Illuminations a Magazine of Student, Faculty, and Staff Creative Expression
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Illuminations A magazine of student, faculty, and staff creative expression Volume VIII – 2006 A Publication of Southeast Community College i Special thanks to the students, faculty and staff who submitted works for consideration. Rights revert to the author after publication in Illuminations. The content of this magazine does not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial staff or the Academic Education Division and the Visual Publications Program of Southeast Community College. The contents relect student, faculty, and staff work without censorship by the editorial staff ©2006 ii The Illuminations Team Editorial Team: Joel Batten, Travis Beck, Courtney Jerke, Jennifer Kroft, Lacey Mason, Sarah McCown, Anne Piper, Kara Rabe, Ron Reece, Tracy Tucker Project Coordinators: Kimberly Fangman, Mike Keating, Rebecca Orsini Project Assistants: Rebecca Burt, Beth Deinert, Nancy Hagler-Vujovic, Neal Kirchner, Julie MacDonald, Rachel Mason, Merrill Peterson, Phip Ross, Bang Tran, Pat Underwood, Shane Zephier, The LRC staffs Visual Publications Team: Cassandra Back, Benjamin Barr, Christine Blazek, Corry Compton, Laura Drawbaugh, Robin Fowler, Jamie Green, Sara Hermelbracht, Brittany Holder, Megan Johns, Jennifer Johnson, Jeremiah Korth, Jennifer Kroft, Seth Krutak, John Powers, Delray Rowell, Jeremiah Stoppel A special thank you to our printers: Kris Meek, Brian Piontek, Lisa Vosta Page design by: Sara Hermelbracht and Megan Johns iii Armani Model . .1 Megan Robinson A Curious Voyage & Glorious Endeavor . .2 Conner Goertzen Yulia . .4 Nate Carlson ’ Billy s Courage . .5 s Carmen Grantham t n Trees . .9 e t Wen Gartner n o Tranquility . .10 C Travis Beck f o Laughter . .11 e Katrina Hier l b Peaceful . .15 a Cassandra Back T Body Surfing (At the Execution) . .16 Mark Arneson Life with Brandon . .17 Threasa Younker Traffic . .23 Jared Jehle Creator . .24 Matt Vance Love Across the Street . .25 Janice Jillson Doorway . .27 Tiffany Bundy Times . .28 Benjamin Hike Confused . .29 Lacey Mason Honoring the Fallen . .30 Ed Pigg Somewhere in Time . .31 Art Ortiz iv Student, Staff, and Faculty Work Girl in Snow . .32 Sarah Jo Butts My Sister . .33 Vito Petrosa Teruna The Hourly Employee . .34 Lacey Mason The Scents of Me . .35 T Connie Pillow a Tire Smoke and Racing Fuel . .36 b l Lyndsey Heath e o Head and Neck . .39 f Matt Kruse C o With Grace . .40 n Mark Arneson t e A Fine Art . .41 n t Brenda Jo Sanchez s Hands-Hands . .44 Jared Jehle While Pedaling . .45 Phip Ross Full-Speed Takeoff . .46 Conner Goertzen Manet and Me . .47 Benjamin Hike Acceptance . .48 Daniel Violin Exceptional Role Model . .55 Travis Beck Eye See You . .56 Jenifer Ernesti Shift Change . .57 Jordan Carman Geese at Winter Sunset . .63 Claudia Reinhardt Female Nude . .64 Wen Gartner Student, Staff, and Faculty Work v Hand and Moon . .65 Dan Everhart Consumer Salad . .66 Paul Tisdale Faces of Death . .67 Josh Burke s Ballerina Boredom . .71 t n Jennifer Ernesti e ’ t God s Gay Love . .72 n K.E. Richards o C Dijinn in a Bottle . .73 f Sylvie Shires o e Meal of Love . .77 l b K. E. Richards a Baseball . .78 T Whitney Seidel Fall from Grace . .79 Susan Nelsen Simply Sweet . .82 Connie Pillow The Eye . .83 Tegan Snyder The Senior Prom . .84 Joel Batten I Want To . .92 Jessica Pedersen Chivla . .93 Paul Tisdale Whose Life Depends on It? . .94 Sara Milke Autumn Leaves . .98 Vickie Monday She Was Mine Once . .99 Tiffany Bundy The Storm Left Me . .100 Jessica Polak vi Student, Staff, and Faculty Work The Outcast . .101 Chelsey Hookham Verbal Portrait . .111 Vickie Monday Not a Problem . .112 James Koehler T Semi-Trucks . .113 a Elizabeth Lengel b l Maddilyn Mae . .123 e o Jessica Polak f Soldiers . .124 C o Nick Brauer n t Clearly Three . .125 e Jeannine Tomasek n t s Student, Staff, and Faculty Work vii viii Armani Model 1 Megan Robinson ~ Graphic Design A Curious Voyage & Glorious Endeavor As we began this curious pilgrimage and glorious adventure it became apparent that the articles we had utilized during that day had become useless and inappropriate for our journey a new approach would become necessary and a new beginning would unravel itself and come forth to appear more authentic than in any previous moment r o a successor for the endings we shed v a from finger to toe e {rebirth} d n E as we became more lucid of this conscious dream s u it suddenly occurred to me (though I was dimly aware all along) o that this is no dream at all i r ...at least not in any traditional fashion o l this is to be the manifestation of not only G the sum of our experiences & but the sum of what our experiences expect for our futures e g and what the future expects from our experiences a to abandon ship now would be as to y o rendering oneself blind deaf dumb and senseless V the proverbial walking of the plank s u fall and meet the unforgiving below o i to further fortitude our mindset, we discussed life r in a more angular way u C to reassign our specific positions in the scheme A and then in the universe we affirmed our journey and the notion that the sea refuses no river and the river never did flow so openly and intricately it was neither story tale lie nor exaggeration merely a novel with a preface and the most beautiful visual representation of life ever imagined and conceived spanning the front cover while beginning the first chapter you may have noticed that at first, either the pages are blank 2 Conner Goertzen ~ Academic Transfer A Curious Voyage & Glorious Endeavor 3 t that book back up on a shelf ead it has been left up to you cameramen, writers,cameramen, editors, motion called the Life great emiering in a shapeless massive collection called theemiering universe in a shapeless massive Conner Goertzen ~ Academic Transfer we are the are promoters, directors, producers, we actors and even of a cinematic thriller called ourselves pr choose of this we record glorious to make and how endeavor is the image that up will be conjured featurein a future presentation venue in a grand within and you have made that have interpretationand you for yourself to aid the continuation of this collection of away all notions of lifeor to shake and se or the words are microscopic are or the words rises slowly realization as the tide does rise and as the reaches water the levy the can no longer hold the levy shapeless mass it snaps it is not the realize now pages that blank you are inst 4 Yulia Nate Carlson ~ Graphic Design Billy’s Courage On July 25, 1995, my son Billy was involved in a motorcycle accident in northeast Colorado on the outskirts of a little town called Fleming. Billy went out to the motor-cross field to practice that day. A thunderstorm abruptly brewed up. Billy thought he could beat the storm and headed for home. The wind was blowing hard, the dirt was thick, and visibility was poor. A motorist coming up over the hill did not see Billy, nor could Billy see him. The two collided head-on, B throwing my son about 175 feet according to the state patrol. i l l Another motorist came upon the accident and called for an ambu- y ’ s lance. An ambulance finally arrived and transported Billy to a local C hospital in Sterling, Colorado. o When I received the news about Billy’s accident, I was working u r at a hospital that evening in Kearney, Nebraska. The emergency a g room doctor informed me that Billy was on a respirator. As an expe- e rienced nurse, I knew he was paralyzed. During our conversation, the doctor told me, “My prayers go with him.” Billy was flown from Sterling, Colorado, to a trauma center in Greeley, Colorado. He had a cervical 3 and 4 fracture. In most circumstances, persons with this type of injury are considered to be quadriplegic. I had to drive several hours before I could reach Billy. All I could do was pray and wonder how my son would deal with this if he sur- vived. Eventually, there would be more things to consider regarding his injuries. When I arrived at the hospital in Greeley, I asked the first person where the ICU was. That person, who was an employee of the hospital, told me ICU was on the fourth floor. I got onto the clos- est elevator and anxiously waited for the elevator to get to the fourth floor. I also had to wonder if not only Billy, but also I, could be strong enough to deal with this. As the doors opened, all I could see was the nurse’s station. The rooms in the ICU were located in a semi-circle. I didn’t see any nurs- ing staff, but I looked toward each room to see if I could tell which room my son was in. All of the rooms had the lights turned off except for one. I could see from a distance there were a lot of machines, a bed, and a body with a pale left arm and hand lying outside of the bed. I heard a voice say, “There’s Billy.” I was relieved to be with my Carmen Grantham ~ Human Services 5 son. Lying in that bed was a lifeless body with a metal cage screwed into his head. There was a tube protruding from his throat, hooked to a respirator to help him breath. Billy had wires extending all over him.