Have you ever waited for someone, something? Not a passive, every day waiting, but the kind that stretches on, that makes time move tauntingly slowly. A loved one away on deployment, a long awaited family reunion, a best friend who has been gone. What was that experience like for you? Was it happy or sad, exciting or lonely?

In this episode of Beyond the Frame, we explore that complex emotional experience of waiting as seen through George Hitchcock’s painting, “Looking out to Sea”. Is your experience of waiting reflected in this work?