Peter Beard Journal_064
Item
- Title
- Peter Beard Journal_064
- Alternative Title
- Peter Beard Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image shows an open book with yellowed edges, suggesting age or frequent use. The pages are white, and the text is handwritten in a neat, legible script. 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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Page 1:
From: "Walker, Mya" <Myra.Walker@unt.edu>
Subject: Peter Beard article
Date: May 17, 2020 at 8:30:11 PM CDT
To: "karen@29Pieces.org" <karen@29Pieces.org>
Hello Karen,
I want to thank you for the thoughtful and stirring article today about Peter Beard today. Now that is a cherished memory. Each Sunday we get the NY Times and the DMNews. I carefully deconstruct & scan each section always the NY Times first, keeping each of the stacks segregated. When I saw the spread about Peter Beard, I thought it must have been a NY Times section that got misplaced! You did a beautiful job of recreating your experience.
My first marriage was in 1974 (divorced in 1978) but during that time I bought "The End of the Game" and "Eyelids of Morning". Through all the moves, the men, the houses, the apartments and houses I've had, those two books have always been with me. I reread them to find them and study them to again experience the beauty of his work. Thank you.
Yes, it was sad to hear how Peter wandered off and died alone, like an injured elephant in the wild. But he was in his habitat. I always loved the Tarzan movies (Johnny Weissmuller) especially the ones about the elephant graveyard. It always loomed large in the imagination of my childhood. That must have somehow inspired me to need those books by Peter Beard.
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So -- thank you so much! I hope to meet you one day, Karen. I am an artist too. Here in Dallas. I live near Brookhaven and have been enjoying art classes there. Now it's on hold -- it's difficult to do printmaking online. Your article made my day!
Myra Walker
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From: "Nancy S. Lipson" <nancyslipson@gmail.com>
Subject: Wonderful
Date: May 17, 2020 at 12:47:42 PM CDT
To: Karen Blesen <kblesen@sbeglobal.net>
Hi Karen,
I really enjoyed your article in today's DMN. How fortunate you both were to be in each other's life. Did he know of your local success and the tremendous influence he had on your life's work?
Best,
Nancy
Nancy S. Lipson
nancyslipson@gmail.com
972-788-1780 Home
214-415-2315 Cell
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