Name/Title
SF Senior Center - Patrisha Wait - Tiny Bubbles - 2019Description
Patricia Wait
“Tiny Bubbles”
SF Senior Center
Trish was born in Southern California and raised in Fresno. After her mom passed away when she was 13, her father and three brothers depended on her to manage the household. For that reason, she believes she was never taught that it was okay to have fun. Feeling “burned out” from the experience, she moved to San Francisco as a young adult but found The City overwhelming. She relocated to Hawaii where she worked as a massage therapist and in Lake Tahoe as a card dealer in the casinos.
In third grade she was required to participate in art classes and to produce three drawings per week. She drew her pieces during lunch in the cafeteria. She didn’t feel that she got the right feedback and support for her efforts and after third grade did not try to do art again for 60 years. Then she found AWE!
She believes it is important to be independent and figure things out for oneself. Her advice: “Come to events, observe what’s happening, check your comfort level, then try it! Have fun and make it fun for other people, too.” Laughter, she says, changes the energy and breaks down up-tightness. She also says, “Women need to understand their own truth, speak it and believe it.”
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
