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THE POWER AND MAGIC OF ART

Ever since humans realized they could shape, carve, or form matter into two, three and four dimensional images and beyond, it has been so. Those forms could alter and create new images in the minds of other humans, that go far beyond the form that initially presented those images. Some humans acquired these powerful forms, others tried to forever minimize the Power locked within these forms. Unfortunately to a great extent they have been successful.
The possessors of these powerful forms have achieved a greater notoriety than those who created those forms. The species cannot survive without woman; consider the above statement all directed at a very special individual who can have all of the above and be remembered forever by all who benefited from your foresight. Available now “The nature of woman”@ $600,000,000.00, Six Hundred Million Dollars by the master of Broken Angel. I am not a politician unlike them, here you will get something of greater value for your investment and certainly benefit your country. Let us look at this proposal; first of all, the government would get one half that being $300,000,000.00 from taxes. If I am successful in what I plan to do with the remainder, you will be able to write-off the entire amount. If not you will still own the work and will have benefited the country to the above tax amount, given the artwork reflects the highest amount ever paid to a living artist. You could surpass your investment by a paid admission world tour just to see the work. What do I plan to do with the remainder? Well, Marty Markowitz’s comment on Broken Angel might help answer that, he said:
“Broken Angel is the Rube-ex Cube of Architecture there should be one on every Corner of every Major City “.
If anyone wishes to help my address is Arthur N. Wood 4 Downing Street Brooklyn New York 11238-1912 Images of the ”Nature of Women" will be posted soon.
Most major attractions turn you upside down, shake well, and splash you with water. Then they send you home with less money than you had before you started; un-inspired. Alternatively, they allow you to meet real people disguised as the unreal, that you enjoyed reading about, also adding the above. What I propose, will be free on line and in line with what really goes on within your own mind and the real world. The solutions you are not getting from Albany, Washington or the individuals you have voted for or put your trust in.
Simply put a municipal referendum, at low cost to the individual voter to establish a duplicate of the Broken Angel building as original intended in their city, that would be owned by those who funded same, and it would exist as a free on-line educational post graduate facility with scholarships to develop new ideas. Within that particular building, funds generated by industrial improvements would be shared equally by those who funded the project within the particular municipality.

I am sorry I have not been updating this site but I have been focused for this past year on my mother who has been ailing and on my father’s attempts to save the house from foreclosure.
My mother Cynthia Wood passed away on Saturday January 30th, 2010 after a year long battle with liver cancer. She had been a breast cancer surviver and had been in remission for 35 years. She was surrounded by her family when she passed. We are planning to have a memorial for her near the house in the spring. Those who are interested in attending should email me at cynthiawood718@gmail.com and I will contact you with more information.
Many of you have posted questions about our future plans for the house. At this time Broken Angel’s future is still unknown. A number of legal investigations are currently ongoing regarding the behavior of the developer and the bank. The United Nations has also recently taken an interest in one of the films about the building and my parents fate.
I would like to share with you a little bit about my mother. Those who knew her, knew she was an exciting, eccentric, fun and brilliant creative woman who gave birth to two children and an inspiring building in Brooklyn.
Cynthia and Arthur Wood bought the shell of a building in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 1979. They spent the next 30 years creating a home which brought mystery, magic and magnificence to a small cul-de-sac in Brooklyn. Cynthia designed stain glass windows out of discarded bottles and helped construct concrete angels in the rafters. Cynthia and the house both appeared in a number of films, television stories and newspaper articles.
Cynthia was the daughter of the movie director Russell Mack and the actress/singer Bobette Mack. Her father directed an number of films including “The Spirit of Notre Dame”.
At the age of 18 she met her husband Arthur Wood when they were both ice skating on dates with other people at New York’s Wollman rink. He said he “looked into her eyes and it was love at first sight”. They were together for 55 years. He claims that she tricked him into marrying her. After 5 years of dating she told him she had some good news and some bad news for him. When he asked for the bad news she told him her parents were moving to California. To keep her in NY he proposed on the spot. She then told him the good news “that she was not planning to go with them”.
The idea for the building Broken Angel was born from a romantic stroll the couple took through Staten Island. Arthur and Cynthia found a figurine of an angel lying broken and discarded in the gutter. He took it home with them and rebuilt it for her, reconfiguring it so that it was “better than the original”. A little while after that when they found the building that would become their home and life’s work they were reminded of that angel and incorporated that same creativity into rebuilding the structure. They named it “Broken Angel” and hoped to resurrect it with as much success.
The building became the backdrop for the movie “Dave Chappelle’s Block party” in 2004. Cynthia with her purple hair and dynamic energy became an eccentric charismatic figure in the film and even appears in the movie poster.
In 2006 a small fire at the house brought it to the attention of the Department of Buildings. The Woods were forced to vacate and were even arrested when they refused to leave the premises. The building department threatened to tear down their home andit was saved for a time by a collaboration with a local developer who wanted to turn the building into condominiums and an artists space. Unfortunately, due to a number of legal complications the work remains uncompleted and my parents spent her last year together trying to fight foreclosure on the house.
Cynthia Wood is survived by her husband Arthur Wood, her daughter Elizabeth and her son Christopher. She was grandmother to 4 children; Sebastian, Tabatha, Sabrina and Emma.Hopefully her creative legacy will continue to survive bringing a little bit of magic to the Brooklyn skyline.

I am sorry I have not been updating this site but I have been focused for this past year on my mother who has been ailing and on my father’s attempts to save the house from foreclosure.
My mother Cynthia Wood passed away on Saturday January 30th 2010 after a year long battle with liver cancer. She had been a breast cancer surviver and had been in remission for 35 years. She was surrounded by her family when she passed. We are planning to have a memorial for her near the house in the spring. Those who are interested in attending should email me at cynthiawood718@gmail.com and I will contact you with more information.
Many of you have posted questions about our future plans for the house. At this time Broken Angel’s future is still unknown. A number of legal investigations are currently ongoing regarding the behavior of the developer and the bank. The United Nations has also recently taken an interest in one of the films about the building and my parents fate.
I would like to share with you a little bit about my mother. Those who knew her, knew she was an exciting, eccentric, fun and brilliant creative woman who gave birth to two children and an inspiring building in Brooklyn.
Cynthia and Arthur Wood bought the shell of a building in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 1979. They spent the next 30 years creating a home which brought mystery, magic and magnificence to a small cul-de-sac in Brooklyn. Cynthia designed stain glass windows out of discarded bottles and helped construct concrete angels in the rafters. Cynthia and the house both appeared in a number of films, television stories and newspaper articles.
Cynthia was the daughter of the movie director Russell Mack and the actress/singer Bobette Mack. Her father directed an number of films including “The Spirit of Notre Dame”.
At the age of 18 she met her husband Arthur Wood when they were both ice skating on dates with other people at New York’s Wollman rink. He said he “looked into her eyes and it was love at first sight”. They were together for 55 years. He claims that she tricked him into marrying her. After 5 years of dating she told him she had some good news and some bad news for him. When he asked for the bad news she told him her parents were moving to California. To keep her in NY he proposed on the spot. She then told him the good news “that she was not planning to go with them”.
The idea for the building Broken Angel was born from a romantic stroll the couple took through Staten Island. Arthur and Cynthia found a figurine of an angel lying broken and discarded in the gutter. He took it home with them and rebuilt it for her, reconfiguring it so that it was “better than the original”. A little while after that when they found the building that would become their home and life’s work they were reminded of that angel and incorporated that same creativity into rebuilding the structure. They named it “Broken Angel” and hoped to resurrect it with as much success.
The building became the backdrop for the movie “Dave Chappelle’s Block party” in 2004. Cynthia with her purple hair and dynamic energy became an eccentric charismatic figure in the film and even appears in the movie poster.
In 2006 a small fire at the house brought it to the attention of the Department of Buildings. The Woods were forced to vacate and were even arrested when they refused to leave the premises. The building department threatened to tear down their home it was saved for a time by a collaboration with a local developer who wanted to turn the building into condominiums and an artists space. Unfortunately, due to a number of legal complications the work remains uncompleted and my parents spent her last year together trying to fight foreclosure on the house.
Cynthia Wood is survived by her husband Arthur Wood, her daughter Elizabeth and her son Christopher. She was grandmother to 4 children; Sebastian, Tabatha, Sabrina and Emma.Hopefully her creative legacy will continue to survive bringing a little bit of magic to the Brooklyn skyline.

I am sorry I have not been updating this site but I have been focused for this past year on my mother who has been ailing and on my father’s attempts to save the house from foreclosure.
My mother Cynthia Wood passed away on Saturday January 30th, 2010 after a year long battle with liver cancer. She had been a breast cancer surviver and had been in remission for 35 years. She was surrounded by her family when she passed. We are planning to have a memorial for her near the house in the spring. Those who are interested in attending should email me at cynthiawood718@gmail.com and I will contact you with more information.
Many of you have posted questions about our future plans for the house. At this time Broken Angel’s future is still unknown. A number of legal investigations are currently ongoing regarding the behavior of the developer and the bank. The United Nations has also recently taken an interest in one of the films about the building and my parents fate.
I would like to share with you a little bit about my mother. Those who knew her, knew she was an exciting, eccentric, fun and brilliant creative woman who gave birth to two children and an inspiring building in Brooklyn.
Cynthia and Arthur Wood bought the shell of a building in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 1979. They spent the next 30 years creating a home which brought mystery, magic and magnificence to a small cul-de-sac in Brooklyn. Cynthia designed stain glass windows out of discarded bottles and helped construct concrete angels in the rafters. Cynthia and the house both appeared in a number of films, television stories and newspaper articles.
Cynthia was the daughter of the movie director Russell Mack and the actress/singer Bobette Mack. Her father directed an number of films including “The Spirit of Notre Dame”.
At the age of 18 she met her husband Arthur Wood when they were both ice skating on dates with other people at New York’s Wollman rink. He said he “looked into her eyes and it was love at first sight”. They were together for 55 years. He claims that she tricked him into marrying her. After 5 years of dating she told him she had some good news and some bad news for him. When he asked for the bad news she told him her parents were moving to California. To keep her in NY he proposed on the spot. She then told him the good news “that she was not planning to go with them”.
The idea for the building Broken Angel was born from a romantic stroll the couple took through Staten Island. Arthur and Cynthia found a figurine of an angel lying broken and discarded in the gutter. He took it home with them and rebuilt it for her, reconfiguring it so that it was “better than the original”. A little while after that when they found the building that would become their home and life’s work they were reminded of that angel and incorporated that same creativity into rebuilding the structure. They named it “Broken Angel” and hoped to resurrect it with as much success.
The building became the backdrop for the movie “Dave Chappelle’s Block party” in 2004. Cynthia with her purple hair and dynamic energy became an eccentric charismatic figure in the film and even appears in the movie poster.
In 2006 a small fire at the house brought it to the attention of the Department of Buildings. The Woods were forced to vacate and were even arrested when they refused to leave the premises. The building department threatened to tear down their home andit was saved for a time by a collaboration with a local developer who wanted to turn the building into condominiums and an artists space. Unfortunately, due to a number of legal complications the work remains uncompleted and my parents spent her last year together trying to fight foreclosure on the house.
Cynthia Wood is survived by her husband Arthur Wood, her daughter Elizabeth and her son Christopher. She was grandmother to 4 children; Sebastian, Tabatha, Sabrina and Emma.Hopefully her creative legacy will continue to survive bringing a little bit of magic to the Brooklyn skyline.

I am sorry I have not been updating this site but I have been focused for this past year on my mother who has been ailing and on my father’s attempts to save the house from foreclosure.
My mother Cynthia Wood passed away on Saturday January 30th, 2010 after a year long battle with liver cancer. She had been a breast cancer surviver and had been in remission for 35 years. She was surrounded by her family when she passed. We are planning to have a memorial for her near the house in the spring. Those who are interested in attending should email me at cynthiawood718@gmail.com and I will contact you with more information.
Many of you have posted questions about our future plans for the house. At this time Broken Angel’s future is still unknown. A number of legal investigations are currently ongoing regarding the behavior of the developer and the bank. The United Nations has also recently taken an interest in one of the films about the building and my parents fate.
I would like to share with you a little bit about my mother. Those who knew her, knew she was an exciting, eccentric, fun and brilliant creative woman who gave birth to two children and an inspiring building in Brooklyn.
Cynthia and Arthur Wood bought the shell of a building in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 1979. They spent the next 30 years creating a home which brought mystery, magic and magnificence to a small cul-de-sac in Brooklyn. Cynthia designed stain glass windows out of discarded bottles and helped construct concrete angels in the rafters. Cynthia and the house both appeared in a number of films, television stories and newspaper articles.
Cynthia was the daughter of the movie director Russell Mack and the actress/singer Bobette Mack. Her father directed an number of films including “The Spirit of Notre Dame”.
At the age of 18 she met her husband Arthur Wood when they were both ice skating on dates with other people at New York’s Wollman rink. He said he “looked into her eyes and it was love at first sight”. They were together for 55 years. He claims that she tricked him into marrying her. After 5 years of dating she told him she had some good news and some bad news for him. When he asked for the bad news she told him her parents were moving to California. To keep her in NY he proposed on the spot. She then told him the good news “that she was not planning to go with them”.
The idea for the building Broken Angel was born from a romantic stroll the couple took through Staten Island. Arthur and Cynthia found a figurine of an angel lying broken and discarded in the gutter. He took it home with them and rebuilt it for her, reconfiguring it so that it was “better than the original”. A little while after that when they found the building that would become their home and life’s work they were reminded of that angel and incorporated that same creativity into rebuilding the structure. They named it “Broken Angel” and hoped to resurrect it with as much success.
The building became the backdrop for the movie “Dave Chappelle’s Block party” in 2004. Cynthia with her purple hair and dynamic energy became an eccentric charismatic figure in the film and even appears in the movie poster.
In 2006 a small fire at the house brought it to the attention of the Department of Buildings. The Woods were forced to vacate and were even arrested when they refused to leave the premises. The building department threatened to tear down their home andit was saved for a time by a collaboration with a local developer who wanted to turn the building into condominiums and an artists space. Unfortunately, due to a number of legal complications the work remains uncompleted and my parents spent her last year together trying to fight foreclosure on the house.
Cynthia Wood is survived by her husband Arthur Wood, her daughter Elizabeth and her son Christopher. She was grandmother to 4 children; Sebastian, Tabatha, Sabrina and Emma.Hopefully her creative legacy will continue to survive bringing a little bit of magic to the Brooklyn skyline.