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Today after a busy week at the office and rain every day, the sun was finally shining. It was a nice day to visit Portland as a tourist instead of a daily commuter and enjoy the Portland Museum of Art. We have been planning to see ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and the Camera – The Art of Identity’ that runs from June 12-September 7.
I really needed to visit this exhibition today to wake up and imagine a ‘Ghost Ranch’ my wife and I can someday retire to in the near future. I’m sure she will find plenty of scenery to enhance her photography skills and splash her favorite colors on canvas. I imagine the history of New Mexico with all of its spiritual culture, along with the beautiful high desert colors and spectacular sunsets, to paint with words. I’m also looking forward to seeing the high altitude night sky full of stars I hear is so beautiful in the high desert of the Southwest.
Georgia O’Keeffe took long walks and described the stunning vistas of the Ghost Ranch landscape that excited her in long letters to her friends. I certainly want to research these letters and imagine looking through her eyes at the surrounding high desert.
I was totally inspired by this exhibition – I imagined packing my bags and moving to Abiquiú in Rio Arriba County along the Chama River and living the rest of my life in an Adobe house surrounded by the beautiful high desert scenery in the Chama Valley.
