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Interim Tangled Wires_069

Item

A journal entry dated August 11, 2020, featuring a photograph of a garden scene and handwritten notes.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_069
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open journal with a photograph of a garden scene on the left page. The photograph includes a small table with a plant on it, surrounded by greenery. The right page contains handwritten notes and a few small doodles. The text appears to be a mix of thoughts and reflections, with some words underlined for emphasis. The journal is bound with a spiral binding, and the pages are slightly worn, giving it a used and personal appearance.
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
Left Page:
August 11, 2020
YEAH - THE DAY I
LOST MY SHIT

Right Page:
a trophy animal on a wall
Random thoughts in hope
of a cohesive conclusion
"Her beauty is only skin deep"
Easypen states that his
grandmother's beauty was
not lost in aging. She
had radiance, kindness,
spirit.
Beautiful, little locales
are purchased (sold) by
billion line minded cap
italistic developers. Beauty
is commodified, destroyed
in the process. Balance is
needed.
Ships - the treasury of
cruise ships, Massive
floating producers of
human waste. Patrons
want 'beauty' & 'experience'
Rights
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