Interim Tangled Wires_017
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_017
- Alternative Title
- Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image shows a handwritten journal page with a photograph and text. The photograph depicts an elderly woman sitting in a chair, with another person partially visible behind her. The journal page is divided into two sections. The left side contains a photograph and handwritten text, while the right side has more handwritten text. The text appears to be a reflection on memories and family, with a focus on the woman in the photograph. The page is bound with metal rings and has a yellow bookmark at the top.
- 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
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Left Side:
Mom kept photo books.
They drove me crazy because there was no organization.
by decade, by family, by event.
She had photos + postcards in boxes + pulled out one at a time but taken the liberty of pulling a few photos that trigger immediate memories.
Here you are Mom with Kelly's grandma Phoebe + your night, Kelly at 18.
Right Side:
Mom didn't come to the phone.
In these dreams, my reaction is a jarring stuperfection that they are alive and a burning remorse about neglecting them.
What do these dreams mean?
God knows I dieted on them while they were alive.
But am I allowing their memories to fade? - 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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