Asiya Wadud, ECHO EXHIBIT (2020). Photo by Ian Douglas.

Asiya Wadud, ECHO EXHIBIT (2020). Photo by Ian Douglas.

August 3, 2020

A large vinyl installation of a poem hangs against a wood-paneled wall. The poem "I can dance now" reads: "I'm home more / I sit back more / I shop in my neighborhood more / Body remembers more / When I was a teacher / Did I tell you this before? // Summers were the time / Saddened by isolation. // It hasn't really changed / I still have good balance / A stationary body on a mat. // This is how slow we are / Nothing blocks your vision / when you stop in the middle of an avenue / Seeing the monuments more / How they inhabit the city / How one and another speak the same language. // Here, I appreciate forms more. // The music in the livingroom is my fingers / Remembering ballet all again, / Practicing my piano more // I / can / dance / now."

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