Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Hope: Inspired by the Work of Abu Malik al-Shami Ink on paper On October 13, 2016, the BBC published an article about a Syrian student turned soldier turned artist. Abu Malik al-Shami was still a teenager when the war in Syria began. At the time of the article, Shami was only 22. Amid the devastation,…
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Memories of Beauty and Darkness: Inspired by Hygieia from Klimt’s “Medicine” and Mucha’s “Salomé” Watercolor, gouache, metallic paint on board In adolescence, the world shifts, and we reach out to catch bits of the world that filter through and are caught by our molting bodies. Within this altering space, Art Nouveau grounded me and inspired…
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In Responce to Fear: Inspired by Zora Neale Hurston’s Quote “The thing to do is to grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.” Ink on paper A year ago, I first met Zora Neale Hurston tucked away on a bookshelf. Their Eyes Were Watching God stared at me, making me…
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The Idle Mind is the Daydream’s Playground: Inspired by Bertrand Russel’s Essay “In Praise of Idleness” and Manoush Zomorodi’s Book Bored and Brilliant Watercolor, ink and India ink on paper In his essay “In Praise of Idleness,” philosopher Bertrand Russell writes of idleness’s necessary role in expansion. From experience, there is nothing more stimulating to…
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Seeing to Come Together: Inspired by Kiley Bense’s “How Learning to Draw can Help a Writer to See” Graphite on paper by way of the digital world The Creative Meanderings #6: The Joys of Potent, Tiny Details When we view art…we are climbing beneath the layers, into the skin, of our diverse human experience Sometimes,…
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Uses for Idealism: A Finished Piece Gouache and ink on paper The Oxford Languages dictionary describes idealism, philosophically*, as “any of various systems of thought in which the objects of knowledge are held to be in some way dependent on the activity of mind.” Growing up, I began piecing together an ideal life I watched…
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