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and more from various periods of her life and the young couple that light seemed to be a fac-
her assorted hometowns. She had a home and tor because light seems mysteriously different
studio in Abiquiú, New Mexico, about an hour in New Mexico. To his surprise, the Azevedos
northwest of Santa Fe, which the museum has agreed, which sent him back to the car won-
preserved and opened to visitors. dering whether he should discard the large
“I love everything about her,” said Lauren cooler to make more room for the hubris.
Azevedo. She and Justin Azevedo, who live in Every West Coast resident who drives to-
Phoenix, were among those strolling through ward the country’s middle in search of enjoy-
the museum on a Saturday afternoon. ment, revelation, or conversation with other
O’Keeffe’s use of contrast struck them both. wanderers must turn the car around if the in-
They met at design school at Arizona State tention is to go home eventually. With a bare
University; Lauren draws and Justin, a land- minimum of planning, that means the route
scape architect, sculpts. goes through Navajo Nation.
“My favorite series – there are two up right And as this is a road trip in the Four Corners
now – is her collection of bones,” he said of a region, why not stop at, you know, the Four
favorite O’Keeffe subject. “The slight varia- Corners?
tions are just gorgeous.” To see the monument where Arizona, New
Johnny, unschooled in the arts, suggested to Mexico, Colorado and Utah touch, stock up on
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