Nadia Daniels-Moehle
Trying to Embrace the Zigzag (Eye Voted): Inspired by Howard Zinn’s “The Optimism of Uncertainty” Ink on paper Revisiting this essay two years later. Only this time, in preparation. Because we learned what it felt like to be surprised. Because it takes awareness and hope to keep going, it takes many, many moments. Thank you…
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Tahlia: What it Takes to be the Future: Inspired by Kate DiCamillo and Chiaroscuro Graphite, watercolor, gouache on paper Thanks to Tahlia, I got to revisit one of my favorite authors. Kate DiCamillo‘s stories infuse themselves into you. Her name whisks me to the far-off afternoons of childhood, listening to my mother read aloud. DiCamillo’s books…
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Protect and Border and Greet: Inspired by Solitude and Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet Gouache and ink on paper Poetry can transport us to moments, feelings, and human experiences. Poetry can condense great vastnesses into something palatable and, perhaps, even relatable. Poet Rainer Maria Rilke‘s Letters to a Young Poet has continuously nurtured my inspiration.…
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As Simple as This: “Your Silence Will Not Protect You”–Audre Lorde Watercolor, ink, gouache on paper This piece was inspired by a guiding light, one who’s helped me through creativity, through the world, and through being a woman, being a human being. This guiding light is Audre Lorde. Today, while observing the current that brought…
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Many Togethers: Inspired by Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” and Illustrator Ana Juan Graphite and gouache on paper Combining the art of two creators never fails to stimulate my “creative juices.” Actually, I find some of my most inspired and creatively expansive moments while digging into the stories and styles of other artists. Today,…
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Ben: And What is Your Reaction To The Small Space Watercolor on paper Inspired by the photography of Irving Penn’s “Salvador Dalí” and “Georgia O’Keeffe” It was August of 2018, CognEYEzant:365 had just begun. And I was collecting photographs of people’s eyes, strangers, friends, and new acquaintances. While swimming around an old raft in a…
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