Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Lookinglass: A Study Inspired by Käthe Kollwitz’s “Death Grabbing at a Group of Children” Charcoal on paper And I think art impacts culture by defying culture, by simply handing culture a mirror. I adapted this piece from an essay I wrote for the final of MoMA’s Coursera Massive Online Open Courseware (MOOC) Modern Art &…
Read More
Ninotte: Making an Impact, One Hope at a Time: Inspired by Emeline Michel’s poem “That Trust” Ink and Gouache on paper What does it take to make an impact? Whenever I observe culture, I am constantly reminded of changes that need to be made, things that must shift. To make an impact, we must first…
Read More
The Seeds Inside: Inspired by Yin and Yang Charcoal on paper The Yin and Yang symbol is one I always interpreted as balance, the dots at the centers like the eyes of a storm. The symbol is a representation of calmness, calm only reached through a kind of absolute harmony. Digging deeper, I realized that…
Read More
My Coincidence Goes Like This: Inspired by Abstract Art and Piet Mondrian Acrylic on paper Abstract art sits through the ages, connecting and supporting our malleability. Abstract art sits through the ages, connecting and supporting our malleability. Today’s piece was inspired not just by the perceptive power of abstract art but by a stroke…
Read More
Amytess: The Infinite Within Us: Inspired by infinity and Nayyirah Waheed’s poem* Watercolor on paper This summer, I met Amytess. We were both at a political rally: she was working, I was absorbing. In my view, politics aren’t about candidates but about the people–like Amytess– who work, who dream, who listen, who connect. And these people help…
Read More
Eye in the Sky Found in Darkness: Inspired by Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Acrylic on canvas From a life of observation, I’ve noticed that much of life is rooted in polarizations, in binaries: woman/man, right/wrong, us/them, on/off, you/me, night/day. And we, as people, get so caught up in one side or another that we…
Read More
NadiaCDM 