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Interim Tangled Wires_056

Item

A scrapbook page featuring a photograph of flowers, a butterfly illustration, and handwritten notes reflecting current events and personal reflections.
Title
Interim Tangled Wires_056
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. It includes a photograph of a bouquet of pink flowers with a pink ribbon, another photograph of flowers in a vase, and a colorful butterfly illustration. The right-hand side of the page contains handwritten notes discussing current events, personal reflections, and political concerns. The top of the page has the word "TREES" made of small, colorful letters.
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
Flowers were sent to Mom on Mother's Day and on
August 5, 2020
current events.
God help us.
The shitstorm/clusterfuck/
dumpster fire continues.
Children are still in cages
on the Texas border.
Trump is still filling
the headlines with his
declining crotchets and
inanities.
The U.S. Post office is
under a hack for
political reasons.
Some Black people
voice hope.
Constant conflict
Rights
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