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Self-portrait without a Bicycle
Jessica Hiemstra
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Description for Self-portrait without a Bicycle
Paperback. These poems stitch loss to memory, to colours and smells, to tastes of past and present, canvas and ink. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Painters use the term "fugitive pigments" to describe those colours most prone to fading after a brief exposure to light. In Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, poet and visual artist Jessica Hiemstra uses the idea of fugitive colour to explore the grieving process; whether her subject is a lost grandparent, language, child, painting or cat, Hiemstra renders the fleetingness of life with fine, delicate strokes. "The poet listens, tastes and remembers, senses afloat, dipping into the past and then surfacing again, drawn by a perfect but fleeting moment." -- Descant
Painters use the term "fugitive pigments" to describe those colours most prone to fading after a brief exposure to light. In Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, poet and visual artist Jessica Hiemstra uses the idea of fugitive colour to explore the grieving process; whether her subject is a lost grandparent, language, child, painting or cat, Hiemstra renders the fleetingness of life with fine, delicate strokes. "The poet listens, tastes and remembers, senses afloat, dipping into the past and then surfacing again, drawn by a perfect but fleeting moment." -- Descant
Product Details
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781926845906
SKU
V9781926845906
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Ref
99-1
About Jessica Hiemstra
Jessica Hiemstra is a visual artist and writer. She is also the winner of two Malahat Review Open Season Awards (2011) and the Room Magazine Annual Poetry Contest (2009). Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle is her second full-length volume of poetry.
Reviews for Self-portrait without a Bicycle
"Hiemstra is masterful as she blends together art, memory and sense." - St. Catharines Standard