Peter Beard Journal_038
Item
- Title
- Peter Beard Journal_038
- Alternative Title
- Peter Beard Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The page is divided into two sections. The top section contains a colorful, abstract painting with a frame-like structure, featuring two baby cheetahs and a teddy bear. The bottom section displays a black-and-white photograph of two baby cheetahs sitting side by side. The page is adorned with various doodles and scribbles, adding a personal and creative touch. The text is arranged in a collage-like manner, with some text blocks overlapping and others placed in the margins.
- 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
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NOVEMBER 14 - 22
Years of Portraits
"Expressionism. Well, sometimes you feel that you might as well express your own individuality because that's what you're doing. That's what holds me. Escapism is close to imagination. I suppose that's why I'm so attracted to imagination. It's more important than knowledge. But that's very self-congratulatory."
He looked at these artists for inspiration: Jackson Pollock, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, José Bedia, Rolling Stones, Yves Klein, Salvador Dali, and many more. He quoted mottoes he lived by from Albert Einstein, Oscar Wilde and others.
We talked for more than 90 minutes. He was relaxed, Jeffrey was insightful and funny in his responses. He laughed a lot. He was vulnerable.
2000
Dallas, Texas
ALT Broadband, Independent Film Channel, Nokia, Rare Medium, Hotkava Design, Mainline Releasing, Cell Company, Magnolia Hunt, Dohson Pictures, First Order Productions, Pelgret Printing, Roof X, Kragg - 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
- Peter Beard Journal
- Relation
- Image Gallery