2020 Journal_005
Item
- Title
- 2020 Journal_005
- Alternative Title
- 2020 Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image shows an open book against a dark background. The book has two pages of textured, light brown paper with rough, natural edges. The left page contains the handwritten sentence "The human body is finite." with the word "The" starting with a cut-out, block-style letter "T". The right page displays handwritten text in a darker ink, covering most of the page, with visible stitching along the page's margin indicating that the pages are bound together.
- 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
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Left page: "The human body is finite."
Right page: "This reality is brought home with more frequency. Crumbling joints, melting minds I see in loved ones. Friends die suddenly like Don Sundren, or after lengthy illness, like Barbara. I look on in a combination of humor, horror, empathy and sadness as I observe the changes in me and those I love. Divine tragedy. There's an intensity, poignancy in knowing and recognizing this exquisite beauty and" - 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
- 2020 Journal
- Relation
- Image Gallery