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Karen Blessen Journals

Interim Tangled Wires_080

Item

A photograph of a red cardinal perched on a branch is juxtaposed with handwritten notes in a journal entry.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_080
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The left page features a photograph of a red cardinal perched on a branch, with the caption "DESTRUCTION IN BACK YARD CONTINUED" written below it. The right page contains handwritten notes in a spiral-bound notebook. The notes appear to be a personal journal entry, discussing interactions with Mr. Patrick and his home, mentioning dates and conversations about preserving olives. The bottom right corner of the right page is signed "WILLIAM BLAKE."
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
Mr. Patrick's lot and home.
He came & nicely introduced himself on month or so ago to Betsy and I.
Then a couple of weeks ago both introduced them selves to Kelly when he was outside.
I texted him last Friday to ask if we could have a conversation about saving some of the olives.
They came over Friday evening, August 7, 2020 and we had a cordial conversation about saving a few.
5. Saturday morning - we
—WILLIAM BLAKE
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