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Karen Blessen Journals

Interim Tangled Wires_078

Item

A journal page with handwritten notes, a photograph, and a document related to a property violation.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_078
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 black spiral binding. On the left page, there is a photograph of a window with a grid pattern and a document titled "OPEN & VACANT VIOLATION." The document appears to be a notice or citation. On the right page, there are handwritten notes with decorative doodles. The text is dated August 13, 2020, and mentions a tree removal incident and subsequent drama. The bottom of the page has a white strip with the text "THING THAT STANDS."
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:
hired for tree removal.
August 13, 2020
Well, the tree thing blew up. I lost my shit. I totally at the work. cutting down trees and one. Fell into my garden breaking our poinsettia holly tree.
August 13, 2020
There's so much to report on the tree drama. May not have had up. I will write in the Hubed journal.
THING THAT STANDS
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