“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 inks or paints designed to lighten after brief exposure to light. In Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, poet and artist Jessica Hiemstra uses the idea of fugitive color to explore the grieving process: whether her subject is a lost grandparent, child, or cat, Hiemstra renders the fleetingness of life with fine, delicate strokes.