Great Blossoming
Item
- Title
- Great Blossoming
- Alternative Title
- Great Blossoming
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The left page contains a Polaroid-style photograph of a hand with a rainbow reflection, surrounded by orange and gold circular doodles. The right page is adorned with a purple background featuring various circular illustrations in shades of purple, green, and brown, resembling cellular or molecular structures. The page is decorated with small orange and gold dots, and there are handwritten notes throughout.
- Dates Completed
- Feb 17, 2020 - March 29, 2020
- Keywords
- Great Blossoming; 29 Pieces; Origin story; 15-year anniversary; Covid-19 pandemic; Ankle replacement; Lockdown; Seeds; Garden metaphors; Shitstorm; Lotus blossom; Viral spread; Human care; Kelly’s surgery; Pandemic awareness; Lincoln NE; UNL library project; Frustrations; Phoebe Little; Yale admission; Shelley Thornton; Weeds; Coronavirus genome; Darkness; Recalibration; Post-surgery care; Joy of reading; Lynda II Gordon; Emily Dickinson biography; Lockdown struggles; Daily walks; Neighborhood photography; Grey days; Meditation group; Artistic survival tips; Vision and ethics; End of normal life; Growth cycle; Pandemic virus; Strength components; Tribal identity; National identity; Art from past pandemics; Human contact; Compassion; Sources of inspiration; Hilma af Klimt; Spiritual inspiration; The volcano blew
- Transcription
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Left Page:
March 22, 2020
In Lincoln. Spent Sat + Sunday with Kelly's Mom. Lunch Sunday with Lorraine. Dinner at Shelley's last night with Phoebe—celebrating her trip east to talk to Yale, RISD, and others. All went well. What a creative vortex.
Subjects to consider:
Mylene's inflated sense of oneself—triggered by my results on SPARK Lumina personality testing + a memory from childhood of thinking I was a fast runner—and then reality proving me ridiculously wrong.
Right Page:
But for now I want to consider today. I'm meeting with Kay W. from U of C's Center for Digital Research—along with two professors from the classics + religion dept. Stephen Lahey, the chair, and Yaroslav Komarovski, a professor with an emphasis on Buddhism. It is in consideration of a project on the 29 Pieces.
I've traveled to Lincoln for this. And I either have allergies or am coming down with a cold. In either case, I need to be there. Pray that the words may flow from me. That whatever is supposed to happen will. - 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
- Great Blossoming
- Relation
- Image Gallery