Weekly Artist

Name: Tracy E. Hieatt

Aka: T. E. Hieatt, Treacye Hieatt

T. E. Hieatt is a graduate of the study of God, Gold, and Glory, aka, history. She once spent a winter outside the kitchen she loves so much, for fear of the furnace blowing up and asteroids crashing through the ceiling. Now she loves conquering false limitations by kicking at the walls between her writing, music, art, and entrepreneurship.

At this point, I'm mainly a writer who's published poetry, prose, and articles. I also indulge in photography, digital art, and web design. I'd like to return soon to painting and music, and will explore mixed media also. Most of my art is not posted anywhere right now while I build the Degenerate Matter Studios web site. Everything I use to produce at the moment is old and cheap by technology's chronology, but it doesn't matter to me. It's the output not the means that are important. Eventually I'll upgrade when I'm able. I'm a self-trained, non-technique artist. I'm not against technique; I just don't use any. Every piece created flows from pure instinct, and if I need a certain look or feel and don't know how to get it, I learn from others then adapt.

Links:
http://degeneratematterstudios.com
http://be.net/tehieatt
http://linkedin.com/in/tehieatt
http://facebook.com/tehieatt
http://exoworld.info


Education:
Associates' in history and liberal arts — 2011
Minor in web development
Associates' in modern languages and science — 2013
Bachelor in history — 2013 - 2014
Certificate of professional and technical writing — 2013 - 2014

Likes:
Knowledge
Truth
Love
Civility

Dislikes:
Hostility
Oppression
Narrow mindedness

Status:
Betrothed

Anything else:
I'm taking a year off from college to pursue entrepreneurship, expand my creative pursuits, and volunteer. I have a couple wonderful people in my life who've been a rock and support for me to launch from my platform. I've learned to appreciate this and gained confidence in my choices and who I am through them. Thanks to Weekly Artist for the opportunity to share!

Name: Susan E. Holle


Susan is a woman who has Cerebral Palsy. but doesn’t let her disability stand in the way of all of the things she wants to achieve. Susan graduated high school with honors and then went to Blinn Junior College and then went to Texas A&M University. She graduated in 2006 and now she is a video editor and writer. Also, from time to time she gives speeches at churches and schools about how she fought to get a good education and be treated like everyone else.

Susan likes to write short stories and flash fictions. She types with a mouth stick, because she can't control her arms and hands, but her computer has a word predictor and that helps her to write faster. Susan gets her ideas for her stories using her imagination and life experiences. Sometimes watching TV and listening to music will give her ideas too.


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Name: K.W. Taylor
Married to an extremely tall comic book nerd, with whom I parent a 15-year-old calico cat

Anything else:
I get unduly excited by the opening of tiny, locally-owned restaurants.

Five links to samples of my work online:

• “The Death of Ed Goshi,” in Aphelion magazine <http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/shorts/2010/11/TheDeathofEdGoshi.html>
• “Arcus Senilis,” in Scribal Tales magazine <http://www.scribaltales.com/apr11_arcus_senilis.html>
• “But I Love Her,” in The Fringe magazine <http://thefringemagazine.blogspot.com/2011/01/fiction-but-i-love-her-by-kw-taylor.html>
• “Choleric,” in Quarterlife Quarterly <http://quarterlifequarterly.org/choleric/>
• Links to complete bibliography at <http://kwtaylorwriter.com/>