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Peter Beard Journal_026

Item

A handwritten page with a photograph of a pair of shoes and accompanying text expressing gratitude and reflection.
Title
Peter Beard Journal_026
Alternative Title
Peter Beard Journal
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open book with a photograph on the left page and handwritten text on the right. The photograph depicts a pair of dark brown leather shoes placed on a surface with a red splatter, possibly resembling blood, in the background. The text on the right page is handwritten in cursive, expressing gratitude and reflections on a period of lockdown and personal experiences.
Identifier
005_041820-070420_peter_beard
Dates Completed
April 18, 2020 - July 4, 2020
Keywords
Brandon Woodard; Prison; ONE BULLET; Unfinished chapter; Dallas Morning News; Follow-up story; Brandon’s Story; Tom Huang; Editor; Woodard family; Correspondence; Michael Unit; Texas Prisons; Tennessee Colony; Large family; Peter Beard; Disappearance; Death; Art hero; Peter Beard piece; Encounters with Peter Beard; Writing return; Lee Marvin; Cat Ballou; Old gunslinger; Boyd Gallery; Deep Ellum; Peter Beard exhibit; Inwood Theatre; Peter Beard film; Covid-19; Pandemic; Despicable leadership; Kelly; Ankle surgery; Gratitude; 29 Pieces; We thrive; Darcy Beck; Death of husband; Response to story; Peter Beard photos; Me with Peter Beard; Dallas Morning News article; Police killings; Race relations; Demonstrations; Headlines; Black Lives Matter; George Floyd; The Terrible Lessons of Life; Love Project; Online presentation; Zoom; Region 10 Education Service Center; LOVE workshop; White folks; Vengeful God; Quotidian joys; Journeyman, Inc.; DaVerse Lounge; 13th; Feelings; Blue Mountain Center of Meditation; Setu Retreat; Mad Maxish dream; Cocktail dresses; Betsy Bock; Elvis Presley; Paradise Lost; Satan; Hero; God-forsaken year; Gretchen; Breast cancer; Illnesses; Covid-19 deaths; Feeling words collage; Milton Glaser; Death; Art hero; Lizi Boyd; Reconnection; Reasons not to do Brandon Woodard story; 4th of July memories; Barbara Boster Phillipp; Anniversary of death; Autobiography of Malcolm X; Re-read; Transcript; Peter Beard story
Transcription
in these care facilities
are in total lockdown.
And 29 Piers.
We thrive. I am so
very, very, very grateful.
So much going on - all
good. 3 years ago at this
time was awful.
We were doubling
closing down. I will
include a report here
rather than recap.
It is so beautiful.
So radically beautiful.
So fulfilling.
So unexpected.
So grateful.
Rights
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Is Part Of
Peter Beard Journal
Relation
Image Gallery