American LOVE Project_121
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_121
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
- The image depicts an open journal with pages filled with handwritten notes in blue and red ink. The page on the left contains notes in blue, discussing medical procedures and personal reflections, including stroke exercises and EKG results. Below the blue text, there is a red ink aside detailing personal challenges and events. A set of pages tagged with various colored sticky notes, including purple and orange, can be seen protruding from the top and side. The right page features a mixture of blue and red handwriting. The blue text talks about someone named Gordon and an experience with an MRI and hallway navigation. The red ink highlights the phrase "WAR in the UKRAINE" prominently, surrounded by reflections on global events affecting concentration. Brown tags with "VERTIGO" written on them are inserted at the top.
- 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:
"She did the simple stroke exercises. All good.
Finger to her finger to my nose.
Ordered EKG. All ok.
She asked if I wanted to wait for a brain MRI. I expressed concern about the molts surgery and my fall downtown in early February. Yes to that."
"[An aside. It's been challenging to do anything with community + follow through these past 2 weeks. While I'm suppoosed to be on "staycation" - that has worked in fleeting moments only. Between the surprise TCA against sprung on me, a final rep(uninterlligble) for the Hudson FDN., my medical emergency, Betsey needs due to memory loss. P.Nut + Sparky+geriatric kitty needs, and the"
Right Page:
"So a big guy named Gordon appears to take me to the room for an MRI. Gordon is big, hovering, a little uncertain. He begins to wheel me through the labyrinthine tangle of hallways that is the Baylor complex. Past framed photos of Baylor illuminaries, past rooms with swinging door entries. Is that a cafeteria? A storeroom?"
"big, heartbreaking event/new/image/loss of life/culture/destruction to the environment of WAR in the UKRAINE, it's been challenging to find a slowed down concentration." - 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