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Diamond Line - Fall 2020, Autumn Blaylock, Emily Corn, Heather Drouse, Claire Hutchinson, Elise Lusk, Alexis Jamilee Carter, Lauren Dial, Toby James Haymore, Caroline Jennings, Heidi Kirk, Brittaney Mann, Anna Karen Olivo, Hadley West, Tabitha Novotny, Lexie Price

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

In following up the premier issue of The Diamond Line, the fall 2020 editorial staff had big shoes to fill. We took on the challenge of creating something that would uphold the framework of Issue 1 while simultaneously branching out from its margins.

Like the editors before us, we had a vision, but ours took a new form — bright, warm colors. Sunset colors. Moons. Playful lines. Isolation and introspection. A stroll through an art gallery. A coming-of-age story bound between two groovy orange bookends. While Issue 2 does not have an overarching theme, we chose the cover art, “Pandemic …

Utilizing Repurposed Denim To Create Apparel For Those With Cerebral Palsy, Monique Rodriguez

Apparel Merchandising and Product Development Undergraduate Honors Theses

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in children. In the U.S alone one million children and adults live with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Due to the increasing life expectancy of individuals with CP, the number of adults with this disorder is increasing, thus their medical and social care needs are changing (Moreno-De-Luca et al., 2012). For years children and adults who live with CP struggle in finding clothing that works for them and their needs. Currently the market for adaptable clothing is small. For people with CP, the lack of adaptive clothing creates large barriers whether …

Perceiving Mathematics And Art, Edmund Harriss

Mic Lectures

Mathematics and art provide powerful lenses to perceive and understand the world, part of an ancient tradition whether it starts in the South Pacific with tapa cloth and wave maps for navigation or in Iceland with knitting patterns and sunstones. Edmund Harriss, an artist and assistant clinical professor of mathematics in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, explores these connections in his Honors College Mic lecture.

The Role Of Designers In Promoting Healthy Masculinity With An Approach To Stopping Violence Against Women And Girls, Fatemeh Abolbashari

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

While awareness about violence against women and girls is growing, there is still a lack of evidence about what changes behavior to prevent it from happening. As a graphic designer, I wanted to find the root problem of this issue and work towards a solution. Through my research and questioning, I concluded that this problem begins with men’s thoughts on hierarchy, language, and behavior, and supported by a prevalence of toxic masculinity in men’s culture.

Where does this violence come from? What has society done to raise this kind of man? Violence against women and girls is being couched in …

The Branch On Which The Blossom Hangs, Thomas Sterling Coffey

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Branch on Which the Blossom Hangs is a body of paintings which address the relationship between landscape or physical presence and the primary experiences of emotion and perception. Through this examination of phenomenology and the malleability of the perceptual apparatus, the paintings express my feeling of dislocation caused by a cycle between depression, dissociation, and mental well-being. They question how an individual relates to their environment. The paintings seek to elicit the allusive and embodied qualities of poetry, framing and evoking a broader experience without defining it. By using the recognizable visual language of landscape, abstracted to the point …

Glut And Guzzle, Ashley Kay Gardner

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In Glut and Guzzle I explore my relationship with my partner, our sexualities and how to navigate these outside of the LDS faith of my childhood, and their struggles with gender, sexual expression and mental illness. This exploration landed on seductive and repulsive imagery of food and body. I use color, texture and size as a tool similar to visual tools of advertising to seduce my viewer. This is an exploration of how gender norms and the visual language of advertising that infiltrates daily lives and through media and religion can shape identity and gender roles. I utilize advanced 3D …

The Scenic Design Of "A Little Night Music", Kathleen Holmes

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim was produced by the University of Arkansas Department of Theatre in 2018-2019 academic school year. The scenic design process entailed a series of private meetings, design meetings, independent research, and analysis that all culminated into a full scenic design package. The show itself has many locations that quickly transition into one another. It was my challenge as the designer to cohesively design the scenery so that it could be transitioned easily and in time with the music. The major themes of the show that I based the design around were …

The Lump In Her Breast, Michayla Ashley

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Michayla Ashley is a rising senior at the University of Arkansas, majoring in English (Creative Writing). She is pleased to say The Diamond Line Literary Magazine will be the first of many publications.

The Dogwood, Alyssa Tidwell

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Alyssa Tidwell is a native of Northwest Arkansas, where she is currently a Junior in pursuit of an undergraduate degree to teach English and French. She believes writing and reading are tools of empathy, designed to help us detach from self-oriented routine and fit into someone else’s “coat”.

Coffee Break, Reeya Gandhi

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Reeya Gandhi is a freshman at the University of Arkansas double majoring in social work and English (Creative Writing).

Girls, Heather Drouse

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Heather Drouse is a freshman studying English (Creative Writing) with the hopes that she will be able to find work in editing- or teaching-related coourses in the future. Most of her work consists of free-form poetry based on urban legends she heard growing up in farm-town Michigan, as well as her personal experience with exploring the natural world.

"If You Can't Join 'Em, Beat 'Em!" And "My Eyes Are Up Here!", Emily Shaddox

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Emily Shaddox is a junior BFA studio art student with a concentration in photography. This work circulates itself around the idea of her experience as a young woman in the modern, vain world—striking consideration about the competitiveness expected between females today.

Fatal Floral, Bia Edwards

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Bia Edwards is a sophomore and English (Creative Writing) major.

Primordial Goop, Gabrielle Vatthanatham

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Gabrielle Vatthanatham is a third year University of Arkansas Honors College Fellow majoring in English and French. As a memeber of the UARK English Department’s Diversity and Inlcusion Committee, she celebrates the production and transmission of literature from all people. She is Cancer, an INFP, and an overall goober.

The Disco Garden, Katy Wright

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Katy Wright is from Benton, Arkansas and is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas and a graphic design major.

Poem For Ann, Elizabeth Muscari

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

FELIX CHRISTOPHER MCKEEN POETRY CONTEST WINNER Elizabeth Muscari is a senior English (Creative Writing) major from Dallas, TX. Beginning Fall 2020, she will attend the University of Arkansas’ Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing and Translation

Chantix, Sara Schellenberg

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Sara Schellenberg is a senior from St. Louis majoring in studio art and English.

Window Drawing I, Justice Henderson

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Justice Henderson is a senior at the University of Aranksas recieving a BFA in painting, a BA in journalism and a minor in art history. Engaging with the abstraction of perception, Henderson uses painting and drawing techniques to investigate the concept of ephemerality and reconfigures shapes and colors to create a visual experience based on the illusion of three-dimensional space. Henderson lives on her homewtown of Morrilton, AR, where she continues to create paintings, drawings and installations.

From The Mist, Rashi Ghosh

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Rashi is a senior majoring in computer science, with a minor in mathematics. She enjoys ink drawing, pencil sketching, and watercolors in her free time.

Edited: A Poem About (Love) Changing Seasons, Zach Turner

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Zach is a fifth year senior majoring in English, History and Creative Writing and minoring in Spanish, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Gender Studies. After graduation in May he will be applying to MFA programs for Poetry or Fiction. In an ideal world, he would spend every day traveling, telling stories, and making art and hopes that he can base his future life around that ideal.

A Song For My Brother, Morgan Walker

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Morgan Walker is a senior from Prarie Grove, Arkansas and is a English (Creative Writing) major. Currently, Morgan is working on a collection of poetry for her honors thesis.

Trees And Moon, Jonelle Lipscomb

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Jonelle is a former teacher of drama and filmmaking at Fayetteville High School. Since her retirement, she has pursued her creative interests in photography and writing by enrolling as an undergraduate at the U of A with an undeclared major.

It Could've Been Me, Claire Riddell

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Adopted from Guatamala, Claire Riddell grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She is currently a junior with a double major in psychology and English (Creative Writing).

Allon-Bacuth, Michayla Ashley

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Michayla Ashley is a rising senior at the University of Arkansas, majoring in English (Creative Writing). She is pleased to say The Diamond Line Literary Magazine will be the first of many publications.

Cupcake Smash, Katy Wright

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Katy Wright is from Benton, Arkansas and is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas and a graphic design major.

The Gamble And Jump Rope, Halie Brown

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Halie Brown is a University of Arkansas senior, majoring in Editoral/News Journalism. She was the lifestyle and news editor for The Arkansas Traveler and is the current Hill Magazine assistant editor. She spends much of her free time removing Oxford commas and has been told she is best known for her Twitter lists.

The Wife Of Sisyphus, Chance O'Neal

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Chance O’Neal is a second-semester sophomore majoring in English (Creative Writing) at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. After coming from a split household, he completed high school at Subiaco Academy, an all-boys Catholic boarding school in Paris, Arkansas. These experiences have given him a unique perspective on literature and his developing style.

Permeable Figure, Justice Henderson

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Justice Henderson is a senior at the University of Aranksas recieving a BFA in painting, a BA in journalism and a minor in art history. Engaging with the abstraction of perception, Henderson uses painting and drawing techniques to investigate the concept of ephemerality and reconfigures shapes and colors to create a visual experience based on the illusion of three-dimensional space. Henderson lives on her homewtown of Morrilton, AR, where she continues to create paintings, drawings and installations.

Saigon Syndrome, Gabrielle Vatthanatham

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Gabrielle Vatthanatham is a third year University of Arkansas Honors College Fellow majoring in English and French. As a memeber of the UARK English Department’s Diversity and Inlcusion Committee, she celebrates the production and transmission of literature from all people. She is Cancer, an INFP, and an overall goober.

You Say You Love The Streets Of Copenhagen, Kate Duby

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Kate Duby is a junior majoring in Editorial/News Journalism and minoring in English.She hopes to one day write for a daily publication in a big city, but her biggest dream is to publish an anthology of her own poetry and essays.