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Author Archives: Nancy Wait
Being Ready
I thought it was always ‘now.’ Ram Das said, “Be here now,” so if I was here, wasn’t it now? Being born with the surname of Wait only helped if I remembered, and ‘to wait’ doesn’t actually mean to … Continue reading
Being on Timers
The day I knew I had an inner timer was the day I heard a dinging in my soul. Continue reading
this Park, this Brooklyn
This drawing, this park, this Prospect Park, these 526 acres, these remains of Brooklyn’s indigenous forest. This play area with off-leash hours. This Dog Beach just off the Long Meadow at the Pools. This drawing, these dogs, these people, this … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in the Life, ART, Brooklyn, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, Dog Beach, drawing, Park Slope, people working, perception, Prospect Park, sketchbook art, volunteers
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Apple Trees
I do not have a garden,I do not have a plot of land,I do not have a flowerTo plant and grow by hand.But what I have is paper,What I have is paint,What I have is such an urgeTo draw without … Continue reading
Posted in ART, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, art and feeling, art and reality, consciousness, drawing, inner awareness, painting, poetry, poetry art, storytelling
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Battle Hill
Two strong and fearless women, one in a glorious helmet and armor decorated with snakes, the other in her crown of seven spikes, her tablet a book of law.
Their eyes lock. Lady Liberty raises her torch with her right hand. Minerva salutes back with her left.
Posted in ART, Brooklyn, Uncategorized
Tagged Battle Hill, Brooklyn, drawings, Green-Wood Cemetery, Minerva in Brooklyn, Statue Minerva, Statue of Liberty
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The Color Orange
On a gray day I went to the greengrocer for orange bell peppers and carrots to eat and to color and draw and digest. Ol’ Blue Eyes said, “Orange is the happiest color.” Van Gogh said, “There is no blue … Continue reading
Posted in ART, Uncategorized
Tagged color orange quotes, drawing fruits and veg, happy color, orange, sketchbook
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The Green-Wood Trolley
Ding-ding-ding goes the trolley… Except when it doesn’t. Because we did not want to wake anyone sleeping in the Green-Wood Cemetery. Cemetery is from the Greek word for “sleeping place.” This spring when I took the trolley tour we rolled … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, drawings, Green-Wood Cemetery, Trolley Cars
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Snoozing on the Subway
Sleepy in the spring with the rocking of the train and time to kill, having a little time-out, catching a few winks between here and there, somewhere in a Brooklyn tunnel. I’m a subway voyeur, taking photos to labor over … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in the Life, ART, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn drawings, Brooklyn subway, people sleeping, subway drawings
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Drawing People on the Subway
I’m still at it. I don’t have the wonder and awe I had in my 20s, but I remember how exciting it was learning to draw people, every subway ride an opportunity for study. From my latest (not yet published) … Continue reading
Nancy Wait 