Selections from Flit Filters
Endi Hartigan
Notes
selection from flit filters
The 7 entries here are a selection from the middle of a longer series.
Some diction in this series originated in phrases from image descriptions on NASA’s various Instagram accounts which seemed more immediate in many cases than the definitional descriptions of the image or the galactic body names. The initial challenge was to apply a phrase or diction from the image description of the technology-captured seen to “unseen” modes or experience.
“details are made available by ....”
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-chandra-webb-telescopes-combine-for-arresting-views/
images referenced
the Cigar galaxy: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw3SCYqp691/
rare eclipse on Uranus: https://www.instagram.com/nasahubble/p/CvK5R2ruGbT/
diffuse galaxy in Pavo: https://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/p/Cv0AD5sRyHr/
interacting galaxies: https://www.instagram.com/p/C23EYTXyNJM/
Crew 7 heading to the ISS: https://www.instagram.com/nasa/p/CwauEIOM7by/?img_index=3
Arp 107: https://www.instagram.com/nasa/p/CxgksEIu15q/
star-forming region NGC 346: image not found
Toss zone real estate
information sources:
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223377817/navajo-moon-human-remains
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/strange-things-humans-have-left-on-moon
https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/an-incredible-moment-columbia-sportswear-product-heading- to-the-moon/
Endi Bogue Hartigan's most recent book of poetry oh orchid o’clock (Omnidawn Publishing, 2023) investigates clock measure, temporal presence in today’s violent realities, and the impacts of our obsession with time and instrumentation. Her previous books include Pool [5 choruses] (Omnidawn, 2014), selected for the Omnidawn Open Prize and One Sun Storm (Center for Literary Publishing, 2018), selected for the Colorado Prize for Poetry. She is also author of the chapbooks the seaweed sd treble clef (Oxeye Press, 2021) and silver and rust (collaboration with Linda Hutchins, 2011), as well as work in journals and collaborations. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, and more of her work is at endiboguehartigan.com.