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Interim Tangled Wires_033

Item

A scrapbook page featuring a mix of photographs, illustrations, and handwritten notes, with a theme of love and gratitude.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_033
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is a collage of various elements, including:
- A photograph of two individuals sitting on a bench.
- A photograph of three individuals sitting on a bench.
- Illustrations of red cardinals.
- A handwritten note with the text: "FLYING SCHOOL in session this At least I think all the cardinals - but why I finally saw the cardinals at the bird-bath - exactly what are until a plunged in bath. proved there was around and up my."
- Stickers with phrases such as "LOVE CONQUERS ALL," "THANK YOU," and "LOVE IS KIND."
- A small illustration of a bird with the text "WHAT I LOVE IS KIND."
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
T IS DONE IN LOVE IS
DONE WELL
LOVE CONQUERS ALL
THANK YOU.
LOVE IS KIND
FLYING SCHOOL
in session this
At least I think
all the cardinals -
but why I finally saw
the cardinals at
the bird-bath -
exactly what
are until a
plunged in
bath.
proved there
was around
and up my
Rights
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