Interim Tangled Wires_038
Item
- Title
- Interim Tangled Wires_038
- Alternative Title
- Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The page is part of a spiral-bound notebook. On the left side, the title "Northpark in the Time of COVID-19" is constructed using cut-out letters in various colors and fonts. The right side contains handwritten text discussing hypothetical scenarios and reflections on family history and personal experiences. The background of the left side is dark, possibly black or a dark gray, while the right side has a lighter, beige background. There are small, colorful cut-out letters scattered at the top of the right page, forming the word "TREES" and other fragmented words.
- 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:
NORTH PARK
IN
THE
TIME
OF
COVID
19
Right Page:
though nonetheless.
What if my parents had
been highly educated?
(Writings went beyond
8th grade.)
What if my family read,
went to movies, listened
to music, enjoyed theater?
(None. It was newspapers +
TV 24/7 or at least during
all waking hours.
What if my family traveled?
One childhood flight to
Chicago – aborted when
Grandma broke her hip in
Columbus?
What if we talked about
ideas? Feelings? Dreams?
What if I wasn't as lazy?
Reluctant to help Mom?
I could say it was never
asked of me. Sadly – Mom - Rights
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