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Interim Tangled Wires_095

Item

A handwritten page with a photograph of a residential area, accompanied by a list of tree-related phrases.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_095
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The image shows an open book or scrapbook page. On the left side, there is a handwritten page with a list of phrases related to trees, such as "Family Trees," "Tree Cut," and "Trees in the parks." The handwriting is in cursive and appears to be in black ink. On the right side, there is a photograph of a residential area with houses, trees, and a fence. The photo appears to be taken during the evening or early morning, as the sky is dark and the houses are illuminated by artificial light.
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
Family Trees.
Tree Cut.
Tree falling in the garden.
Trees become the theme.
Trees in the parks.
Trees gone next door.
Trees on the borderline.
Lot line.
Trees for Christmas as gifts from Arbor Day.
Trees planted in my yard.
Legend says Yes.
Do trees have the capacity to haunt?
Rights
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