Something Beautiful
Item
- Title
- Something Beautiful
- Alternative Title
- Something Beautiful
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image depicts an open journal with two pages filled with text, images, and drawings. The left page features a collage with a woman wearing a patterned headscarf, looking downward to her left. Beside her is a grayscale image of a building with the text "ONE SUICIDE TOO MANY" in colorful, block-style letters. At the bottom, handwritten text reads, "1% of students attempted suicide in the past year. 11.3% of students considered attempting suicide." The right page has handwritten journal entries and sketches in black and red ink. It includes a drawing of a person labeled "Concentration" and notes discussing tasks, dates, and thoughts, densely populated around the page. At the top, several paper tabs stick out with labels like "ELECTION" visible.
- Dates Completed
- August 23, 2020 - November 29, 2020
- Keywords
- Beauty; Thoughts on beauty; Something Beautiful; Ray-Mel Cornelius; Snowflake painting; David McNulty; Murder; Aging; Kelly’s mother; Sparky the cat; Love; Invisible communication; Love knows no distance; Beautiful collage; Quilt collage; Personal nature; Initiative; Choice; Transience; Once in forever; Marriage; Eye contact; Tender mercies; Cat art; Janelle; Lea; TikTok; Forgiveness; Commitment; COMMITMENT Lesson; 29 Pieces; Other shore; UNL suicide project; Drawing; Suicide sketches; Final art; Biden election; Kamala Harris; Glitter metaphor; Photos; Sparky
- Transcription
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Left page: "ONE SUICIDE TOO MANY" "1% of students attempted suicide in the past year." "11.3% of students considered attempting suicide."
Right page: "Friday, Oct. 30, 2020I had another confrontation with the chainsaw happy neighbor. That must go out of mind for the next two days." "Nov. 2, 2020" "Focus. Analyze. Inspiration." "Concentration"
Various red ink notes include: "a. win cutting trees at slip point. b. Is KB's chainsaw still at? y/n. What...more still. I...spirit of...13...have...w/them." "I talk....don't ask...no talk." "13.B.B why did you just...itov?" "how long...more" "the job...care" "KB: You say...came about your damage...feet, it was...serious." "B.B. I can't talk y2..." "13.13" - 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
- Something Beautiful
- Relation
- Image Gallery