sierra journal 2013 a collection of student literature and visual art sj // message The Sierra Journal is a student project and it features the work of Sierra College students. It is a book for the students and created by students. A true celebration of what Sierra College students have accomplished this year! All works are published with express consent and are the intellectual properties of the artists. Design and Layout © The Sierra Journal 2013 staff // Thank you to all who contributed Editor-in-Chief // kristynn Lee Designers // Nicole Edwards & Alexa Dayn Templeton Professors // Jason Roberts , Marcy Wacker , tom Fillebrown Table of Contents Autumn Evening // Christina LaRoche __________________________________ 1 Sunk into a Dream // Mendomas Arts __________________________________ 2 Glamorous Ariel // Val Balagot ______________________________________ 3 Urban Ballerina // Heather Gould ____________________________________ 4 Beauty is ever Flowing // Heather Gould _______________________________ 5 Piece of Symphony // Heather Gould _________________________________ 5 San Fransisco Corrner // Ayper Cook __________________________________ 6 Tell Me Again // Hayley ____________________________________________ 7 Happy Accident // Val Balagot ______________________________________ 8 Monterey Pier // Val Balagot ________________________________________ 8 Hunting Sunrise // Breanna Johnson ___________________________________ 9 Whirlpool // Kelly Murray _________________________________________ 10 The Artist // Cody Campbell ________________________________________ 11 Sunnyside Up // Sherle Curtice ______________________________________ 13 Stray Heart // Alexa Dayn Templeton ________________________________ 14 Morning Rays // Kelly Murray _______________________________________ 15 White Flower // Jessica Marie Fossum ________________________________ 15 Freedom // Ashley Brown __________________________________________ 16 Nude // Debra Small _____________________________________________ 17 Untitled // Rebecca Chappell _______________________________________ 18 Meredith // Anna Zhu _____________________________________________ 19 Untitled 1 & 2 // Kelsey Harsch _____________________________________ 21 Spring // Ashley brown ____________________________________________ 22 A Repeating World // Jenna Allgeier _________________________________ 23 Salt // Dawn Blanchfield ___________________________________________ 24 Made Strong // Ashley Brown _______________________________________ 25 Descent // Peggy Peterson _________________________________________ 26 Full Moon // Peggy Peterson ________________________________________ 26 Unveiling // Haley Porter __________________________________________ 27 Fortune Teller // Linda Wilbourn _____________________________________ 28 Small and Large Moments Alike Make Up a Life // Lucia Digrande __________ 29 Subway Tunnel // Damien Unger _____________________________________ 30 Looking Out // Michael Thomas _____________________________________ 31 Untitled // Jared Slover ___________________________________________ 32 International Type Study // Christen Sharp _____________________________ 33 The Flight and Fall of The Icarus Ex // Shay’l Rose Hansen _________________ 34 Violence // Edward Cole ___________________________________________ 34 Fashion Shoot // Debra Small _______________________________________ 35 Peony // Peggy Peterson ___________________________________________ 36 Clean Slate // Kristynn Lee _________________________________________ 37 The Bittersweet Goodbye // Aaron Anderson ___________________________ 39 Life of Speed // Aaron Anderson ____________________________________ 39 Untitled // Rebecca Chappell _______________________________________ 40 Captured Soul // Elizabeth Bond ____________________________________ 41 King’s Crystal // Elizabeth Bond _____________________________________ 41 Milky Way // Astronomy Club ______________________________________ 42 Bittersweet Reminisces // Quentin Becker _______________________________ 43 Black and White in Concert // Val Balagot ____________________________ 44 The Tragedy of Dr. Joseph Medina // Cody Campbell ____________________ 45 Atlas Fallen // Eekarri Foxx ________________________________________ 47 Cleopatra // Eekarri Foxx _________________________________________ 47 Beyond the Dream // Terri Marshal Sickler _____________________________ 48 Untitled // Avitala Rubanenko _______________________________________ 49 Pieces of Peace // Kristen Stephens __________________________________ 50 Birds // Nicole Edwards ___________________________________________ 51 Lightgrid // Erik Fritts _____________________________________________ 52 Neuschwanstein Castle // Debra Small ________________________________ 53 Ten Minutes to Midnight // Ala Navaratil ______________________________ 54 Plastic Hearts for Eric // Kristen Stephens ______________________________ 55 Lumen Print // Sherle Curtis _________________________________________ 56 Red Velvet Cupcakes // Bekah Schwab _______________________________ 57 Annular Eclipse // Astronomy Club ___________________________________ 59 Clock Raven // Heather Curtis _______________________________________ 59 The Dance // Wendah Alvarez ______________________________________ 60 Clockmaker // Heather Curtis _______________________________________ 61 Stairway to the Sun // Kathryn Steward _______________________________ 62 Ashes // Julia Baker ______________________________________________ 63 Sight // Arielle Baldwin ____________________________________________ 65 Tiger Eyes // Danielle Throckmorton __________________________________ 65 moonmagickmystery // Nicole Edwards _______________________________ 66 Last of the Legion // Cody Campbell _________________________________ 67 Why Did You Come to this Burned Out Dusty Nowhere? // Kyle Taylor _______ 68 This is About Us // Wendah Alvarez __________________________________ 69 page 1 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 Autumn Evening // Christina LaRoche Digital Painting // page 1 page 2 // Poetry Sunk into a Dream // Mendomas Arts Sunk into a dream A beast raced in as if to be feared but came about gentle with guiding phrases “Speak in ease child, just let them be.” Through a foyer I traveled, columns, marble white, beige from sleepy eyes, black inlays of northern stars A smile, giggling hope upon the floor. multiplied over my cells European vanity, I traversed though the halls baroque molding checked in on human race twenty feet lies and deceit filled each room of vaulted I knew I did not live as them wooden skies. I live in love within her arms A garden full of life, I came into a room orchard rows viewed feast laid out through pictured panes cherry table top Dusk spread linens, as the sky turned porcelain china amber-red with design.. edged in silver, Wandere d I cabernet filled down narrow halls to crystal brims. warmed by fire A supper was to be shared emergent I did not dare to partake within a hearth a meal of bread and wine Each room held a false decadence in savory warmth. The Creature rushed again fear did not chill me once “Child they are alike, just love and let them be.” sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 medium // page 2 page 3 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 val balagot glamorous ariel // High Resolution Photography // page 3 page 4 // Photography heather gould sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 urban ballerina // medium // page 4 page 5 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 Beauty is ever Flowing // heather gould piece of symphony // heather gould Photography // Photography // page 5 page 6 // Handheld HDR sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 san fransisco corrner medium // page 6 cook ayper page 7 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 Tell me again that it’s okay, that what happened was nothing, that I should be used to this; because “I’m pretty”. Tell me again and act like it was nothing. Tell me that I’m crazy for being uncomfortable. Tell me that he was nothing, that he doesn’t matter, that he won’t be the last. That obviously made it better, so why don’t you tell me again? Tell me again how I’m the one whose wrong, even though my ass was already groped while he gets off with high fives and hollers around from his friends. Tell me again that it’s alright, that this should be normal for me. That this doesn’t matter, that even though he wasn’t the first and that he won’t be the last. Why don’t you tell me again that either way it doesn’t matter, that it will never matter because “I’m pretty”. Tell me again, as I sit here begging the universe to make me disappear to make me anyone and take me anywhere, but me here. Tell me again while I walk to the exit with this plastic smile that you’ve made normal. “get used to it” “it’s nothing” “just a peck” “just a tap” tell me again, Tell Me Again // hayley porter that these things are okay because “I’m pretty”. Poetry // page 7 page 8 // High Resolution PhotographY // High Resolution Photography happy accident // val balagot // monterey pier // val balagot sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 medium // page 8 page 9 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 Hunting Sunrise Breanna Johnson Digital Color Photography // page 9 page 10 // Digital Photography whirlpool // kelly murray sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 medium // page 10 page 11 // medium sierra journal 2013 sierra journal 2013 The cabin is small but comfortable. That’s why I chose it. The bare wooden walls and padded floor offer little in way