Nadia Daniels-Moehle
The Experiencer: Inspired by Sylvia Plath’s Poem “Black Rook in Rainy Weather” India ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper From my experience, poetry exists in the spaces between the mind of the poet and the “experiencer” of the poem. Poetry is not just assonance or cadence or rhyme. Poetry is also the translation of a…
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Accompaniment Under the Skin Ink on paper Under the skin, bones and muscles,fluids and thoughts. Under the skin, blood and tendons,nerves and imaginations. Under the skin, doubt and souland self. 244 days done, 121 to go.
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Transmuting: Inspired by Robin Coste Lewis’ poem Navel Ink on paper Robin Coste Lewis’ poem “Navel” came into my life by chance. By way of Twitter, by way of director Ava DuVernay, by way of Time magazine’s special issue, The Art of Optimism. “Navel” opened an inspiration inside me, pulling at something inexplicable as only…
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Sibling Visión: Nadia: Part 2 Digital Photograph We’ve known each other for almost fifteen years. We’ve grown up together, when she drew her first breath, I was there. Our stores have grown, together, as people’s stories do when their perspectives converge and learn to understand. Understand the intricacy of almost fifteen years together. 235 days…
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First from the Center: A Universe in Tens Part 4* Acrylic on paper sphere All this brightness Contracts at my pupil, Chases the supple shadows away, around, Reminding me, in all this contrast, is a remnant of comfort. *Many of the pieces in CognEYEzant:365 are small parts of a larger piece. See it here.…
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Meanwhile in Memoriam: Inspired by Mary Oliver and Her Poem “Wild Geese” Gouache on paper Mary Oliver taught me that to be natural was to be joyous and fragile, whimsical and strong, wild and tender. Poetry, I have often thought, is a place, not a thing, an experience that moves past the written word and…
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