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Works submitted by Aims students
Cherries On Top by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography: Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark of expression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music or writing, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner…
An Open Book by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography: Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark of expression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music or writing, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner…
Wrong celebration by Jenna Luna
Biography: My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I have…
Family experience by Jenna Luna
Biography: My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I have…
Stillness with Teeth by Tesia Munoz
One side stays still. It follows the steps. Turns the key. Shuts the door. Chews the food. Nods at the noise. Fakes the pulse. Smiles at the right time. Stands in the right place. Waits for the feeling whatever it’s supposed to be that never arrives. The other side claws at the walls with teeth…
“No smoking” by Wilson Packham
The Mistress A “no smoking” sign like a disapproving parent I smoke anyway, Ash falls onto luxurious hotel sheets He’s an hour late. I sip the wine, bitter as my stare In the hotel mirror: Beautiful, Pissed, Used He’s two hours late. Legs netted in black lace, fold on the hotel chair one more cigarette…
Dumpling Sauce by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
Lately I’ve been feeling that I’m living in a time loop, No matter how much it repeats itself, it don’t feel like my mind grew, Dusty spirits yawn for attention in the high noon, Rising dead speak in my dreams thinking I’ll respond soon, Follicles plucked out until there’s no fine tune, Haunted radio waves…
Basement depths by Echo Larkin
Biography: I am returning to aims as a student because I want to make a change in my life with my career. I want to bring my creativity to what I do for a living and not just my hobbies I do in my free time. My art and my crafting means my unlimited freedom….
No, Thank You…Yes by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
When I’m locked in, you don’t need to fetch the bolt cutters to get me out, Road running across scenes from the coyotes but I never took the petty route, Net worth stuck in between the rim and backboard, I still ain’t gotta get carried down, To get bounced to and announce swoosh inside of…
Empty Campsite by Miguel Itzman
Night is near, fireflies offer light. Their fire is warm, unforgiving embers. A trail they leave, he might go and see them take flight. Time to leave the empty campers. Night is near, fireflies offer light. The smell of old food fades as he loses sight. Where is everyone? It’s such a blur. A trail…
The Frozen Lake by Lindsay Ross
Still silence around the frozen lake. Branches hidden by thick frost. Chilled breaths combine in the cold air. Snowflakes fall as silence moves through the empty space. Branches hidden by thick frost. Our footprint trails in the fresh snow. Snowflakes fall as silence moves through the empty space. Laughter echoes through the trees breaking the…
The Dread Miser by John Quincy Thompson
A skittish financial advisorheld up his prescribed breathalyzer,with anxiety, he took a puff,but with weak nerves, it wasn’t enough,for before him was the Dread Miser. The master spoke, flashing incisors,glad that his guest was none the wiser,for tonight his meal was big enough:a skittish financial advisor. Grim Reaper, the great equalizerbroke skin and erupted a…
Orange Type of Love
Biography: What brought me to Aims Community College was a deep desire for a better future. One shaped by opportunity, growth, and determination to rise beyond the circumstances I came from. I spent most of my teen years in Mexico, navigating through the poverty and challenges of living in an unfamiliar country. Those experiences…
There is no such thing as Nothing by Matty Garrett
There is no such thing as nothing. Emptiness is a myth. The wind blows to remind us that what we see is less than what we are. The sun fills our eyes with light, feeds our skin. Yet we cannot see the rays, only their reflection. The light feeds our food, becomes what we are….
Arty Aardvark by Kyra Andersen
My name is Arty and I hangout at Aims. I am an Aardvark just counting the days. I’ve been here forever but I really can’t complain. I love seeing students, They all have crazy smart brains. My job is to have fun and give my school praise. School spirit is what I preach, It’s my…
A Pantoum About Losing a Friend When I Was 7 by Riley Plantt
Some dogs are big, some are small, and they do not know they are different sizes Tense and coiled they sleep restlessly in each person’s stomach There was no room inside my best friend for an animal you would notice Hers warned with a growl that was smothered in her sweatshirt Tense and coiled they…
(-2) by Jonathan Gonzalez Trejo
If I don’t know how to speak then who does? It can’t be the broom that snowballs the debt of this wooden floor that is an apoplectic zone for snowshoes Because if it were it would’ve already protested its purpose set by those lively things You know, the things that are whatchamacallit…their own tool, a…
Devano the Brave by John Thompson
This is a story of a knight, in his glory, who was known as “Devano the Brave.” With his incredible fame, he went by many a name, but all of his friends called him “Dave.” A king once professed: “Dave shall go on a quest”, so he equipped some greaves and a glaive; for past…
Little Blue House by Arden Kitchen
It began with three, in a little house for you, you and me. On 117 Middleview Drive, who would have thought this would be my life? Born the oldest of four, forced to grow without a care in the world. How strange it is, the things that shaped me to today. The past does not…
Ill fated by Mandy Young
Sometimes I wonder about reincarnation of my past selves the experiences that made them beg for my current iteration’s circumstances I can picture a woman whose beauty turned her into a target Skin once entirely her own now stained by stranger hands. And when face to face with Death she falls to her knees and…
A woman I know well… by Mason “Ace” Vargas
I’m thinking of a woman I know well today Her hair pitch black and brushed now twiceA gaze that twinkles like the night skiesCarrying their own imposing lies I get lost in thought as the clock ticks awayWishing.Wishing..Wishing… I’m missing a woman I know well todayHer stare can knock you down a sizeMeeting each with…
Jets in Action
Biography: Ben Ayers is a photographer based in Greeley, Colorado, specializing in astrophotography, landscapes, wildlife, and portraiture. While his academic journey began in Construction Management at Aims Community College, Ben chose to follow a different path, pivoting to a Studio Art major to pursue his lifelong passion for visual storytelling.In his astrophotography, Ben draws huge…
Waldeinsamkeit by Alexa Marshall
Biography – Art to me is about expressing a feeling and a story. It can be in big flashy ways, such as cinema, or in more subtle and personal ways that may not be obvious to every observer. Artists put their feelings, thoughts and a little piece of themselves into everything they create. That gives…
Solstice by Katelyn E Rogers
Author: Katelyn E Rogers (sh Biography – My name is Katelyn Rogers, after a 10-year break from schooling since high school, I am excited to begin a new chapter as a student at Aims Community College, pursuing my Associate of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a focus on Studio Art. Over the past decade, I…
Iris by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography – Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark ofexpression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music orwriting, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner realm…
Family Portrait by Rebekah McWhorter
Biography – Creativity is the breath of my embodiment, and watching it evolve throughout my life has unlocked so much knowing within myself. There has always been a little spark ofexpression within me asking to be brought out into the world. Whether through music orwriting, I have always followed that spark, bringing my inner realm…
Memento Mori by Jenna Luna
Biography – My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I…
Too Short by Jenna Luna
Biography – My name is Jenna luna I’m a 23 year old artist who is mostly self taught. I’ve been attending aims classes in person for the last three semesters. I came to aims with the hope of learning and growing in my talent as an artist and I feel that no matter what I…