mood XI

Our series mood continues with it’s eleventh installment, featuring images, a poem, and playlist by Kristen Diederich. Diederich is a writer, editor and multimedia artist in Portland, OR. Kristen’s work has appeared online at Pom Pom Lit, and in person at Extracto, Dog River, Crema and Urbanite, IPRC. They are the author of fields (2019), a poetry chapbook published at the IPRC, and graduate of the IPRC certificate program (2019). Kristen is a former Poetry editor at 1001 Journal. Currently they are working on a multi-media art book, [green apples], which explores grief through ritual, form and language.

To see more of Kristen’s work please visit her website and her on Instagram at @k__d_art.

Playlist by Kristen Diederich & Devin Ludwig.

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we are flotsam because we can never fully be water. it is true, we are made of star dust, but remain water- logged on the shore of this moment.

image 1: grandma’s lost things, arranged (2020). image 2: each hour repeats, Alyson Provax. image 3: remnants of opal creek trail (2020). image 4: Sally Mann, Virgina #6, thousand crossings. image 5: disembodied claw, blooming chest (2020). image 6:… — image 1: grandma’s lost things, arranged (2020). image 2: each hour repeats, Alyson Provax. image 3: remnants of opal creek trail (2020). image 4: Sally Mann, Virgina #6, *thousand crossings.* image 5: disembodied claw, blooming chest (2020). image 6: spring in quarantine (2020). image #7 Tan and Black Dogs, Mississippi Delta, Maude Schulyer-Clay, *Delta Dogs.*

Mood SeriesArt & AboutDecember 3, 2020Comment