In search of Steffani

So my trip to Taos continues to

take on more layers

and chapters and levels

and magic...

Magic that brings together...

art, technology, communication

the past, the present,

artists now and then

and random gifts...

Two new books about Georgia,

are on their way to me...

it was after writing about

the spiral staircase to no where,

that this image

of her orange ladder

to no where...

a supposedly familar piece,

one I didn't know,

shows up in a magazine,

where I am staying...

so simple yet seems to say

"climb, believe,

imagine a way to the sky

see what happens."

Okay, it is final, I love Georgia!!

I am an official fan!

(refer to previous blogs to catch up)

So I also, felt inclined to find Steffani,

(now that I found Georgia)

the woman who wrote the Taos note.

I had dubbed her "note girl"

to friends and fans...

(sorry, Steffani, I am sure

your much more than that)

Being a fan of Facebook,

many (non-users) have asked "why?

I don't get it...who cares?"

But Facebook is magic...

a phenomenon...

it connects,

brings home long lost friends,

ones, who we used to sing

the Sound of Music with, in a cemetary,

or run miles, side by side with,

maybe even sat inside a hollowed out

wash machine in the rain,

(actually, I am still looking for "them")

and sometimes, those friends

we didn't know

we were missing or looking for

and then there are those we

have just begun to be inspired by!

I have learned that there

are portable hula hoops,

that an old boyfriend is famous

and still so sweet,

a collection of class reunion pics,

I missed

and wished I hadn't...

and someone who even

wanted to be like me in High School?

(OMG, have you seen my H.S pictures?)

and most significantly this...

I found a note in a tree

written by an artistic woman

teaching in Houston,

created for herself, to be inspired by

and return to...

a woman, also not a fan of Georgia,

until she read a book

(the one I ordered)

and found herself in Santa Fe/Taos

searching for Geogia O'Keefe

like me...

With Facebook, I sought to find her

and say thank you,

(intially, it was thru her student...thanks Ryan)

That I have...

and she is a kindred spirit,

one I expect and hope to know well.

Randomness, creativity,

and the internet met

one another tonight

and assisted in an exchange

of amazingness... how cool is that... really?

So do you have a story?

There has to be other's?

Who is your artistic hero?

I welcome your sharing...

and do you ever wonder...

would she...Georgia

have been on Facebook,

would DH Lawerence

have had time to blog,

would Vincent have stopped painting

long enough to have a website

and what if he had felt supported

by his fan page?

...well, that is a whole nother blog!

Thanks for reading!

Piper Rain