This or That_069
Item
- Title
- This or That_069
- Alternative Title
- This or That
- Creator
- Karen Blessen
- Date
- 2022-2023
- Description
- The page is open to a journal entry dated September 7, 2023. The left page contains a faint, textured drawing that appears to be a representation of a body or a figure, possibly with a tail. The right page has handwritten notes in blue ink. The text is dense and includes a list of symptoms and observations. A small, textured object resembling a shark tooth is placed on the left page near the top.
- 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
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September 7, 2023
Monday was Kelly's worst day.
He was crying out in pain.
The past 2 weeks have been a perfect storm of:
(1) major surgery
(2) jacked up on steroids
(3) a nasty and highly contagious stomach flu
(4) violent throwing up
(5) constipation
(6) overuse of laxative
(7) violent diarrhea.
Now yesterday & today, he
seems to be stabilizing.
On Monday, I feared that
we were in a bad spot where
I couldn't fake care for him and that he needed
to be hospitalized. - Rights
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- Is Part Of
- This or That
- Relation
- Image Gallery