On Brotherhood and Crucifixion
By Essay Issue 67
Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929 (Georgia O’Keeffe) Twin of the one in my mind, this cross is uneven—blooms like the trunk of a heavy woman, its underside bright as sunset, and under it, O’Keeffe’s hills—like looking at two miles of gray elephants, she said once—a sort of bed where no cross lies down. The…
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