American LOVE Project_005

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A journal spread with photos and handwritten text about plant deaths and a killing freeze in Texas.

Title: American LOVE Project_005
Alternative Title: American LOVE Project
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2021-2022
Description: The image is of a journal spread featuring photographs and handwritten text. The left page is titled "Biden Harris" and contains several small photos: one of a bush, a march, the U.S. Capitol building, and two people greeting each other. The edges of the page are lined with swatches of colorful fabric. Below the photos, handwritten text notes the death of particular plant species. The right page is titled "Killing freeze in Texas" and shows a large photograph of a garden with a pile of branches. Handwritten text describes plant fatalities due to a freeze in February 2021 and reflects on monetary loss and impermanence.
Identifier: 2021_010621 to 2022 060222_The American LOVE Project Journal
Dates Completed: January 6, 2021 - June 2, 2022
Keywords: Insurrection; January 6; US Capitol; Texas freeze; Infrastructure fragility; Political instability; Power outage; Water disruption; Internet loss; Medical services disruption; Mail delay; Dallas weather; Lorraine Lienemann; Cancer; Grief; P. Nut; Sparky; Cat loss; 22-year-old cats; American LOVE Project; 29 Pieces; Violence response; National project; Art installation; Washington DC; Covid resurgence; Online gallery; Student art; Educator art; 24 states; Team collaboration; Project outcome; theamericanloveproject.org; Anne Frank; Diary takeaways; Lessons learned; Studio visit; Darryl Ratcliff; Journal viewing; Strategic shift
Transcription: Biden Harris
BIDEN TAKES OFFICE
10 Spring Bouquet Viburnum—dead.
All pittosporum—dead. Including this 7 ft. one on the studio porch. I added this pit when the studio was built.
Killing freeze in Texas
The pile of fatalities in the garden from the freeze of February 2021. $7,000 in lost. The time to grow these things is maturity—waaaahhhhhh—such is the impermanence of everything.
Rights: To inquire about usage, please contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Is Part Of: American Love Project
Relation: Image Gallery