What is the context it's in?
Atticus I think I don’t know what book your talking about
Answer:
New Mexico is being personified and it's human action is holding the canvas
Explanation: New Mexico is the main subject of this sentence, and although dry and vast describes New Mexico, it's ability/action to hold a canvas is what makes it personified.
“‘Are you going to the father-in-law’s house?’ Rahmun laughed and said: ‘Just where I am going, little one!’”
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