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Karen Blessen Journals

Interim Tangled Wires_030

Item

A vintage photograph of two dolls is displayed alongside handwritten notes discussing a nostalgic timeline and a project timeline.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_030
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 with a photograph of two dolls seated on a bench. The dolls are dressed in vintage attire, with one wearing plaid pants and the other in a patterned dress. The photograph is framed within a white border. The right-hand page contains handwritten notes in a casual, cursive script. At the top of the page, the word "FLYING" is written in bold, block letters. The notes reference a timeline of events from 1969 to 2020, mentioning locations such as Columbus, Lincoln, and Dallas. The bottom of the page includes a note about a "3-year plan for the legacy initiative" and a mention of a "Check timeline."
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
FLYING
NONE of this was on
my radar... back in 1969
in Columbus... or 1973
in Lincoln... or 1980 in
Dallas.
ANYWAY, 2020.
The world feels upside
down + in a tailspin.
And we humbly plant
a plot in our idealistic
world of 29 Pieces.
Here we are,
ONE year into a 3-
year plan for the legacy
initiative. It goes well.
Check timeline.
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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