The Vehicle, Spring 1999

Vol. 40, No. 2 Table of Contents Poetry Eve\u27s DaughterSylvia Whippopage 1 When We Wore Canoes On Our ShouldersMandy Watsonpage 2 This Is Not A Poem About GrandpaJake Tolbertpage 3 Old relationshipsBrandi Kinneypage 5 UntitledErin Winnerpage 6 BraverySylvia Whippopage 6 deep dark closetNicole Smithpage 7 Belly EarthTara Coburnpage 9 The River and FireJake Tolbertpage 10 UntitledAutumn Williamspage 12 Action PotentialKim Evanspage 13 Chimerical (a song for children)D.M. Attrapepage 14 UntitledAutumn Williamspage 16 UntitledMatthew Armstrongpage 18 Building YouSylvia Whippopage 19 RunningKim Evanspage 20 Walking Jenn to WorkJake Tolbertpage 22 Looking InKim Hunterpage 23 Void Between Me and WisconsinMandy Watsonpage 24 Artwork UntitledWendy Finchpage 4 MeditationJennifer Lundpage 8 UntitledSteve Drakepage 15 MemoriesJennifer Lundpage 21 UntitledKathryn Kolasinskipage 25 Prose FoundKim Hunterpage 26 A Day in the Life of William Baxter, DriverDaniel Fitzgeraldpage 32https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1072/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, Spring 1999

Vol. 40, No. 2 Table of Contents Poetry Eve\u27s DaughterSylvia Whippopage 1 When We Wore Canoes On Our ShouldersMandy Watsonpage 2 This Is Not A Poem About GrandpaJake Tolbertpage 3 Old relationshipsBrandi Kinneypage 5 UntitledErin Winnerpage 6 BraverySylvia Whippopage 6 deep dark closetNicole Smithpage 7 Belly EarthTara Coburnpage 9 The River and FireJake Tolbertpage 10 UntitledAutumn Williamspage 12 Action PotentialKim Evanspage 13 Chimerical (a song for children)D.M. Attrapepage 14 UntitledAutumn Williamspage 16 UntitledMatthew Armstrongpage 18 Building YouSylvia Whippopage 19 RunningKim Evanspage 20 Walking Jenn to WorkJake Tolbertpage 22 Looking InKim Hunterpage 23 Void Between Me and WisconsinMandy Watsonpage 24 Artwork UntitledWendy Finchpage 4 MeditationJennifer Lundpage 8 UntitledSteve Drakepage 15 MemoriesJennifer Lundpage 21 UntitledKathryn Kolasinskipage 25 Prose FoundKim Hunterpage 26 A Day in the Life of William Baxter, DriverDaniel Fitzgeraldpage 32https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1072/thumbnail.jp

Feast of Flowers

Jim Draper’s Feast of Flowers is a multi-disciplinary project that critically investigates new ways of understanding Florida’s history, environmental aesthetics and the human place within the natural order. It is comprised of a collection of original paintings along with a digital anthology of collected works that seek to explain Florida’s enigmatic environmental and social landscape. Essential in offering a unique perspective to the 500th anniversary of the naming of Florida, the curated document features responses from voices of various disciplines and serves as a cultural critique of our state, while Draper’s paintings explain a personal relationship with the unique Floridan ecosystem. “Juan Ponce de León is referenced in the collection as an archetype and is treated more as a concept than an individual; he’s certainly not celebrated as a hero. I think that he represents that part of our psyche that we hope we can overcome: the individual as possessor. I want to show an alternative path through which we can learn to live as an active participant within the natural order. So another way to look at this project would be Ponce vs. the Butterfly.

Feast of Flowers

Jim Draper’s Feast of Flowers is a multi-disciplinary project that critically investigates new ways of understanding Florida’s history, environmental aesthetics and the human place within the natural order. It is comprised of a collection of original paintings along with a digital anthology of collected works that seek to explain Florida’s enigmatic environmental and social landscape. Essential in offering a unique perspective to the 500th anniversary of the naming of Florida, the curated document features responses from voices of various disciplines and serves as a cultural critique of our state, while Draper’s paintings explain a personal relationship with the unique Floridan ecosystem. “Juan Ponce de León is referenced in the collection as an archetype and is treated more as a concept than an individual; he’s certainly not celebrated as a hero. I think that he represents that part of our psyche that we hope we can overcome: the individual as possessor. I want to show an alternative path through which we can learn to live as an active participant within the natural order. So another way to look at this project would be Ponce vs. the Butterfly.