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2020 Journal_001

Item

Grid-patterned notebook cover with colored squares and '202' displayed.
Title
2020 Journal_001
Alternative Title
2020 Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows a notebook cover arranged in a grid pattern made up of small, square sections, each displaying a different color or texture. Four of these squares have the numbers "2022" printed on them, with each digit appearing on a contrasting background. The grid includes a variety of hues such as pink, purple, orange, red, black, and beige. In the corner, there is an upward-pointing arrow with a circle intersecting its shaft. The notebook is bound with a brown cover along the left edge, secured by string threaded through evenly spaced holes. Some papers seem to protrude from beneath the cover on the right side.
Dates Completed
January 1, 2020 - January 30, 2020
Keywords
2020; New decade; Chart; Road metaphor; Bricks; Mortar; Rest stops; Dangers; Human body; Mortality; Poignancy; Connections; Sadness; Grief; Aging; Australia fires; Horror of 2020; $81,000 grant; Trust for Public Land; Texas Trees Foundation; Jonathan McNulty; David McNulty; Murder; Wounds; Baby elephants; Dream; “You are unstoppable”; NYC trip; FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN’S WORK; Lisa Unger Baskin Collection; Grolier Club; NYC libraries; Book display; Collections; Researchers; Lisa Unger Baskin; Magical day; Well being; New York Public Library; J.D. Salinger exhibit; Made at NYPL exhibit; Wallace Shawn; Artifact display; Book binding; Women in France; Inexplicable well being; Wave not the water; Broadway; Central vein; Long leaf; Walking; Orthopedic surgeries; Morgan Library; Duane Michals; Word and Image; NYPL; Animal skin fortune; Met Breuer; Home is a Foreign Place; Jody Shields; Metropolitan Museum; Friday evening; Cafe Sabarsky; Free man in Paris; Recollection; Recognition of freedom; Responsibility; Central Park; Beacon Hotel; Room with a view; Magic; Best Small Garden award; Dallas
Transcription
2020
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2020 Journal
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