Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Youth of the Homo Sapiens Final Part* Ink and India ink on paper “Youth of the Homo Sapiens” is inspired by childhood. Many of my most vivid memories are from when I was very young, perhaps because the world felt so intriguing and stable then, it still does now—but less often. To me, childhood seems…
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Sibling Visión: Sonja’s Birthday: Part 4 Digital photograph Fifteen years ago today, she took her first breath. The first daylight melted through the windows, the room foggy after our mother’s labor, our faces stuck in perpetual anticipation. My tiny hands clung to the side of the tub, waiting, watching. In the nine months leading up…
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A Time for Story: Inspired by Shakespeare and Hamlet Illustrated by John Austen Ink and India ink on paper As children, we soak up the culture and world around us, instinctively and knowingly. In the first few years of our lives, we learn what is essential to human interaction, we learn to communicate, to use…
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Woodpecker Jungle Monkeys of My Youth Ink, watercolor, gouache on paper Dryocopus pileatus (pileated woodpeckers) inhabit the forest surrounding my house. When I was small, my mother said the birds’ calls belonged to monkeys. My sister and I knew better; we watched David Attenborough, and more importantly, we had never seen a monkey in our…
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