Interim Tangled Wires_019
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_019
- Alternative Title
- Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The image features a vintage photograph of a couple, likely taken in 1978, as indicated by the handwritten note below the photo. The photo is framed with a decorative border and includes a colorful spoon and a bird illustration. The right side of the image contains a handwritten list of personal reflections and feelings, with phrases such as "For being different," "For not dating," and "For not having children." The handwriting is in cursive and appears to be a personal reflection or journal entry.
- 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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Approximately 1978. Mom and Dad's portrait.
down't how I felt around
my parents.
I felt disapproval.
For being different.
For not dating.
For my politics.
For living with Kelly.
For shunning marriage.
Because I was beyond
their understanding.
Because I was too tall.
For not having
children.
This isn't fair to them.
I know.
For becoming vegetarian.
For wanting to travel. - 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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