Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Universal Minds: Inspired by Panpsychism and Siri Hustvedt Watercolor, ink, and India ink on paper When I was little, I would fill my stuffed animals with my imagination until the cloth and stuffing came alive, or so I thought. I convinced myself that these toys thought and felt and loved as I did. Perhaps this…
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Kennedy Augusto Beer: Across the Sky, Connected by the Little Things Ink on paper My sister and I only knew Augusto from my mother’s memories and stories. We learned that he was from a country across the Atlantic Ocean, a country nestled on Africa’s coast, Guinea-Bissau. We learned that Augusto Beer lived with my mom’s…
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Sibling Visión: Nadia: Part 3 Digital Photograph As siblings, my sister and I are the only people in the world who have both observed and experienced our growing-up process. Close enough, yet utterly different, the two of us began orbiting each other. Our opposing forces, our gravities, stabilizing and balancing, one moment, one hour, one…
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Humany-Animaly culture: Inspired by Ed Yong’s article “Chimpanzees Are Going Through a Tragic Loss” India ink on paper The genetic connections between humans and chimpanzees, whether they be our approximately 99% shared DNA or our cultures, remind me that some of the most human traits we possess are also some of our most animalistic. At…
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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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Quentin Crisp: Morning Talking, Step Sitting Graphite and watercolor on paper Begin with the purple hat: a wide brim, tilted at a rakish angle. After the hat, the face, a face removed from culture’s unaware noise, culture’s incessant noise. A face of elegance, poised in a moment of peace, a face rising itself away and…
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