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Interim Tangled Wires_059

Item

A scrapbook page titled "Bringing the Past to the Present" with a photograph of a couple and decorative patterns.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_059
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is part of a scrapbook with a spiral binding. The left side features a floral pattern in blue and white, with a photograph of an older couple. The right side has a pattern of gray circles on a white background. At the top of the right side, the word "TREES" is spelled out in cut-out letters. The left side also includes the number "8" and the text "1998" beneath the photograph. The bottom of the left side has handwritten text that reads, "The lost church photo that Mom & Dad made."
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
Bringing the Past to the Present
1998
8
TREES
The lost church photo that Mom & Dad made
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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