Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Wild Peace: Inspired by Wendell Berry’s poem “The Peace of Wild Things” India ink on paper “The Peace of Wild Things” is a point of stillness in this fast world. The words culminate to remind us that we are a part of Nature, and through our wilderness, we might find peace. You can listen to…
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Stubborn Creative Unknown Practice: Inspired by Enrique Martinez Celaya’s Thoughts Graphite on vellum, animated The Creative Meanderings #4: A Case for Stubbornness Soon, I learned that art needs stubbornness to survive–by survive, I mean change and improve, and maybe even last. Since birth, I have been a stubborn person, adhered to thinking and questioning and…
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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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Recipe for Conscious Existence: Inspired by Naomi Shihab Nye and “yutori” Ink on paper The familiarity of Naomi Shihab Nye‘s poetry spread from my family’s poetry shelf into my life. Shihab Nye’s collection of poems, A Maze Me: Poems for Girls, sat at an eye-level vantage point, beckoning me to unfold the dog-eared pages and…
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Repetition Progressing Sometimes, the futility of examining our contradictions and repetitions can be fuel for forward motion. The inspiration for Repetition Progressing was born from realizing that futility can be a necessary part of progression, specifically, the futility experienced while trying again and again, or, in my case, drawing lines over and over. The repetition…
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Joy is a Birthright, Hope a Muscle Graphite on paper “It is a vigorous choice, to see what is wrong and what needs healing and needs repair and needs our attention and also to keep our hearts and our imaginations and our energy oriented towards what we want to build, what we want to create,…
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