#cerro pedernal

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Scene from the Ghost Ranch with the Cerro Pedernal in the distance, Río Arriba Co, NM. Photo: Patty Pace (Aug 2023) :: [Robert Scott Horton]

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White Bison Elder's Meditation of the Day

"I went to a holy man and asked him for help. He told me to get on the Red Road. Pray to Wakan-Tanka (Great Spirit) to help you walk the Red Road."--Dr. A.C. Ross (Ehanamani), LAKOTA

All Indian traditions, customs and ceremonies help us answer three questions: who am I?, why am I?, and where am I going? Only on the Red Road can we find the answer to these three questions. When we can answer these three questions, we are on the Red Road. When we cannot, we have gone astray. That is why the Holy Men tell us to pray to the Great Spirit and to seek the Red Road. Why am I? My purpose is the serve the Great Spirit. Who am I? I am an Indian who walks the Red Road. Where am I going? My vision is to serve my people.

Great Spirit, when I know You, only then do I know me. Help me today to know You.

(Diiyon MorningStar:: All Natives United)

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Untitled by Thomas Chupela

[brooklynmuseum]

Georgia O’Keeffe said, "I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I don't get acquainted easily." One of her perennial subjects during her New Mexico years was the Cerro Pedernal, a flat-topped mountain that’s visible for miles in every direction. She painted it numerous times, at varied angles and distances. In later life, she said that she thought if she painted the Pedernal often enough, God would give it to her.  

O’Keeffe often worked on site, sketching and painting in the hills and desert. She occasionally took photographs as well. In this photo she’s dressed in practical flat shoes, a cotton wrap dress, and a wide-brimmed black hat, all essential elements of her wardrobe. 

Just as she painted certain locations and objects over and over, O’Keeffe adopted a serial aesthetic in her wardrobe. If she particularly liked a garment or accessory, she purchased it in multiples or had duplicates made. Her collection of wrap dresses, copied from a dress originally bought at Neiman Marcus, shows this loyalty to her favorite styles.

Posted by Jessica Murphy  Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986). Red Hills with the Pedernal, 1936. Pastel on paper mounted to wood-pulp board, 21 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (54.6 x 69.2 cm). @BrooklynMuseum, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe, 87.136.4. © artist or artist's estate ⇨ #ToddWebb (American, 1905-2000). Georgia O'Keeffe Photographing the Chama Valley, New Mexico, 1961. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm). @OKeeffeMuseum, Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, 2006.06.0983. © Todd Webb Archive ⇨ Eight Wrap Dresses. Left to right: Black cotton, c. 1960s–70s; White cotton, Carol Sarkisian, c. 1970s; Blue-gray cotton, c. 1960s; Pink cotton, Neiman Marcus, c. late 1950s; Blue cotton, Neiman Marcus, c. late 1950s; Brown cotton, Sidran, Inc., c. late 1950s; Green synthetic velvet, Carol Sarkisian, c. 1970s; Black cotton, c. 1960s–70s. @okeeffemuseum (Photo © Gavin Ashworth)

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From the top of Cerro Pedernal looking at Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch

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Cerro Pedernal

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Cerro Pedernal, New Mexico