Yours Truly 2016 / Cascadia College / Bothell, WA | Page 113

Nataliya Gorkina

Cascadia College Student
Nataliya L. Gorkina published the short
story “The Sight of Flowers in the Morning”
in this 2016 issue of Yours Truly.

Bonnie-Jean Heather

Cascadia /Bothell Community Member

Livia Halim

Cascadia College Student
Livia Halim was born in Jakarta, Indonesia,
in 1997. Art has always taken a big part of
her life. From spending six years at an allgirls school, to studying computer science
in Seattle, she continues to draw in her free
time. Her motivation is to introduce her culture
and philosophy to others. Also, as she pursues
her ma jor, she is enthusiastic to integrate
creativity into her future projects.

I’m recently retired. I have a BA and an MA from Northwest University, and a Professional in
Human Resources certification. I enjoy writing and recently self-published a book from years
sailing in southern California, Central America, and the Caribbean, called Sailing Toward
Faith, available at Third Place Books. I’m now working on a book with all poetry.

Elizabeth Hunter

Cascadia College Alumna
Elizabeth Hunter, an Interdisciplinary
Art and Consciousness ma jor at UWB,
senses that with the seizure and
subsequent masquerade of a free
press, artists and comedians play an
ever more crucial role in scrutinizing
the emperors’ attire. She holds that
art is also a bridge between the
scientist’s kingdom of matter and the
Shaman’s realm of spirit. Elizabeth is
a desperate explorer of borderlands
between notions of a sacred self,
and a fundamental unified human
condition. Compelled to question all
contemporary teachings on culture,
consumerism, the mind, and the
nature of reality, she hopes her work
inspires others to do the same.

Andrew Paul Kerr

Cascadia College Student
In my current series entitled “ He’s a Sociopath but
he has a Good Heart,” I explore themes of alienation,
alcoholism, depression and chance encounters with
God. What inspires me to create my pieces is my
spiritual journey through addiction to alcohol, and
self-abuse, which fueled my depression and left me
wanting to die. Through this experience, while living
in Tokyo, I became a whole new being filled with
light and understanding, and I left my scars visible,
but with a different story to tell, that of inspiration
and hope. I have previously been published in
Beautiful/Decay Magazine in LA, and Paris/Atlantic
Magazine through the American University of Paris
in Paris, France. Thank you all for your support to
get me this far. We are all going to die and that’s
ok.
www.facebook.com/andrewpaulkerr
https://twitter.com/andrewpaulkerr

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