Responsibility

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Two pages of a notebook with handwritten notes on responsibilities and life lessons.

Title: Responsibility
Alternative Title: Responsibility
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2020
Description: The image shows an open notebook with two pages filled with handwritten text. On the left page, there is a decorative strip with text that reads, “STEADY IN THE STORM” and “AIRBORNE CREAMERY,” surrounded by designs of circles and stripes in red, white, and gold. Below this, handwritten in red ink, is a list titled "Responsible Behavior is made up of 5 essential elements," followed by the elements: Honesty, Compassion, Fairness, Accountability, and Courage. The page concludes with a note about adding personal ingredients like joy, delight, and celebration.

The right page is topped with a red-striped tab labeled "Lessons." Beneath it, there is a paragraph written in black ink discussing planning, creativity, life, and responsibility. It questions how to bring attention, care, and love to life’s facets, and mentions a shift in perception regarding responsibilities. At the bottom are single-word notes like "love," "compassion," and "attention paid."
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: Left page: "The recurring theme: stability in the midst of a chaotic world full of responsibility. Responsible behavior is made up of 5 essential elements.

Honesty
Compassion
Fairness
Accountability
Courage And it's up to us to add the ingredients that make it ours. JOY...DELIGHT...CELEBRATION..."

Right page: "Lessons—> that charts a plan for the year ahead, soup given to a friend who is ill, creating art, creating a life—and even within those things that are heartbreaking. How do we bring attention, care, love? To all those facets of life? Through a shift in perception, the most dreaded responsibilities can strive for beauty + unity. love...ATTENTION PAID... compassion...KINDNESS..."
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Is Part Of: Responsibility
Relation: Image Gallery