Interim Tangled Wires_090
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_090
- Alternative Title
- Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The left side of the page contains a photograph of a bird perched on a branch, with a quote by George Orwell overlaid: "YOUR OTHER ACTIONS GOOD OR EVIL." Below the photograph, the name "GEORGE ORWELL" is written. The right side of the page is filled with handwritten notes in a spiral-bound notebook. The notes appear to be a list of conditions or scenarios, with each point numbered and followed by a brief description.
- 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:
YOUR OTHER ACTIONS
GOOD OR EVIL
GEORGE ORWELL
Right Side:
1. In working with us,
In the morning
9.14.20
I will call him.
This wouldn't be happening.
1. If
2. The new owner had not
hired inexperienced
slothful guys with cut
clothes, windows that
don't fit, trees and
awnings that
hadn't fallen in
our garden.
2. If he hadn't told
me he had no permits.
3. If he didn't say,
"I need to bring
you a six-pack."
4. If Allstate hadn't
advised us to get
an attorney.
5. If this callousness
to nature didn't offend
soul. - Rights
- To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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