Interim Tangled Wires_034
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_034
- 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. On the left side, there is a photograph of two elderly individuals sitting on a bench in a grassy area. Below this photo, there are two red cardinal birds, one perched and the other in flight. The right side of the page contains handwritten notes discussing the nature of the parental bond and a bird-watching observation. At the top, there are cut-out letters forming the phrase "BLM TREES," and a smaller note that reads, "WHAT IS DONE IN LOVE IS DONE WELL." The bottom right corner features a red cardinal bird with a small note that says, "THANK YOU."
- 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
-
Handwritten Text:
JULY 28, 2020
The NATURE of the PARENTAL
BOND
CARDINAL FLYING SCHOOL
School's been in session this
past week. At least I think
that's what all the cardinal
chatter is about.
And yesterday I finally saw
two small-ish cardinals at
the rim of the bird-bath
not knowing exactly what
to do with them until a
little wren plunged in
for her bath.
So that proved there
are younglings around
and ushered up my
Cut-out Letters:
BLM TREES
Small Note:
WHAT IS DONE IN LOVE IS
DONE WELL
Small Note:
THANK YOU - Rights
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- Relation
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