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Transcend. Descend. Escape._042

Item

A personal scrapbook page featuring photographs and handwritten notes.
Title
Transcend. Descend. Escape._042
Alternative Title
Transcend. Descend. Escape.
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020-2021
Description
The page contains two photographs and handwritten text. The top photograph shows two individuals smiling, with a scenic background of trees and water. The bottom photograph depicts a woman wearing a virtual reality headset, standing in front of a rustic structure with a red roof. The page is bound with what appears to be twine or string, and there are small pieces of paper and a crumpled piece of paper attached to the top right corner. The handwriting is in cursive and appears to be a personal reflection or journal entry.
Identifier
001_120220-022421_trascend_descend_escape_2
Dates Completed
December 2, 2020 - February 24, 2021
Keywords
Alchemy; Handmade journal; Terri Lenoir; Paper Arts; Covid-19 deaths; Trump lies; Illness of loved ones; Aging pets; Transcendence; Depression; Escape; Great Peacemakers Lesson; 69th birthday; Kelly’s card; 29 Pieces messaging; Love Knows No Distance; Quiet holiday; Kabir poems; Shakespeare bio; Jan. 6 insurrection; MLK essay; DMN 2003; SNL cold open; Lead to gold collage; American LOVE Project; Poppy Sundeen; THRIVE messaging; Valentine’s messaging; Super Power of love; Arctic freeze; Texas power outage; Randy Twaddle; Freeze photos; Lea Marshall; Tree of life; Calamities and trials; 10 years of journals; 2021 memes; $125K gift; Hudson Foundation; Weaving Your Name
Transcription
Yesterday we heard that Lea Marshall entered hospice care. And to day she breathed her last breath.
Janelle's constant companion
Our friend
Artist, mother, parlor
Friend's daughter, wife
A life washes by in
relationships, made people
loved, a life lives falcon books
read, he's given plans made,
meals cooked, paintings
watched and on and on
Then boom The leaf un-
entangles from the tree
and drifts to the ground
The tree lives my but the
little leaf of Lea has
fallen to the ground where
Rights
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Relation
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