Interim Tangled Wires_083
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_083
- 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 forested area with trees and some cleared ground. Overlaid on the photo are white rectangular strips with black text, quoting a Chinese proverb: "There's a Chinese saying, 'When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.' The Chinese engineer smiles, 'Good one.'" On the right side, there are handwritten notes in cursive, discussing a conversation about a tree and its removal, mentioning names like Paul Patterson, Manuel Alviso, and Ricky. The handwriting is somewhat messy and includes some corrections and deletions.
- 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
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Left Side:
"There's a Chinese saying, 'When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago.' The Chinese engineer smiles, 'Good one.'"
Right Side:
I asked if [name] was bonded and insured. He didn't know. I asked if he had a demolition permit. He did not.
10. Yesterday, Paul Patterson from Bartlett Trees came over as well as Manuel Alviso. They braced the possums [name] back up.
I'd told [name] I'd give him the bill for the tree.
11. Ricky, this crew proceeded their hatchet job on all the small trees. - Rights
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