Peter Beard Journal_058
Item
- Title
- Peter Beard Journal_058
- Alternative Title
- Peter Beard Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image shows an open document with two pages. The left page contains a letter from Robert Capra, and the right page contains a handwritten note. The document is bound with a yellow folder. There are no visible art, photos, or doodles on the pages.
- 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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LEFT PAGE:
FEEDBACK FROM PETER BEARD ARTICLE
From: Robert CAPRA <rcapra@me.com>
Subject: Thanks for the Peter Beard article...
Date: May 23, 2020 at 12:11:42 PM CDT
To: kblebson@sbglobal.net
Karen,
I can't thank you enough for the wonderful article on Peter Beard. My eyes filled with tears as I read it because I had a similar (though much shorter) experience with Peter. Back in 2004, Peter was promoting "Zara's Tales" we met at a book signing. My wife Jennifer and I expected the bookstore to be packed with the great artist Peter Beard. I'd followed Peter for decades even though I was a teen dreaming of a career as a photographer. Surprisingly, the event at the bookstore was lightly attended. After everyone else left, a small group of hard core fans stayed and Peter was more than willing to take center stage and perform for us. During the signing, I had the pleasure of taking various photographs of him using a Polaroid SX-70 camera. I then modified and abstracted using various burnishing tools to push, stretch and blur the print's emulsion. Peter was curious about what I was creating and wanted to see the images I had made. He gave me a few of the polaroids and he took each of my additional Peter Beard books and did beautiful, elaborate, personal hand illustrations. A group of 4 of us hung out with Peter until they closed the store and
RIGHT PAGE:
how can I ever begin to describe how magic those moments were. And that is why your article moved me so much. You captured that incredible sense of adventure and experience that Peter gave to everyone he touched. I'll never travel or experience a fraction of the life he lived, but meeting him, speaking with him, knowing his art and reading his words gives me a feeling and appreciation of the world he knew in a deep and profound way.
Karen, your article is so beautiful because it is so personal. I know you have a great appreciation for Peter's creativity, his fearless approach to life and his incredible intelligence and wit as I was. And, as much as I loved the article you wrote for the paper, I would give anything to read your entire interview with Peter. Someday I hope you do a longer version of the article with a transcript of the interview and more of your memories of your time with Peter and how his life and work have affected and inspired you.
Sincerely,
Robert Capra
Walnut Creek, CA
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- Peter Beard Journal
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