A few years ago, on one of our “slow” trips, we made a side excursion to Sante Fe, NM to visit the Georgia O’Keeffe art gallery. We were, of course aware of some of her art work, for instance the public’s’ interpretation of her flowers as a feminine graphical metaphor. We were not aware of the breath and depth of her work, of her bold, long and active aging well life, nor of her  unique vision  being able to simplify nature and to capture the  feeling of a person or place with colors and shapes, foregoing the more absolute realism approach common in her era.

Aging Well And Adapting to Obstacles

She definitely is a example of a person living a long, productive and active life and able to overcome obstacles, often converting them to opportunities.

She lived to 98 and even in her last years, with macro degeneration, and almost blind, she continued, with help, painting.

Visit the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

If you are ever in the Sante Fe area we highly recommend taking a day and visiting the Georgia O’Keefe museum. We took the docents tour. Our amiable guide, Jerry,  tall, and taller still with his western hat, told story after story about Georgia, her paintings, her life, and some of the symbolism. He’s been doing these tours for twenty years. Another example of a active, optimistic aging person!

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Wikipedia report about artist Georgia O’Keeffe