Distilling Vision
Self-Portrait 1980
Oil on Canvas
by Nancy Wait
My thumb rises through the thumb-hole
Of a curved wooden palette
A tray laid with colors
Shaped like a kidney
Doing kidney work
Distilling vision.
I lay my prayers on the kidney tray
Placed before my body
Below the heart.
©Nancy Wait 2013
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About Nancy Wait
Nancy Wait is an artist a memoir writer, author of "The Nancy Who Drew, The Memoir That Solved A Mystery," and a former actress (stage, film and TV) in the UK under the name of Nancie Wait. She once hosted the blog talk radio shows "Art and Ascension" and "Inspirational Storytellers." Her current project is a second memoir, "The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home."
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Oh my gosh, exquisite.
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I love this, Nancy — the whole and the parts. So beautiful, so poignant, so stirring. Thank you.
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