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The Getty has released a new episode of its ‘OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation’ podcast, inviting listeners to slow down and consider patience—and its opposite—through Edgar Degas’s pastel drawing ‘Waiting.’ The episode, titled ‘Patience Meditation with a Degas Dancer,’ was published on September 1, 2026.
The meditation is inspired by Degas’s enigmatic work, which the Getty’s announcement identifies as a pastel drawing. Rather than presenting the piece solely as an object of art-historical study, the episode uses it as a point of departure for an inward-focused exercise centered on the body’s experience of waiting.
According to the Getty, listeners are encouraged to explore how patience and impatience are experienced physically. The episode’s framing connects the stillness suggested by the title ‘Waiting’ with the changing sensations that accompany anticipation, delay, or the effort to remain present.
The work’s reference to a dancer is also reflected in the podcast page’s title, although the available announcement does not provide further details about the drawing’s date, dimensions, provenance, or current display location. It likewise does not identify the voice or meditation leader featured in the recording.
‘OMMM’ expands the Getty’s public-facing work beyond gallery visits by offering museum-inspired mindfulness content in an audio format. The programme’s full name—‘Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation’—makes explicit its use of artworks as prompts for guided attention and reflection. This episode places Degas’s pastel at the center of that approach without announcing an exhibition or in-person event.
The episode is available through Getty Podcasts. No event date range, admission information, or venue-based programme was provided for the meditation; it is presented as an online audio offering linked to the Getty’s podcast series.
