Item 1994
TOM JENSEN'S ICELAND/COPENHAGEN TRIP ITINERARY AND FAMILY/PROJECT PLANNING NOTES
lined notebook paper, pencil and pen, several separate handwritten sheets
- Why it matters
- Tom writes this
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Tom writes this
- Published in
- IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
- Age when written
- written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
The words on this page
Sheet 1, "Tom's Family": two columns headed A. and C., listing names: Daddy, Kristin, Judy, Tom S., then a sub-list (bracketed as "Core") of Lisa, Priscilla, Breda, Mr. J, Klaus, Yuliya, Monica, and a second bracketed group of Jen, Julia Johns, Olga B., Karen B., Sylvia, Tyler, Abs., Mumsie - with arrows pointing to Karen and Jodie. A small pie-chart doodle divided into quarters labeled with overlapping percentage-like scribbles (partially illegible, appears to read fractions like "3/10" and "2/10"). / Sheet 2, an untitled reflective writing passage: "Who doesn't have two ways to tell their story? Yeah, one's okay...but at times it tends to be tedious, repetitious, long-winded, monotonous, and stale... boring. Oh, but the second one is great because the portrait you paint isn't the background of a legendary hero. All the children chant your name as the soldiers proudly proclaim, 'tis not in vain if they die for you...you who can hold power yet yield restraint. Yet there's no tone 'tis all black and white, not even gray. No imagination of a world of colors, no blending, no nuance, no vibrance or shades. I'd rather be me and be boring than be living with all his condensed cutout subjects to the same glory. Yeah, that's not exactly what I'd call glory. Actually to me, it sounds pretty lame." / Sheet 3, a "Who/What/Where/When/Why/How" outline for something titled "Life" (drawn as a framed picture icon): "Who -> Me... ???s / What -> Job, money, family ???s / Where -> ???s [checked] / When -> Now [checked] / Why -> Love ??? [checked] / How -> [blank, pointing to the Life icon]." / Sheet 4, travel booking notes: "Booking Cheap Air 1249486705 / Iceland Air #207 Copenhagen 2:30pm -> Reykjavik 3:40pm / Iceland Air #631 Reykjavik 5:00pm -> Boston 6:35pm / Price $858.55 / THURSDAY Oct 4th." This item combines a family-name reference list, a reflective/philosophical writing fragment about legacy and glory, a personal life-planning outline, and a specific flight itinerary (Copenhagen to Reykjavik to Boston, priced $858.55, departing Thursday October 4th) - suggesting Tom Jensen was planning or documented an Iceland/Denmark trip alongside broader life-planning reflections.