Peter Beard Journal_115
Item
- Title
- Peter Beard Journal_115
- Alternative Title
- Peter Beard Journal
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
-
'- The left page features a Polaroid-style photograph of a sunset sky with hues of orange, pink, and purple, transitioning into a darker blue at the top. The image captures a street scene with trees and a road in the foreground.
- The right page contains handwritten text in a casual, cursive style. The text is framed by a decorative, hand-drawn oval at the top. The entry reflects on a mother's birthday, her age, and a family update about a double mastectomy. - 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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Wednesday July 1, 2020
Mom's Birthday, she
would've been 113 years
old. Born in 1907.
If she were alive-
or magically approved,
what would we talk
about? I have trouble
imagining.
Gretchen went to
see the surgeon at
Mt. Sinai in NYC, and
she is going to have a
double mastectomy on
July 16. She sounds
upbeat and relieved to have - Rights
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- Is Part Of
- Peter Beard Journal
- Relation
- Image Gallery