End Stage
“End Stage” features overgrown brush and the silhouette of an old billboard that has fallen into ruin and is a titling rusted frame. The colors are muted, with purple, pink, and brown tones. The top and bottom of the image have streaks and patterns that resemble flowing lines, giving the photo an ethereal effect as if the image is deteriorating. The focus is soft, and the overall mood is dystopic and somber.
Crisis
“Crisis” depicts a forest scene with sunlight streaming through tall trees, casting long shadows across the forest floor. The sunlight appears distorted and diffused at the top, creating an abstract, colorful effect that resembles damaged or decaying film. The overall mood is eerie, with a sense of natural beauty and decay.
Patty Paine is the author of Grief & Other Animals, The Sounding Machine, and three chapbooks. Her poems, reviews, and visual works have appeared in Blackbird, Adroit, Gulf Stream, Lomography, Thrush, The South Dakota Review, The Denver Quarterly, and other publications. She is the founding editor of Diode Poetry Journal and Diode Editions and Director of Liberal Arts & Sciences at VCUarts Qatar.