Tag Archives: perception

Drawing Cured A Stomach Ache

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Nancy Wait

Did you know that drawing can cure stomach aches? Me either! But apparently it does. At first I thought I might have had a case of the New Year Blahs. Except that would have been out of character for me. The other idea that came was too awful – a sudden onset of gluten intolerance. I would hate that. Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Buildings 10th Street

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Nancy Wait

I love these buildings. They’re on Tenth Street between 5th and 6th (Brooklyn) and I’ve walked by them so many times. But not till recently when I decided to start drawing the neighborhood did I stop and really LOOK at them. And then of course I thought what a wonderful picture they’d make. Continue reading →

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One with the Weather

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Nancy Wait

When I had a television I used to watch Chanel One’s “Weather On The Ones.” And now, on this last day of muggy New York weather, (we are promised it will be cooler and drier by the morning) I have … Continue reading →

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The X in Extra-Sensory

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Nancy Wait

On Monday, July 14,2014 I will be a guest on The GR Healing Fountain, airing live at 5pm EDT; 10pm BST.  LINK  I hope you will join me! My theme is The X in Extra-Sensory. It’s not easy to define. Like the X-Files, or the … Continue reading →

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A Melody In Everything

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Nancy Wait

  There’s a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the … Continue reading →

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The Hot Seat

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Nancy Wait

I was introduced to the hot seat back in London in the 70s when I joined a Gestalt therapy group in Chelsea. We sat on cushions on the floor and though our hot seat was simply another cushion, it was … Continue reading →

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Goldilocks and the Mobile Wallpaper

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Nancy Wait

When I finally found the right wallpaper for my Blackberry Simple Mobile, Goldilocks came to mind. There are no bears in my story. But there is the question of bearing, and what feels right, and finding the happy medium, which … Continue reading →

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When a Still-Life Moves

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Nancy Wait

In this excerpt from “Christmas Holiday” by W. Somerset Maugham (1939), Charley and Lydia are at the museum looking at a still-life by Chardin (pages 240-242). “Chardin,” he said. “Yes, I’ve seen that before.” “But have you ever looked at … Continue reading →

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Art and Ascension What’s That

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Nancy Wait

An excess of emotion. Of feeling. From the heart. Through the heart of feeling. Onto the cross. Propelled upwards, above the horizontal line of the physical plane. Sometimes you think you’ll die unless you express it. And then something in … Continue reading →

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