American LOVE Project_103
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_103
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
- The image depicts an open journal laying flat on a surface. The pages contain handwritten text in black ink. The handwriting is cursive and spans across two pages. The journal has several tabs sticking out from the top and side, each with text that is not fully visible. The tabs are printed in colors like red and yellow. The left page discusses a vivid memory involving a fall in Columbus, while the right page talks about a thought to move back and buy a house, mentioning specific locations and a house price. The background contrasts with the pages, making the text legible.
- 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
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Left Page:
"Strange. I'd ben thinking/oor having flashes of memory to Mom falling at the train station in Columbus. It was late at night + we were seeing Lily off on a trip back to Chicago. She fell - falling forward - on concrete. A bad fall. I can feel it in my body - though these 50+ years and from her 60 ish year old body to mine - now at almost 70. It must've been a horrible jolt to her. Painful. And I have been "feeling" it the past 3 or 4 days. Then yesterday I fall on concrete.
That's strange thing #1."
Right Page:
"Strange thing #2.
Flashing impulses to move back to my hometown - and buy one of the lovely, gracious homes that I liked there. My first thought was of Jamie Johnson's home - on 16th I think - and a block or so away from what was our junior high school at that time.
I made a mental note to check homes for sale in Columbus. Las night I did and...
that same house is for sale - $399,000.
But really - would I move back to Columbus? no. " - 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