The Observer: Illuminations, Volume 6, Spring 2024

Authors

Horisun Antunee, ed., University of Maine at Farmington
Cal Beckwith, University of Maine at Farmington
Anna MacDonald, University of Maine at Farmington
Connor Haskell, University of Maine at Farmington
Eve Poteet, University of Maine at Farmington
Linville McDonough, University of Maine at Farmington
Matthew Dyer, University of Maine at Farmington
Jett Jordan, University of Maine at Farmington
Sean Tenney, University of Maine at Farmington
Tori Oliveira, University of Maine at Farmington

Document Type

Zine

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Abstract

Hello everyone,

Thank you for taking the time to view the amazing works that students at the University of Maine at Farmington have created. This issue of Illuminations includes personal pieces and pieces from classes. There was a recurring theme of observation and self identity throughout many of the pieces in this issue of Illuminations—the idea that observation is an interactive practice—the idea that observation is a creative practice. This reoccurring theme ultimately led to the title of this year’s issue of Illuminations: The Observer. I hope you enjoy these pieces. I hope they inspire you to create something of your own. And I hope you submit what you create next semester.

Sincerely, Horisun Antunee

Comments

Table of Contents:

Foreword iii

Anna MacDonald

Artist Statement 1

Income Inequality 2

Connor Haskell

Artist Statement 6

Ode to the Gum on My Shoe 7

Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth 8

The Pretend Hero 9

A Stranger Comes into Town 11

Eve Poteet

Artist Statement 13

Here’s a twelve-year-old delinquent named Sienna 14

Linville McDonough

Artist Statement 15

Hurricane Maria 16

Matthew Dyer

Artist Statement 17

the waning moon and an empty room 18

Jett Jordan

Artist Statement 19 Love Gone Wrong 20 Table Story 22

Seán Tenney

Artist Statement 24

Out of the picture 25

Hold still 27

Kandinsky Trance: A guy confronts Abstract Expressionism 28

A Poet in Painter’s Clothes 29

Lady, canvassed in purple 30

Look at me! 32

Artist Statement 33

Nekomata on Derrida 34

References 50

Class Index 51

Recommended Citation

Antunee, ed., Horisun; Beckwith, Cal; MacDonald, Anna; Haskell, Connor; Poteet, Eve; McDonough, Linville; Dyer, Matthew; Jordan, Jett; Tenney, Sean; and Oliveira, Tori, "The Observer: Illuminations, Volume 6, Spring 2024" (2024). Honors Journal. 6.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/honors_journal/6