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Interim Tangled Wires_041

Item

A mixed-media page featuring a photograph of an empty parking garage, a patterned paper, and the word "BLM" in block letters.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_041
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is part of a scrapbook or art journal. On the left side, there is a photograph of an empty parking garage with a handicap parking space marked. Below the photo, handwritten text reads, "IS THE APOCALYPSE UPON US?" The right side of the page is covered with a patterned paper featuring a repeating geometric design in shades of blue and gray. At the top of the right side, the letters "BLM" are arranged in block letters, with "BLM" in black and "TTPES" in pink and blue.
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
IS THE APOCALYPSE UPON US?
BLM
TTPES
Rights
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