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Interim Tangled Wires_050

Item

A scrapbook page titled "Responsibilities of a Child - Early Years" featuring handwritten notes, photographs, and decorative elements.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_050
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 with a black background. At the top, there is a small, colorful structure resembling a treehouse made of stacked blocks. The page is divided into two sections. On the left, there is a black-and-white photograph of two children standing in front of a house. On the right, there is another black-and-white photograph of a person riding a horse. The page is filled with handwritten notes, some of which are crossed out, and there are decorative elements such as the word "TREES" made of small, colorful blocks at the top right corner. The page is bound with metal rings.
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
Responsibilities of a Child - Early Years

From my experience, the infant is expected to continue. The child is expected to dive on the lawn. But are Don't = Don't swim in a deep lake too fast. (2) Don't be a (3) Don't cry and throw a tantrum. (4) Don't indulge in God's sake, don't embarrass us. (6) Go play & leave your parents alone.

TREES

1951-1963

1. Cause a panic and undue worry.
2. Don't ride the horse.
3. Don't estimate and obnoxious.
4. Don't play and leave your parents alone.
Rights
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