29  Day  Challenge  Feb  2016    Day  28  MOTIF  –  SWIRL    

 Title:  "ASL  Pride"  Drawn  by  Bonita  Adair  Paper  53  sketch    Image  Description:  spiral  portrait  of  lady  who  is  ASL  pride.  Pick  which  is  best.  Hard  to  decide  here.    

   Title:  "Look  At  My  Eye(s),  Not  My  Lips"  Drawn  by  Bonita  Adair  Paper  53  sketch    Image  Description:  i  always  try  to  emphasize  that  I  can  not  read  lips.  When  someone  approaches  to  me,  tries  to  speak,  and  repeats  what  it  was  being  said.  I  gestured  that  I  could  not  understand  and  ask  nicely  to  write  it  down.  She/he  did  not  understand  why  I  did  not  take  speech  class.  I  had  to  explain  to  them  that  I  quitted.  I  raised  by  Deaf  family.  I  rely  on  visions  and  use  ASL.  Not  all  Deaf  people  could  speak.  So  eyes  plus  visions  equal  ASL.  

 "The  spiral  that  flows  from  of  origin"  Arnaud  Balard      I  like  to  dream.  I  like  to  idealize.  Thank  you  to  the  art  of  allowing  me  to  dream.  I  am  certainly  an  utopist  but  I  assume  myself.        

   Title:  AGBell  Spiral  Twist  -­‐  Deaf  Thriving!  Jeff  Beatty  Paper  53  and  Pixelmator    

   The  Fibonacci  Law.    David  Call    Graphite/ink      The  audiologist  scientists  had  been  baffled  by  why  Deaf  people  didn't  follow  the  Fibonacci  Law  because  the  Fibonacci  Law  state  that  everything  in  nature  is  made  possible  with  Fibonacci  sequence  and  math  formula.  They  had  been  hard  at  work  and  they  came  up  with  this  diagram  and  it  all  points  to  auditory  neuropathy  deep  inside  skull.  They  must  follow  the  law  to  keep  the  nature  in  order  by  surgically  implant  the  Deaf  people  with  CI.  It  failed  miserably.  They  went  crazy  with  madness  and  keep  on  working  in  Fibonacci  problem.  They  simply  forget  that  we  are  just  human  with  the  gift  of  Deaf.  This  is  a  serious  case  of  scientific  philosophy  vs  humanism.    

   TITLE:  Speak  SOUND,  Hear  SOUND,  See  SOUND  Think  SOUND  Repeat…  NAME:  Karen  Christie  Medium:  Fabric  pieces  (some  painted)  dark  blue  background  (approx  6  x9)    Description:  image  of  a  hatted  person  centered  with  huge  black  red  spiral  at  mouth…smaller  spirals  at  ears  in  eyes  and  echoed  in  the  flowers  sprouting  from  the  hat…a  red  black  CI  symbol  on  the  hat  made  from  black  grey  audism-­‐waved  material      

 

   There  is  a  way  out  P  Durr  Installation  work  Inspired  by  Arnaud  Balard  Double  S  installation  piece  will  she  make  it  out  to  the  finish  line  in  the  race  called  Deaf  lives  qqq  description  rotting  cord  wood  form  spiral  in  the  snow  wirh  red  haired  doll  in  the  center.  doll  has  battery  button  eyes  -­‐  blue  tape  to  keep  Deaf  finger  up  black  hole  on  chest  with  sign  union  flag  bird  flying  out  on  back  of  doll  is  open  view  inside  chest  with  heart  beind  bars  sign  union  flag  is  at  the  exit  finish  line  of  the  spiral  maze  of  the  auditory  industrial  complex  

 

   "Inner  Fire  of  My  Deafhood  Journey"  Amy  Cohen  Efron      

Size: Approximately 16" x 6.5" x 6.5" Materials: Wood craft sticks and glue

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   Title:  "failed  success"  Kathy  Fisher-­‐Abraham  Size:  8x10  Materials:  colored  pencils,  sketch  paper,  and  Dreamscope    

   "DNA  Collision"    Dawah  (Jerry  Grant)    Black  and  metallic  Sharpies  with  Oil  marker  on  22"  x  28"  black  poster  board.    

     "We  light  the  way  together"  Hinda  Kasher  Markers    9"  x  12"  ,  landscape    Also  moth  and  button  motifs    The  four  women-­‐moths  represented  the  diversity  of  De'VIA  artists  in  our  communities.  L  to  R:  DeafBlind,  GLBTQ  Deaf,  Black  Deaf,  and  Jewish  Deaf  are  holding  each  other  wings,  abundance  of  strength  and  devotion,  to  break  through  the  labyrinth  spiral  world  we  live  in.  It  is  our  time  to  embrace  our  multi-­‐cultural  identities  more  than  ever.      

De'VIA  Art  Journey  Alexsander  Martianov  

   "Lift  Your  Soul"  Kellie  Martin  Primsacolor  pencils.  

   untitled    Laurie  Monahan  dry  pastels  on  black  paper  

       Stevie  Naeyaert    "4th  Grade  Reading  Level"    Created  on  iPad  w/  Apple  Pencil  using  #Paper53  App  #MadeByPaper    [image:  Slinky  going  down  steps.  Top  step  says  "6/2016.  Bottom  step  says  9/2016.  Red  lettering  between  steps  says  "Reading  Test  Scores".]    I  saw  a  presentation  done  a  few  years  ago  about  how  many  deaf  kids  score  much  lower  on  reading  test  after  3  months  of  summer  vacation.  Almost  one  grade  level  back.  It  takes  them  about  6  months  to  go  back  to  the  level  they  were  at  the  end  of  last  academic  year.  That  statistic  is  depressing.  The  reason  for  this  is  more  likely  -­‐  lack  of  ASL  and  books  at  home.    

   Title:  De'VIA  Art  Journey    Nancy  Rourke  Oil  on  Canvas  8  x  10      

   Diane  Squires  

   

heidi storme Photography & manipulation

I paint a lot of spirals, lots of metaphysical, reiki, energy stuff. Thought i might just use one i have. Considering it, knowing I've done a piece daily for the whole project thus far, may as well create again today. Not in love with flowers, it used to be something i did often, BUT the catharsis was awesome (even though throughout i have children testing my hearing. Does that ever get old? Ha!).

 

 

   Deaf  Rights  Now!    Robert  Tawney    Graphic  Design.    

     Title:  Hour  Hand  (2016)  Yusuf  Yahya  Medium:  Pencil  sketch  on  white  paper  Size:  12  inch  x  18  inch