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Although not the most common of her subject matter, the activities of daily life struck her mind in photographic detail. Pablita Velarde was keenly aware of the activities in the Pueblo and she watched her aunts and the other members of the Pueblo make pottery, plaster walls, and of course, grind corn. Few people perceive their surroundings with the heightened sensitivity that Pablita Velarde did. She had no interest in making pottery, she was much more interested in painting the scenes she was witnessing.

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