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Interim Tangled Wires_048

Item

A collage-style page from a scrapbook or journal featuring images and text related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_048
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is a collage with various elements. On the left side, there is a photograph of people holding signs with names and messages, possibly during a protest or demonstration. The signs are yellow with black text. The right side shows another photograph of a grassy area with yellow signs, some of which have names and messages written on them. The top of the page has bold yellow text reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER" and smaller text that reads "TREES BLM." There are also some handwritten notes on the right side of the page.
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
- BLACK LIVES MATTER
- TREES BLM
- handwritten notes on the right side of the page
Rights
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Relation
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