American LOVE Project_119
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_119
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
- The image features an open journal with two pages filled with handwritten text. The paper appears to be off-white with a slightly textured surface. The text is written in black ink, in a cursive style. The left page is dated "3.5.22" and describes a pleasant evening with friends, mentioning topics such as dinner, conversation, and personal details about the guests. The right page is dated "March 17, 2022" and "St. Patrick's Day," and it recounts an experience involving dizziness, faintness, and an ambulance ride on a previous date: "3.11.22." Both pages have neatly aligned writing, with margins visible on all sides. Several colorful bookmarks extend from the top and right side of the journal, indicating they are tagging other pages.
- 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 My first amublance ride
With no forshadowing, no warning, I woke up at 6:09 am went to the bathroom, felt very unsteady + wonky, got up from toilet + thought is was curtains Severe dizziness, nausea, flashing light, blurry vision + feeling on the edge of blacking out.
I thought I was having a stroke, or aneurysm, or brain tumor, or some unwanted result of the creepy motts surgery on Jan. 11.
I woke Kelly up 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