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KISSFIST MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2009
KISSFIST MAGAZINE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Frank Gallimore
ART DIRECTOR Rosa Lee Timm
WEB DEVELOPER Damon Timm
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CORRECTION: On KF’s second issue, page 8, the correct name is Mary Ann Seremeth not Mary Seremth. Our apologies for the error.
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From the Editor
So, why the delay, you ask? We were abducted by aliens. Actually, it was something even more phenomenal than that. My sister Rosa Lee, our beloved art director, and her husband Damon, our beloved web developer, are going to have a baby! Yes, there's a Tiny Timm on the way. As we continue to wrap our heads around the idea of a new addition to our ever-expanding family, my thoughts bend now to new beginnings. Once again we find ourselves gathered here at our little wellspring of art, photography, and articles to quench your creative thirst, to pique your curiosity and, one hopes, to inspire. Every day that we look over your contributions and as Rosa so imaginatively puts it all together, I marvel at this urge toward creation we have. Like starfish, we regenerate and multiply. Our lives sculpt everything around us. We cannot help but leave the world profoundly changed. What you'll find here is only a sampling. We aspire to lay fertile ground for the growth and nurturing of great talents. What thrills me the most is that, thanks to Damon's technological savvy, KISSFIST has become much more interactive, more participatory. Readers can now expect a website with an option to set up their own profiles with email alert preferences. They can also post their own creative videos or comment on a magazine or vlog announcement. The idea is that KISSFIST is to move beyond the parameters of any single media. Just as we'd like to provide a forum for many perspectives, all drawn by the common purpose of expressing whatever makes us passionate, we'd like to remain as open as possible to many forms of expression. As we unroll these new features, we hope to read your thoughts and suggestions. You can always send us an email at info@kiss-fist.com. We're looking forward to it. One last thing, speaking of interactivity, in this our sixth issue you'll find links to online articles, websites, and advice on everything from how to pursue a healthier lifestyle, to how to purchase some hot new books on the market, or how you can contribute to the fight against breast cancer, or even how best to survive in this difficult economy. It's taken some time and effort to put this one together but I hope you'll agree that it was well worth the effort. So, without further ado, Reader, read on...
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ARTISTS SEAN FORBES - 6 LAURIE ACHIN - 16 CHRIS DESOUZA - 28 STEVE ROPP - 32 SHIRLEY STANDIFIRD - 36, 48 GARRETT BOSE - 54
BUSINESS STACEY CHIN - 40 SHANADA SCHWARTZ - 60 MATTHEW KRUEGER - 66 ASL ROSE - 70
FASHION
FINANCE
PATRICIA ORDONEZ - 46
DUANE HALLIBURTON - 56
PAINTING/BODY ART
SPORTS
ALEX WILHITE - 8 LAURAL HARTMAN-NEABLE - 14 JULIA CAMERON DAMON - 18, 30, 62 LEIGH MCNULTY - 68
BOBBY GARCIA - 20 LISA HASTINGS - 74
PHOTOGRAPHY
WRITING/POETRY
MATTHEW VITA - COVER, 4, 24, 38, 52, 76 OLIVIA BILLS - 10, 44 ERIK CISNEROS - 12
J. PARRISH LEWIS - 34 RAYMOND LUCZAK - 50 WILLY CONLEY - 58 DR. ANDRES TORRES - 72
PHOTO BY MATTHEW VITA
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ABOuT SEAN FOR SEAN IS A DEAF MUSICIAN AND A SONGWRITER “I’m an artist, I enjoy creating ideas for videos, painting wacky pictures, but first and foremost I’m a musician and songwriter.” SEAN IS A DRUMMER “I received my first drum set when I was 5 years old. I’ve been drumming ever since.” SEAN WAS FEATURED ON CNN.COM “One of my proudest media moments was being featured on CNN.com’s “Young People Who Rock” hosted by Nicole Lapin, and yes I was nervous swiveling in the chair.” SEAN IS GRATEFUL “There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m thankful I found a career in the music business, and wanting to create opportunities for other deaf and hard-of-hearing artists is something I am devoted to with D-PAN. This would not be possible without my fans and supporters, THANK YOU!” SEAN IS ENGAGED “I have been with the same girlfriend for 6 years, and I still wonder how she puts up with me.”
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Alex Wilhite
STORM
SUNSET TIME
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Ico Gallery 606 West 26th Street New York, New York 10001 Curator: Robert Berry, 212.966.3897 Xanadu Gallery 7039 E. Main St. #101 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 508.368.9929 866.483.1406 Owner: Jason Horejs jason@xanadugallery.com www.xanadugallery.com
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My years of experience in traveling throughout the world guide my inspiration about the value of color, which changes every hour everyday. My perception of color is that the value of the primary colors change into varieties of colors as a “Meditation Myth.” High or strong colors which define
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outline and strong contrast are incorporated into my own style of painting. I am drawn to follow the value of nature’s colors as they change from sunrise to sunset. This requires the employment of homemade paint from dust to create my vision of art.
Olivia Bills
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I do photography. I paint. I am a very visual person, an artist, and I am hard of hearing. I would not change a thing in my life. I have had a lot of pain growing up because of my hearing loss, both physical and emotional, as well as psychological. I think the experiences we all acquire in our lives put the puzzle together of who we become.
Deaf Artist from Texas
oliviabills.com
Erik Cisneros Deaf Photographer from New York
I love taking pictures of nature, weddings, and taking senior pictures. The best part is trying to figure out how to take a quality photo. I am still learning because there is always something new for me to experience everyday. I hope to set up my own photography business but that’s for later.
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Laural Hartman -Neable
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Deaf Artist from New York
Born and raised in California, I attended RIT for Illustration and MSSE (Secondary Education). Currently I reside in New York and I’m a freelance illustrator and art teacher although I’m currently not teaching now. I’m obsessed with black lines, long necks and stoic expressions. Lucian Freud and Modigliani mainly influence my work as they paint mainly portraits of people and objects in weird juxtapositions. Most importantly, their work depicts someone or an object that is held dear to them.
lauralhartman@gmail.com
Pebby 17x24 Canvas Acrylic
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Laurie Achin
Deaf Artist/Athlete from Massachussetts
Dancer
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Athlete Faith and courage is what keeps me going. It helps me to push myself into taking on new challenges and to face my fears. I have always promised myself to finish what I have started and to never give up. That is my strength.
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Julia Cameron Damon
Deaf Artist from Colorado
Art is my waking passion and focus and a way for me to connect with and celebrate the people in my life. My formal training consists of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and another degree in Education with a focus on K-12 Art. I love doing portraits, murals, costumes, sets, any kind of painting and my most recent focus has been the body and face as canvas.
INTRODUCING
Bobby Garcia
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MR. AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
Bobby, 22, was on USA Deaf Water Polo Team for the Summer Deaflymics in Taipei, Taiwan 2009
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Photo by Michael Pierce
AS A SAN DIEGO RESIDENT, BOBBY ENJOYS LIFE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE AND MAKES NO APOLOGY ABOUT IT.
“I truly love life and love meeting people who enjoy laughing. I pride myself on being able to talk to people, make them smile, laugh, and have a good time. My family is and always will be first priority in my life. I believe that it is only with your family behind you one hundred percent that you will ever be truly a success. Friendship, love, happiness, joy, I think they are all things I strive to have in my life everyday. “LIFE IS GOOD!”
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PHOTO BY MATTHEW VITA
to dream is to breathe
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My favorite thing about this medium is, you are working on the surface with the aim and hope of something beautiful, and interestingly enough what often manifests is the person’s inner landscape, nuance of their personality not necessarily seen in the light of day, the shadow and recesses of the person’s psyche often come into play.
Julia Cameron Damon
STEVE ROPP KISSFIST TALENT
THE MAN WITH AN INK
Steve is a deaf tattoo artist from Massachusetts, currently working at Skin Vixxen Tattoo Parlor in Chelsea.
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J. Parrish Lewis
Deaf Writer from California
J. Parrish Lewis has recently self-published his first novel, titled, “The Goblin Road� and his book was featured on The Foothills Sun-Gazette newspaper.
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The characters in his book are strongly influenced by his youth where he and his brothers seek adventures in the dogwood forests near home in Maryland. Currently, he lives in California with his wife and he spends most of his days, writing and enjoying hazelnut, captioned movies, and walking his dog.
J. Parrish Lewis is a deaf writer living in Central California. He has recently self-published his first novel, titled The Goblin Road.
thegoblinroad.com
Synopsis Ruarc and his little brother Aidan are playing knockstones on the floor long after they both should have been in bed when a curious creature of light and flame appears and violently steals Aidan away. His parents injured in the attack, young Ruarc must strike out on a path to retrieve his brother. Armed only with the fantastical stories of his grandfather, he chooses The Goblin Road. Ruarc’s choice leads him to newfound friends but also through dangerous obstacles and as the Goblin Road snakes through the territory of longforgotten magical creatures: from loyal brùnaidhs and gatekeeper trolls, to menacing goblins, blackhearted pixies, and worse. As this unlikely hero struggles onward, he will be troubled by doubt. Does he have the strength to meet this road’s challenges? Can he trust in its mysterious architects? Will he live up to Grandfather Uilliam’s expectations? Are the fortitude of friendship and the bond of brotherhood enough to see him through? This story frightens with its hardships, surprises with its revelations, and entertains with its imaginative universe, but ultimately it tells the tale of the lengths that one stouthearted boy is willing to go to for his friends, for his brother, and for himself.
Shirley Standifird
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CODA Artist from California
When I create my layouts or multimedia pieces I look to tell a story. I want to portray the thought, emotion, or history of the photo displayed. I truly feel art has no rules. Art is inside all of us. How we choose to express it can be personal but I believe it should be shared with others.
standingontheedge.blogs.com
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PHOTO BY MATTHEW VITA
Stacey’s
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Gertrude Dilling, a resident at Chesnut Lane, shares news with her deaf hairdresser, Stacey Chin PHOTOS BY IRENE JAZOWICK
AFTER WORKING AS A HAIRDRESSER FOR SEVERAL YEARS, STACEY CHIN, A DEAF HAIRDRESSER decided to establish a beauty salon of her own and she has been rocking it for six years. You can find her at Chestnut Lane, an assisted living home, in Gresham, Oregon making Deaf and Hard of Hearing senior citizens feel beautiful.
THE BUZZ ABOUT CHESTNUT LANE
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do everything right by doing it wrong
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I especially strive to capture something raw and edgy that is desirable to me
Olivia Bills
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There are three underlying principles that I live by: 1) Capturing natural beauty, 2) Sustaining & nurturing our environment and 3) Refined Art.
Patricia’s PattyO Designs were featured on GLAMOUR and TODAY MSNBC. Check them out! GLAMOUR TODAY SHOW
PATRICIA ORDONEZ
DEAF FASHION DESIGNER FROM NEW YORK
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Shirley Standifird
Raymond Luczak
Deaf Writer from Minnesota
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Raymond Luczak is the author and editor of ten books, including Assembly Required: Notes from a Deaf Gay Life (RID Press), Whispers of a Savage Sort and Other Plays about the Deaf American Experience (Gallaudet University Press), and the award-winning novel Men with Their Hands (Rebel Satori Press.)
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P.A. PARROT I am blind from staring at cars parking. It’s no accident that I am a twit, an electronic bird trapped in its cage. Squabbles and silences of families walking beneath drift through my cloistered veil. where I ache to shift the weight of my voice. I chirp, monitored for modulation, extorting shoppers to listen again to what I’ve tired of repeating: “New sale!” Everything’s on sale. “Forty percent off!” My talons are covered with cheap gold paint. When the last store closes, I flex my wings. Nights I practice my sing-song mating call and dream of her returning with a song. RAYMOND LUCZAK
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PHOTO BY MATTHEW VITA
GARRETT BOSE
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Protecting Yourself in Today's Economy technically “Recover”. Did you know that all the gains in most retirement plans from the past 10 years have already been wiped out in the last 2 hese days everyone years alone? is nervous about the economy. Job When I first came into the filosses, Foreclosures, Credit crunch- nancial industry 8 years ago I had es and finally how their 401K retireno idea my advice to clients on how ment plan has become known as the to protect their assets and other 201K. financial services would someday Will it ever end, you ask? The also protect me from today’s vioanswer is NONE really knows, and late market we all are experiencing. even with President Barack Obama’s I would like to share these simple 787 billion dollar stimulus plan in the protection techniques that can help working over the next two years, we you and your family today and well do not know when the economy will into the unknown future.
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Gallaudet University, ‘85 George Washington University, ‘92 Registered Licensed Financial Agent with State of Maryland and Security Exchanged Commission.
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45% of 40 year olds will experience a disability during their working years that will last 90 days or more. 80% of today’s 20 year olds will experience a disability that will last 90 days or more before age 65. CHRONIC, CRITICAL AND TERMINAL ILLINESS In 2009, 1.2 million people will have heart attacks, and about 500,000 of them will die. At age 65, the odds are nearly 1 in 2 that you will require nursing home services for at least 2.5 years. PREMATURE DEATH More than 1 in 4 men and 1 in 3 women have no life insurance coverage at all.
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I make my living as a Certified Massage Therapist and so the body as vehicle for my artistic ideas just seems like the next natural step in bringing all of my interests and visions together. It never fails to touch me how the many personas we all have within that reveal themselves in the paint and flesh.
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Julia Cameron Damon
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CHEF MATT KRUEGER
Matthew Krueger, a deaf chef, was born and raised in Michigan City, Indiana. His love for cooking began at a very early age by convincing his mom to let him create a surprise dish without using a recipe for his family. It was a peanut butter and green mint jelly casserole! Fortunately, his dad and brothers “raved” how good his dish was, and from then on, his passion for cooking was forever embedded in his soul.
However, it was another 25 years, two college degrees and a career in student development and residential programs before he “re-discovered” his passion in cooking. He pursued further by enrolling in the Hospitality Administration program at Ivy Tech Community College. During his tenure there, he was given the opportunity to visit Southern France and Paris for two weeks in summer of 2004 as part of the program’s international studies program. The trip was enriching as well as a “mind and palate blowing” experience. Matt started his personal chef service in October 2003 by providing an on-site catering service for a wedding dinner reception for 125 guests. It was a great success and since then, Matt continued to strive for exceptional services to his clients. In May 2006, Matt graduated with honors in culinary arts. Instead of continuing personal chef services part-time, Matt started a full-time business with the emphasis on providing exceptional service. Hence, Exceptional Personal Chef Services, LLC was established. Matt is married to Brandi and has three young sons: Austin, Evan and Nicholas. He lives in the Castleton area of Indianapolis, but serves anywhere in Indiana and USA.
exceptionalpersonalchef.com
Leigh McNulty
Deaf Artist from Canada
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I am an acrylic/oil painter living in Toronto, Ontario. I obtained my BFA in Fine Arts Studio from Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, New York. I have been painting professionally since 2004. I am currently focusing on national parks, nocturnal sky, sailing ships, colorful landscapes, and other people’s snapshots. My paintings are created in a variety of sizes in both oil and acrylic on either panel or canvas.
leighmcnulty.com
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ASL Rose-WHERE?
Planted in Frederick, Maryland
“...a valuable resource for those who are new signer
ASL Rose- WHY?
Gardened for Deaf children’s education
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Watered by Dr. E. Lynn Jacobowitz, New York Dr. Adonia K. Smith, Georgia
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Nourished to creating, publishing, and distributing ASL-English bilingual-bicultural educational materials
ASL Rose- WHEN? Sprouted in 2004
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Adonia K. Smith Deaf Co-Owner
E. Lynn Jacobowitz Deaf Co-Owner
There is no better choice than ASL as a language of instruction for Deaf children in educational settings during their formative years. The educational experiences of many Deaf children will be enriched if and when ASL receives full acceptance as part of the Deaf education package. ASL ROSE
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Dr. Andres Torres CODA Writer from New York
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Raised in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, Dr. Torres was born in the South Bronx of deaf parents who emigrated from Puerto Rico during the 1930s and 1940s. His was among the first deaf families to come to the United States from the Caribbean. Dr. Torres, whose first language is Sign Language, grew up in a tri-cultural environment in which Spanish, English, and Sign were spoken. He has written a family memoir based on these experiences, Signing in Puerto Rican: A Hearing Son and His Deaf Parents. It will be published by Gallaudet University Press in December 2009.
Deaf Pinkies by Lisa Hastings Twelve ladies, two hearing interpreters, and I hail from Oregon and Washington. All of us are outdoor aficiona-
of that, we could see all the beautiful mountains, snow and trees, and got an endorphin buzz from it. Moreover, we felt like we were on top of the world. dos. We were beyond excited when we went We enthusiastically took part in a 3K/5K to the event of Romp to Stomp Out Breast benefit snowshoe walk to help stomp out Cancer at Mt. Hood in Oregon. Mt. Hood is located about 50 miles east of Portland, Ore- breast cancer. We proudly raised nearly $200 gon, and is the second most climbed glaciated for Susan G. Komen for the Cure from selling pink and white fleece hats as well as scarves. peak in the world. It We were extremely lucky to have someone took place on February 21, 2009, and the weather was by all means gorgeous. Because who is proficient at sewing, and she taught us
First row: Carrie Brewer, Darcie LeMieux, Lisa Hastings (Captain), Teresa Finnigan, Krista Harmon, and Linda Schimel. Back row: Rita, Saralinka Rejholec Laur, Sandra Kindblade, Cynthia King-Van Witzenburg, Terry DeCamp, Christine Ferriera, Jennifer Hummel, Gloria Pagan, and Tish Hetman Randolph. PHOTO BY LISA HASTINGS
how to make hats and scarves. We wore the same kind of hats and scarves, and stood together in a group before people took pictures of us. Then some of us took the time to pray for those friends or families who are breast cancer survivors. Deaf Pinkie enthusiasts and I made it to the finish line with flying colors, in spite of the fact that we were worn out from snowshoeing up big hills, especially at that thin altitude. At this point, we all felt a sense of accomplish-
ment, having made it through to the end. I am fiercely proud of what I accomplished with a beautiful team after four months of total commitment. We put in a lot of hard work as well and made a difference in many people’s lives. It’s more likely that we will do it again next year, and let me know if you are interested in joining our Deaf Pinkies team to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. It is a good way to support a cause, and meet new people. It will be a worthwhile experience!
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Deaf Artist from Washington DC
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Front Cover: Joseph Lewis, Gallaudet University Student Photo taken by Matthew Vita
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