Why is O'Keeffe so fascinating? It's partly that she went to a place all alone--a place not particularly comfortable or welcoming to a human--much less a woman, and she Thrived.

I wonder what compelled her to go there.
What was is that she needed away from the machinations of society.
How did she break away, how did she sustain herself
with her own inner resources.

She worked and ate and slept all in one place
and was very careful about the food she ate
and very simple (some say austere, according to one book) in the clothes she wore; she didn't wear make-up or frivolous doo-dads
She was open, straightforward, and clear in her conversations.

She was also a Certain woman. What does that mean?
Do some people have more control over their fate than others? What was it about Mount Pedernal that compelled her to paint it over, and over, and over
again?