Rubber Stickers_067

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Open notebook with handwritten entries and redacted sections.

Title: Rubber Stickers_067
Alternative Title: Rubber Stickers
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2018
Description: The image depicts an open notebook with handwritten entries on both visible pages. The left page lists various emotions and personality traits, categorized into groups such as "Fearless," "Physical," and "Miscellaneous," with words like "Doubtful," "Tense," and "Torn" written in pen. Words under headings like "I Am" include "Soft," "Loving," and "Warm." The right page is dated "4.17.18" and contains a personal entry discussing feelings of trepidation about receiving an Alumni Achievement Award, along with notes about friends, personal concerns, and health. Some words are redacted with black bars. The background is a soft black surface with a pen looped at the edge of the notebook.
Dates Completed: February 25, 2018 - June 1, 2018
Keywords: Journal covers; Rubber stickers; 29 Pieces; Dislike of materials; Student art supplies; Alumni magazine; University of Nebraska; 2018 Alumni Achievement Awards; Pulitzer; Career change; Graphic artist recognition; Visual storytelling; Art justification; Newspaper to freelance transition; What makes me glow; Community art; Fate; Destiny; Career path; Chapters of work; Art in community; Responsibility of artists; Inspiration sources; Current projects; Murder in the front yard; Origin story; Personal metamorphosis; Chapter 3; Advice to students; Career description; Beautiful; Hope; Lasting memories of UNL; Illustration; Design; Avoiding labels; Leonardo; Michelangelo; Universal language of art; March 4, 2018; Super hero movie; Popular culture; Shelley’s visit; Texas; Changed plans; Friendship evaluations; Broadcasters as friends; Project partner betrayal; End of 29 Pieces; Wordless communication; Higher consciousness talks; Alumni Achievement weekend; This is Us; Forgiveness; Remembering; Conversation as art; Curiosity; Good memory; Challenging moments; Shine Through Us; Dallas; NRA convention; Content life; Memorial Day; Jessie Richey; Jessie Richey’s death
Transcription: Left Page: FEARLESS DOUBTFUL DISTRUSTFUL SUSPICIOUS PERPLEXED DEFEATED PESSIMISTIC

PHYSICAL TENSE HOLLOW EMPTY WEARY REPULSED

INTERESTED CONCERNED FASCINATED ENGROSSED ABSORBED EXCITED CURIOUS INQUISITIVE INQUIRING CREATIVE SINCERE

I AM SOFT CLOSE LOVING TENDER WARM OPEN APPROVING

MISCELLANEOUS TORN DISTANT PLAYED OUT

the opposite of this

Right Page: 4.17.18 Heading to Nebraska. With trepidation. I'm getting an Alumni Achievement Award. Friends are coming together. I should be joyful. The [redacted] And I am weakened by my hip. I need to rise to the occasion. Janelle is very ill. Kelly has his mind fully.
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: Rubber Stickers
Relation: Image Gallery