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Interim Tangled Wires_067

Item

A mixed-media page featuring a photograph of a tree with a globe-like structure, accompanied by handwritten notes and a quote by Santosh Kalwar.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_067
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 or journal. On the left side, there is a photograph of a tree with a globe-like structure, possibly symbolizing the earth or a treehouse. Surrounding the photograph are cut-out words and phrases, including "All our wisdom is stored in the trees" by Santosh Kalwar. The right side contains handwritten notes with phrases like "accountable for the dead gap between word + action," "I am of action," and "Beauty: The concept of bramby." 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
- "All our wisdom is"
- "STORED IN THE TREES."
- "—SANTOSH KALWAR"
- "accountable for the dead gap between word + action."
- "I am of action. Even when the actions are not visible to the human eye but are sensed in the heart. Discreetly, quietly, under the radar. Invisible like oxygen, not lead like thunder."
- "(A) Beauty."
- "The concept of bramby."
- "Sandra in her prime."
- "Sandra now."
- "My golden moments."
- "vanity or what is it when complete strangers pay wild compliments using the word Beauty."
Rights
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