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2020 Journal_034

Item

An open book showing a hand-drawn diagram and a cityscape photo on one page.
Title
2020 Journal_034
Alternative Title
2020 Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image displays an open book with a brown, textured cover on the left and a bound page on the right. The right page has a hand-drawn diagram depicting three stages: an egg, a hatching chick, and a fully grown chicken, with arrows indicating progression and the word "EGG" under the first drawing. Above the drawings, the phrase "How much magic do we need?" is written. Below the diagram is a photograph inserted into the page. The photograph showcases a cityscape with several brick buildings under a bright blue sky filled with scattered clouds. The bottom of the page has handwritten text stating "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
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