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Karen Blessen Journals

This or That_026

Item

A hand-drawn journal page with abstract watercolor splatters and handwritten notes.
Title
This or That_026
Alternative Title
This or That
Creator
Karen Blessen
Date
2022-2023
Description
The page features abstract watercolor splatters in shades of purple and blue, creating a textured background. The right-hand page contains handwritten notes in a neat, cursive script. The left-hand page has larger, more expressive handwriting with phrases like "A normal escape?" and "A window to opportunity?" The overall layout is informal, with the watercolor splatters covering a significant portion of the left page.
Identifier
B-2022_050622 to 2023 102523_THIS OR THAT
Dates Completed
May 6, 2022 - October 25, 2023
Keywords
Visual journal; Photographs; 2022; Deep rest; American LOVE Project; 29 Pieces; Sundown plans; Reinvigoration; This Moment in Time; Timeline; Loose ends; Original vision; Artists Making a Kinder World; Curriculum; Brandon Woodard; Prison; THIS OR THAT; IF THIS THEN THAT; Dhammapada; Eknath Easwaran; Meditation; Kelly’s mother; Grief; Anxiety; Summer heat; Garden loss; Nervous breakdown; Fort Worth; Hotel retreat; Art museums; Botanical garden; Construction noise; Emotional overwhelm; Daily choices; Goya; Beatrix Potter; Hokusai; Rico Lebrun; Future direction; Circumstantial clarity
Transcription
Nov. 21, 2022
This relatively undocumented year.
Recorded
Bitch Journal
The purpose of this is social media.
Wrapping it up.
Regulating it.
Gaining it.
@Medical stuff
Meds, surgery
Points of mysterious origins
① P. Nut's death
② Sparky's death
Unrecorded
① Books
Attempts to cope
Breaking the Age Code
Aging Backwards
No fight — fight
Rights
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