Responsibility

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Title: Responsibility
Alternative Title: Responsibility
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2020
Description: The image shows an open journal with two pages visible. On the left page, there is a photograph of a person with white hair holding and smelling a large red plastic rose. The person wears a dark jacket and a bright green beaded necklace. Overlapping the photograph is a bold white rectangular sticker with the word "RESPONSIBILITY" in red capital letters. On the right page, there is handwritten text in black ink under a header that reads "Responsibility" with “January 29, 2020” written above in cursive. The page also features a decorative pink and red striped tape at the top.
Dates Completed: January 22, 2020-February 9, 2020
Keywords: Responsibility; To-do lists; Sustaining peace; Beauty; Magic; Responsible behavior; Perception shifts; Nature of responsibility; 29 Pieces; Psychotic break; Friendship; Rafi; Slide; Unexpected joy; Unexpected sorrow; Human connectivity; Delight; Harbingers of delight; Hypocrisy; Failed leadership; Leadership; Trump; Family; Friends; God's creation; The Work; Work of Life; Education of the Heart; Self; Trust for Public Land Park Project; Children's art; Schools; Valentine lunch; Valentine cards; Abraham Lincoln quote; Destiny; Tasneem Hamid
Transcription: RESPONSIBILITY
Responsibility.
There are ways to sustain beauty, magic and peace while in the throes of RESPONSIBILITY—Looming. Bearing down
There is perception. Attitude danceshifts with conscious attention, and searching out the joy, the intricate connections made in every action. There is inherent joy in almost everything—whether a spreadsheet.
Rights: To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
Is Part Of: Responsibility
Relation: Image Gallery