This painting is from a (Children of Deaf Adults) CODA's experience. A hearing person coming from Deaf parents, uses two languages, ASL and ENGLISH. The left side is the Deaf Culture, using American Sign Language. The right side is ENGLISH, speaking and listening. The CODA person shows two faces. This is Bilinguical and Bicultural. The painting will go to (Kids of Deaf Adults) KODAWest for the "Seeds for Tomorrow" Gala event on May 19, 2012. More information about a Benefit for KODAWest at http://www.kodawest.org/

Theme: Affirmative Art
This painting shows a hearing person accepting as being a CODA, pride, Deaf-hearted, Deaf-Minded, Identity,
Metaphor and Deaf Culture.