Georgia O’Keeffe- Nature Forms, 1932
I found things I could say with color and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way… things I had no words for.
–Georgia O’Keeffe
I was really struggling to write this morning. Words just weren’t coming and the more time that passed, the more began to rush. And rushing is never a good thing when writing. Or painting. Or doing much of anything that involves creativity and thought.
In the end, I fell back on a favorite Georgia O’Keeffe painting and quote. The painting reminds me of the forms and rhythms I am trying to capture in my current work– the work I couldn’t write about this morning– and the quote pretty much sums up my feelings about what I do, which explains my inability to write on the subject this morning.
I am also sharing a favorite song from the Yardbirds that accompanied this O’Keeffe painting and quote here a few years back. Featuring fine guitar work from Jeff Beck, this is Shapes of Things from 1966. It sort of fits the theme here. And even if it doesn’t, it’s still a great song.
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