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Karen Blessen Journals

Interim Tangled Wires_011

Item

A spiral-bound notebook page with handwritten text and layered photographs.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_011
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image features a spiral-bound notebook page with handwritten text. The page is layered with various photographs, some appearing to be torn and placed on top of the notebook. The photographs seem to depict abstract or natural scenes, possibly landscapes or textures. The handwriting is in cursive and appears to be a stream of consciousness or reflective thoughts. The overall aesthetic suggests a personal journal or creative sketchbook.
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
are heading into
despair because I
don't see any quick
fixes rising to the
surface.
And the bigger picture - of climate
change, extinctions, chaos?
Is all this a narrative
thread leading into
that?
I think of E.B. White.
Makes it hard to know
Rights
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