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2020 Journal_033

Item

Open hand-bound book with a cityscape photo and doodles explaining an egg-to-chicken process.
Title
2020 Journal_033
Alternative Title
2020 Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open book with rustic, textured pages and a hand-bound cover. The left page is blank, while the right page features hand-drawn sketches and notes. At the top right, there are three simple drawings illustrating the stages from an egg to a chick, then to a chicken, with the word "EGG" labeled under the first drawing. Below, there's a mounted photograph of a cityscape with an expansive blue sky and scattered clouds above tall buildings. Handwritten below the photo are the words "From Beacon Hotel room."
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
"How much magic do we need? EGG

From Beacon Hotel room."
Rights
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Is Part Of
2020 Journal
Relation
Image Gallery