Interim Tangled Wires_088

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A handwritten journal page with a photograph and text discussing a project or task.

Title: Interim Tangled Wires_088
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 cover. On the left page, there is a photograph of a natural scene, possibly a forest or wooded area, with text overlaid that reads "MAKE TO POSTERITY AT ALMOST NO COST AND WITH ALMOST NO TROUBLE." The right page contains handwritten notes in cursive, discussing a work-related issue and interactions with someone named Brian. The handwriting is somewhat messy and includes phrases like "put a stop work order on the house," "Ricky drove up then + tried to go to work," and "I guess you want to do it the hard way."
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:
MAKE TO POSTERITY AT ALMOST NO
COST AND WITH
ALMOST NO TROUBLE

Right Page:
put a stop work order
on the house.
Ricky drove up then + tried to go to work.
I said - Sorry - work
is STOPPED at this site. He said his
contact was with Brian.
the city did a STOP
WORK on Brian.
Not happy. He proceeded to talk in
Spanish to the woman
from the city.
D. I texted Brian that
we'd retained an
attorney. He replied.
"I tried to be nice
I guess you want to
do it the hard way."
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Is Part Of: Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Relation: Image Gallery