pp. 226-227
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I have frozen in the mountains in rain and in hail – and slept out under the stars – and cooked and burned on the desert so that riding through Kansas on the train when everyone is wilting about me seems nothing at all for heat – my nose has peeled and all my bones have been sore from riding – I drove with friends through Arizona – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico till the thought of a wheel under me makes me want to hold my head.
— Georgia O'Keeffe
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I have frozen in the mountains in rain and in hail – and slept out under the stars – and cooked and burned on the desert so that riding through Kansas on the train when everyone is wilting about me seems nothing at all for heat – my nose has peeled and all my bones have been sore from riding – I drove with friends through Arizona – Utah – Colorado – New Mexico till the thought of a wheel under me makes me want to hold my head." in the context of "pp. 226-227" 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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