American LOVE Project_131
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_131
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
- The image features an open journal displaying two adjacent pages. The pages contain handwritten text and simple line drawings. The left page includes a sketch showing potted plants and a garden layout, accompanied by annotations. The right page is titled "BACK YARD" and depicts more simplistic plant sketches, with labels and notes about the types of plants. Several colored tabs protrude from the top and side of the journal, identifying different sections. The text in the journal mainly discusses gardening activities and plant types.
- 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:
"I distract myself with garden planning. The extreme cold combined with the typical extreme heat have limited bio-diversity.
Back
40 - manerilla
10 - geranium?
10 - purple potato?
60
Hibiscus - 40
Mondo - 50
Liriope - 50
3 evergreens - 300
Zinnias (unintelligable)
440+"
Right Page:
"Yard
Purple potato?
Balbire?
Verberia
2 (unintelligble)
100 - Bon
10 - Purple (unintelligble)
110
Approx $610 in bank
(Unintelligble) or an evergreen
mandevilla" - 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