The featured artist for this edition of HLR Spotlight is Chesley Davis, a student in the Visual and Digital Arts (VADA) program at Humber College.
Posts tagged #Spotlight 7
Hold Me in Istanbul
He chose architecture for its permanence, the grandeur of a beautiful creation, a perfect marriage of mathematics, engineering, history and art from a mere plot of land.
Mine Alone
She had given the same box to all of the boys in our class. You didn’t think I was the only recipient, did you?
A Dog Named Chuwwey
When I was a little girl growing up in the sloping valleys of Montalbán, I had a dog named Chuwwey.
A Mother's Pride
As I looked at my mom, the woman who has been my role model my entire life, I felt the feeling in my stomach disappear. Maybe I hadn’t accomplished what my mom had at my age, but that didn’t have to mean I failed.
Katauhan
Truth be told, I’ve been possessed by a ghost ever since I was born, passed down by my parents through a generational curse. The spirit, invisible to others, revels in my torment. Try as I might, this phantom of mine refuses to pass into the afterlife.
Teaching Myself to be a Black Woman
In Ethiopia, I was just a woman, but in Canada, I am a Black woman.
Sage
“I want to go with you to your next appointment,” Lisabetta said. What she meant was, “I never want us to be apart again.”
Jonsey Stood Alone
Jonsey’s heart was beating furiously. No time to be scared, she thought to herself. For this, she had to be angry. Angry at the ground people for shattering all the peace and making her scared. Angry at the ground people for making her hide in a corner.
Motherhood
Chloe had to go home soon but she wasn’t ready to face her parents. She’d failed them by her very biology. It wasn’t fair. She was their only child. She was expected to give them grandchildren, wasn’t she? What was her purpose if she couldn’t?
Everything is Just Fine
You are my companion, my purpose in life, the reason I wake up. Everything is just fine.
Twenty-Four-Hour Video
The pile of tapes in the trash can had started to melt, the black plastic bubbling and warping, exposing the spools of film underneath.
Out
The people that I care the most about in the world now know me, the real me, without any walls to hide behind or masks to cover my true face. I’m free.
Blind Date
“You know, there’s a word for taking something that isn’t yours. It’s called stealing.”
I’m not a bad student!
There is some sort of stigma with learning disabilities, but often you can’t tell when someone has one.