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Hiding In Plain Sight Colleen Armstrong Eyes Closed. What is that feeling? The one when the lights go out. Kneeling To the side of you Not recognized, Unredeemed, 3RI KVIEXP] TEXVSRM^IH Darkness, Taking over, (E]W ½PPIH [MXL JIIPMRKW Actions designed to cover Who this side is, &IGEYWI KSH JSVFMH You have to face the stigma of a mental illness.
Untitled Will Willis This piece was created to accompany Nicky Varma’s article on wrongful convicitions MR XLI ½VWX IHMXMSR SJ 34-6+ 4IXIVFSVSYKL´W zine Subversion. (Digital drawing)
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Arts@Trent A Wise Man Once Said Mary Williams I settled down at the desk, pencil poised in hand, and thought for a moment. Then I exhaled a deep breath and began to write. I knew a wise man once. Not old, mind you, but wise. Very wise, for all his strangeness. He told me a story. % WXSV] XLEX LEW WXYGO [MXL QI IZIV WMRGI -X [EW E WXSV] SJ E KMVP % KMVP [LS [EW ¾MKLX] ERH JYPP SJ IRIVK] ERH GSYPH never sit still. The doctors diagnosed her with a disorder and wanted to put her on medication – on drugs. But her mother said no. She didn’t want that for her daughter. So instead she took her daughter to a therapist. The therapist spoke to the girl for a while, then simply turned on the radio and left the room. He watched the girl for a while, joined by the mother. Eventually he turned to the mother and said, “there’s nothing wrong with your daughter. She’s a dancer.” %JXIV XLEX XLI QSXLIV IRVSPPIH XLI KMVP MR GPEWWIW *VSQ XLEX HE] JSVXL XLI KMVP [EW ½RI =IEVW PEXIV [LIR XLI KMVP [EW all grown up, she went on to be famous in the world of dance. It would never have happened had the therapist not recognized the girl’s element, as it was put. The wise man went on to say that everyone had an element. Something they were good. Something that came to them as naturally as breathing and put them at ease. Most people go their whole lives without knowing what their element is. They do something else, and never discover what gift they have. &YX XLI TISTPI [LS HS ½RH MX SYX# 8LI JI[ [LS ORS[ [LEX XLIMV IPIQIRX MW# 8LI] PMZI LETT] 8LI]´VI XLI PYGO] SRIW he said. I suppose I’m luckier than most, sitting here, thinking, and realizing that I’m one of the few who’ve found their element. I never realized it, until he told me that story. It was always there though. In every little thing I did, in the choices I made, in my behaviour. I never knew. I feel sorry for those who don’t know their element. I’ve found mine. Most never do. And for that, I’m thankful, to everyone and to myself. But most of all, I’m thankful to the wise man for opening my eyes.
My Smile is Not the Truth Abby Sparling (Acrylic)
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History Project Matthew Hayes History Project explores the concept of historical authority and objectivity by playing with the conventions of the presentation of facts. It addresses the questions of how historical facts are produced, by what forms of authority, and how they are spread among publics once they are established – through means traditional or otherwise - as true.
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Ram II Alexander Walsh This piece depicts a Canadian Ram II tank and its crew in the snow during the Second World War. Painted as a tribute to Canada's war veterans. (Digital painting)
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Muse III Muse III, IX, and X Valentina Scartapenna
Note: Prints of Muses I-X and an original art piece from this collection will be donated to the Trent University Relay for Life Art Auction.
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1YGL PMOI +YWXEZ /PMQX¯SRI SJ XLI QSWX MR¾YIRXMEP I\TSnents of Art Nouveau–this artist strongly believes in the IUYEPMX] SJ ½RI EVX ERH HIGSVEXMZI EVX Muse III, IX, and X exhibit an allusive approach to symbolism. The symbolic themes are delicate and veiled, providing full expression of Muse X sentiments, such as sorrow. (Graphite, gold leaf, india ink, colour pencil)
Arts@Trent The Pupil Erin McLaughlin
In the tenth grade I began My brief love affair with Galileo A relationship relying on books, the Internet Objectivity Galileo embodied the way in which I wished to think So I tucked myself inside of him Watched the world from behind his eyes Found safety in facts and numbers Soon enough I exiled Galileo From my catalogue of popular thoughts, daydreams And you quickly replaced him And suddenly your religion contaminated me Your words became my bible And I was your faithful disciple You burned all my books and their truths You replaced them with fairy tales and poetry Tried to convince me that the truth lay beneath their covers Tried to tell me that the beasts prowling in your cavities Could crawl out of your mouth and swallow me whole Simply because you decided that was how the world worked.
Inwards and Upwards Michael Barrett (Watercolour and permanent marker)
But, you know what Galileo said? Sturdy, grounded Galileo? He said that the Sun has changing sets That the moon has mountains Well, you must have had the entire universe Wrapped up in your skin Because I saw the light disappear from your eyes Because I could have climbed the mountains That your sound waves produced Because your sweat and saliva tastes the same As the oceans I have swam in I’ve come close to drowning in both Like the universe I knew You were safe and quiet and beautiful But like the universe I knew You were dangerous and ugly and screaming Only the difference is that I was born into this world Grew up mastering its mechanisms; You came later You crawled into the world I had grown so accustomed to And made it terrifying and cunning But, you made it brilliant You gave me the choice of living In a place inside of me and you Living on the island we built, Or living in reality And so I chose reality, I chose objectivity I just needed something to hold onto But when my home feels a little bit colder When my eyes are bruised I wish I could crawl back into my head And promise myself happiness, And to give myself a world - GER ½REPP] JIIP WXIEH] MR
Untitled Sabrina Calogeracos “I’ve never thought to name my work, I always thought that was sort of weird.”
This world is not enough for me The numbers do not burst like you did &YX - GER´X ½RH Q] [E] MRXS [LEX MW HIPYWMSREP When I am entirely and desperately sane
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