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Carmine Magazine: What drives you to create? Also, what inspires you and your work?
Nyela: I am driven by a need to create that I don’t even understand. It is a way to express everything for which I cannot find the words. I am inspired by stories and experiences, both my own and those of people around me. Black American culture, as well as the cultures of others of the African diaspora, is also a source of inspiration.
CM: Were you formally trained in art or self taught? Do you think it has helped you or hindered you?
N: I am formally trained, although it was after college that I really learned how big a role making art plays in my life. College helped me a great deal in becoming confident in my abilities. I miss the free exchange of ideas of academia.
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It (art school) was such a huge letdown. I wasn’t expecting it to be a place where I’d be expected to conform and fit in. I had thought art school would be a place where being something of a societal misfit would be welcomed, but for the most part, everyone is quite conventional, and the extroverts reign (with a couple of lovely exceptions).
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