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2020 Journal_008

Item

Open journal showing dated entries about personal activities and events.
Title
2020 Journal_008
Alternative Title
2020 Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open journal with two pages visible. The journal pages have a rough, untrimmed edge and a thick, textured look, suggesting aged or handmade paper. On the left page, there is a handwritten entry with the date "Jan. 4, 2020" at the top. The text reads, "The Spirit is Boundless," with the initial "T" being a bold red and white cut-out letter pasted onto the page. The right page features two dated entries. The first entry is dated "Jan. 1" and notes a peaceful day at Rati and Waheeda's, including watching the film "Knives Out" with someone named Kelly. The second entry is dated "Jan. 2," discussing the worsening of Australian fires and sharing news about a grant for public park projects in Dallas.
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
Jan. 4, 2020
The Spirit is Boundless.

Jan. 1
Peaceful day at Rati and Waheeda’s. ‘Knives Out’ in evening with Kelly.

Jan. 2
Australia fires growing. Catastrophe.
We hear the good news that 29 Pieces is receiving a grant of $81,000 to work with Trust for Public Land, to do public parks with them, in Dallas.
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
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