"Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. it is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get to the real meaning of things."
-Georgia O'Keefe
In reading about O'Keefe, I am struck by her description of abstraction as "the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself." She is described as in being in a constant search for "the feeling of infinity" in nature, and a deep spiritual dimension to her work and her artistic transformation is noted. She writes of this, "When I stand alone with earth and sky a feeling of something in me going off in every direction into the unknown of infinity means more to me than any organized religion gives me."
I feel a vibration with O'Keefe's work, perhaps because of her deep reverence for and connection to nature and spirit, and her understanding of their inherent connection.