American LOVE Project_135
Item
- Title
- American LOVE Project_135
- Alternative Title
- American LOVE Project
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Description
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The image shows an open journal with two pages visible. The left page contains four photographs of a black and white cat. Each photo is individually framed with a white border. The images depict the cat in various settings, including indoors on a red blanket and outdoors on grass. The page background is a cream color.
On the right page, there is a continuation of the narrative in handwritten text. The handwriting is in black ink. The top of the page lists the date "3.30.22," followed by text expressing emotions and experiences regarding the cat. The page also includes two additional photographs, one at the top, showing the cat sitting on grass, and one at the bottom, with the cat near a notebook and a pen on a colorful blanket. There are colorful ribbon bookmarks protruding from the right side of the journal, in red, purple, and yellow. - 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:
"Our PRECIOUS P.NUT is gone. Dr. Emily Wilson of Lap of Love came at 9:30 a.m. and very gently euthanized our sweet girl. It was time.
I'd awakened at 4:30 to the sound of P.Nut falling off the little stairs we have for she + Sparky to get on the bed.
Somehow she's dragged herself to the end of the bed + fell off the high end of the stares where she was lying."
Right Page:
"I bolted up and cleaned her up + brought her back to the bed. I made the bedroom kitty hospice central. She would not lie on the floor. As weak as she was she dragged herself across the floor. It was agonizing to watch.
I was in tears the whole day. Unable to answer phone calls to talk about it. For the last 2 days, Sparky was by her side. He is now the last man standing." - 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