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Interim Tangled Wires_043

Item

A scrapbook page featuring handwritten notes, photographs, and decorative elements, exploring themes of childhood responsibilities and family.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_043
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is a collage of various elements, including a photograph of a young child in overalls, another of a child with a parent, and a third of a child in front of a house. The background features a zebra-striped pattern. Handwritten text is scattered across the page, with phrases like "What are the responsibilities of a child?" and "If that love language connection to keep it." Decorative elements include cut-out letters spelling "TREES" and "BEM," and a small photograph of a child in a zebra-striped shirt. The overall aesthetic is eclectic and personal, with a mix of text and imagery.
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
What are the responsibilities of a child?
If that love language connection to keep it.
If love is not returned to a loving parent.
Personal disappointment.
So... what are the responsibilities of a child?
As a baby, a child has chickens and uses it.
His/her eyes meet love, happiness, baby speaks the language of love.
1963 (A)
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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