic Essay First Place: “The Compatibility of Science and Faith” by Adan Martinez Cats and dogs, chocolate and nuts, science and religion. The world is crammed with contrasts and opposites, and sometimes it seems as if two things are just not meant to be together. But this is just a Student Academic Essay misconception; the cartoons lie! Cats and dogs can live peacefully under the same roof, and chocolate and nuts can come in the same package. Can science and religion, then, coexist harmoniously? Would they be able to inhabit the same house without flaring claws at each other? It seems unlikely at first. Science, ferocious in its approach and expansion, has demystified our life and the Universe to the point where God and faith seem unnecessary. But this does not need to be so. Science can interact with faith and religion in a way that enriches not only our existence but the existence of the entire Universe as well, a position called convergence. Science and faith are not so different; in fact, they share the same goal: to understand the world we live in and why it even exists at all. Science in particular has made tremendous progress in gathering data and developing theories that explain the natural world without any supernatural agents. It would seem, at times, that science contradicts the existence of God. But science does not have to contradict the existence of a God; on the contrary, it can be used to elevate God and the scope of religion to new levels. Let’s consider that science has let us know that we are not special: we are just another form of life, orbiting just another star in just another galaxy in the infinity of space. That fact challenges core assumptions of common religions. Is God concerned only with our tiny, little, blue rock? Are we the only beings to receive in His infinite love and mercy? What happens with everything else: the animals, the planets, and other celestial bodies? If they serve no purpose, then what is their reason to exist? If there were intelligent life out there, would their existence be completely useless because God is only concerned with us humans? These and similar questions might have been asked by Physicist Albert Einstein, whose writings on the question of religion and science will serve as support for this paper. In Einstein on Politics, a compilation of opinions edited by David E. Rowe (2013), Albert Einstein describes a new religion that “seeks to experience the totality of existence as a unity full of significance” (p. 232). This new religion is the Cosmic Religion. The cosmic religion can be adapted in the most practiced doctrines; however, it requires changes in the most fundamental beliefs to grasp the entirety of creation and be consistent with the findings of science, and also address the questions that we stated earlier. The “God of Providence, who protects, decides, rewards and punishes” is the God that most people today believe in; it is the God of social feelings (Einstein, pp. 232, 2013). According to Einstein (2013), this kind of deity is imperfect because we anthropomorphize it and imprint on it our “human desires and aims” (p. 232). In short, this God only serves to our interests. This kind of religion is not good enough to describe our existence. In order to reconcile science and religion, there is a need for a God 7 that is concerned with everything that exists, from the smallest particle to galactic superclusters, and life beyond ourselves.