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Interim Tangled Wires_007

Item

A creative journal page featuring handwritten text, colorful illustrations, and decorative elements.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_007
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is part of a spiral-bound journal. It is decorated with various hand-drawn and cut-out illustrations, including flowers, houses, and a bird. The illustrations are vibrant and whimsical, with a mix of bright colors and simple shapes. The text is handwritten in a casual, flowing script, with some words and phrases highlighted or emphasized. The page also includes small cut-out pieces of paper with words like "PARENTS," "IMAGES," and "SEASONS," which appear to be part of a larger project or theme.
Identifier
003_070620-081620_interim_tangled_wires
Dates Completed
July 6, 2020 - August 16, 2020
Keywords
Tangled wires; Woodpecker; Trees; Beauty; Destruction of nature; Parent-child responsibilities; Let Me Walk in Beauty; Lakota Sioux; Chief Yellow Lark; Public Parks; Trust for Public Land; Creative process; Flowers; Loss; Black veil collage; Covid-19; Candy Dickenson Becher; Drop metaphor; Gretchen Dykstra; Double mastectomy; Dream of parents; Breast cancer; God laughs at plans; 29 Pieces planning; Cardinals; Cardinal collages; Sibyl Dana Reynolds; Institutional breakdowns; BLM; BLM collage; Parental meditations; Potatoes and pride; Life stages; Gretchen’s kimono; Friendships; Past and present; Neighbor tree dispute; Manifest or dissolve; Contagious grace; Commodification of beauty
Transcription
IMAGES
MURALS
Lesson
ASSIGNMENTS
And I have a bit of
a mental block - though
I woke up thinking of
imagery
Big days of Texas
summer + by mid-day I
am looking forward
to sitting in front of
fan, watching TV.
Isn't this always the
first step of engagement?
Resistance. Then
Prayer. Then
Stopping in. Then
A heated rush. Then
Endless details
editing.
It is finished.
Put a bow on it.
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.
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