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Interim Tangled Wires_051

Item

A scrapbook page featuring personal photos, handwritten notes, and decorative elements.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_051
Alternative Title
Interim Tangled Wires and a Woodpecker on a Steel Pole
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2020
Description
The page is a collage of personal memories and reflections. It includes several photographs of individuals and families in front of houses, a drawing of a person with a pink scarf, and various handwritten notes. Decorative elements such as cut-out letters spelling "TREES" and a small red square with the number "3" are also present. The overall aesthetic is nostalgic and personal, with a mix of color and black-and-white images.
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
- RESPONSIBILITY
- OF A
- 1963-1966
- MIDDLE SCHOOL
- We are separating
- Preferring the company
- Of one these
- Sullen, I smiled rarely
- Stay alive. Don't
- Don't tell parents
- (I
- didn't)
- even if you
- an asshole
- I was a brat at the time
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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