p. 226
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I am on the train going back to Stieglitz – and in a hurry to get there – I have had four months west and it seems to be all that I needed – It has been like the wind and the sun – there doesn't seem to have been a crack of the waking day or night that wasn't full – I haven't gained an ounce in weight but I feel so alive that I am apt to crack at any moment...
— Georgia O'Keeffe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am on the train going back to Stieglitz – and in a hurry to get there – I have had four months west and it seems to be all that I needed – It has been like the wind and the sun – there doesn't seem to have been a crack of the waking day or night that wasn't full – I haven't gained an ounce in weight but I feel so alive that I am apt to crack at any moment..." in the context of "p. 226" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Georgia O'Keeffe" (Quotes, 1920s, 'Letter to Ettie Stettheimer' (August 1929): '''Quotes from: a letter to Ettie Stettheimer [sister of Florine Stettheimer, on a train from New Mexico to New York (August 24, 1929); as cited in Voicing our visions, – Writings by women artists; ed. Mara R. Witzling (New York: Universe Publishing/London: Women's Press, 1991))
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About Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (15 November 1887 – 6 March 1986) was an American modernist painter. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of American modernism".
About Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (15 November 1887 – 6 March 1986) was an American modernist painter. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of American modernism".
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