American LOVE Project_118
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_118
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
- The image shows an open journal lying on a black surface, featuring handwritten text in English. The journal is open to two pages filled with cursive handwriting. On the left page, several lines detail personal events and thoughts, dated "3.5.22." To the right, the page begins with "March 17, 2022, St. Patrick's Day," followed by more narrative text. Some sections of the text are underlined. Two bookmarks protrude from the top of the journal, labeled "VERTIGO" and "AMBULANCE RIDE," both with an orange and yellow marbled pattern. There are color-coded tabs visible on the journal's edge, with colors including red, blue, black, and purple. Additional loose pages can be seen extending from the journal.
- 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:
"3.5.22.
Cari, Tom + their friend Chad Jones came for dinner yesterday evening. Lovely night.
Perfect temps
Good meal
Good Conversation
Cari is in Dallas for a temporary nursing assignment at Children's Hospital - emergency cardiology.
Tom Tresock - Cari's boyfriend - is a defense dept. contractor.
Chad is a doctor/psychiatrist at U.T. Southwestern, with a specialty in treating patients with epilepsy.
It was good to have family again. And Cari is kinda perfect, I think. Smart, caring, gentle."
Right Page:
"March 17, 2022.
St. Patrick's Day
Last Friday, 3. 11. 22..... amublance ride
With no forshadowing.. warning, I woke up at 6:09... went to the bathroom, felt... + wonky, got up from... thought is was... Severe dizziness... flashing light, blurry vision _... edge of blacking...
I thought I... a stroke, or aneurysm, or brain tumor, or some.... a result of the creepy ..... on Jan. 11.
I woke Kelly ... and asked him to call 911 for an ambulance.
They came quickly.
The sharp young men.
Could have been a TV drama (unintelligible)" - 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