American LOVE Project_106

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An open journal with handwritten notes and photographs, featuring colorful images and annotations.

Title: American LOVE Project_106
Alternative Title: American LOVE Project
Creator: Karen Blessen
Date: 2021-2022
Description: The image shows an open journal, with both left and right pages visible. The journal has multiple handwritten notes and pasted photographs. On the left page, there is a photograph with handwritten annotations in purple ink around it and additional doodles at the top. Below, a colorful collage with various small, bright images, including text like “LOVE” and “BE-KIND,” is visible. The right page contains another photograph with purple annotations. Several paper tabs with red text stick out from the top and side of the journal. There is a lengthy handwritten note at the bottom of the right page.
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: Left page:

"Options:
1 Dibond - 7 panels w anti graffiti laminate + Scraps from Thomas.
Put black "tape" at top + bottom.
Shapes at top + bottome made from scraps
This journal is a disorganized mess of flotsam + jetsam."

Right Page

"Options:
1 Burn Vinyl
2: Dibond - 8-12 max panels

1 Burn Vinyl
maybe vinyl on door

work on the project prevented me from regular reports. And my handwriting!! Not fun any more. A new solution is needed. This jounal appears in awkward entries. A hand + writing that no longer flow easily. And documentation that comes in disconnected jottings + thoughts."
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