Naz Knight Writer & Word Mechanic
Words Chose Me To Be Their Writer.
Naz Knight is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice is comprised of exploring the contrasting yet interconnected elements of light, projection, sound, energy, emotion, frequency and movement to transform and connect people and spaces, using poetry that delivers messages across all levels of awareness.
CREATIVE & INSIGHTFUL
INSPIRING & CONVINCING
DECISIVE & ALTRUISTIC
DETERMINED & PASSIONATE
Poetry Together
Poetry Together, Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire
Poetry Together is the brainchild of author, broadcaster, and poetry fanatic, Gyles Brandreth, who is working with Poetry Champions across the country to promote creating poetry together.
Bedfordshire’s Poetry Champion Debra Knight will launch Bedfordshire’s Poetry Together Campaign at Wardown House, Museum & Gallery on June 30th. at 12 noon.
At an intimate gathering Debra will open the programme with a Poetry workshop entitled “Internity: In The Beginning Was The Word!”
This engaging workshop combines the art of poetry with Cymatic and Solfeggio frequencies, ancient storytelling traditions, and narrative psychology to explore the profound influence of sound and words on our emotions, bodies, and surroundings.
Debra, an interdisciplinary artist, practitioner, C.E.O of Queen’s Award Winning social enterprise NINE RED Presents… (CIC) and Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire, will lead this unique workshop. She will utilize her transformative approach, which integrates light, colour, projection, sound, aromatherapy, and movement with the powerful medium of poetry to convey messages at multiple levels of awareness.
This is my story,
This is my song!
Deb-Ra Knight, the Poetry Champion for Bedfordshire, is celebrated for her stirring verses that beautifully encapsulate the region’s spirit. Her profound exploration of human emotion and experience through poetry serves as a wellspring of inspiration and unity.
Beyond her poetic talents, she is deeply committed to instigating positive social change and uplifting lives through her interdisciplinary art practice, which skillfully employs poetry to forge connections among individuals and spaces. Deb -Ra / Naz Knight’s work resonates with a profound understanding of the human journey and the transformative influence of art.
Naz Knight started a social enterprise in 2001, which became the Queen’s Award Winning company NINE RED Presents…(CIC).
“A Name Is More Than Just A Name.
Each of her two names has its own identity and personality. Her dual persona reflects her mixed heritage as a British-born Caribbean; this blend makes her performances so magical and mystical. Her enchanting voice, together with her thought-provoking words, takes you on your own personal journey within a subtle dream.
Due to congenital dermal melanocytosis, Debra was likened to a Zebra; hence her Auntie Heather gave her that name at 3 months old. The name Naz derives from her other name, Nzinga, which was the name given to her at birth by her father. Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, West Africa, was also a miracle birth due to complications surrounding her birth. Her father saw in his daughter a reflection of her namesake – a warrior Queen of strength, intelligence, courage, grace, and beauty.”
Warrior By Name
Debra means “bee” symbolising community, brightness and personal power. The ancient Druids saw the bee as symbolising the sun (the Goddess), community and celebration. Bees symbolism relates to fertility and sexuality because of pollination.
To the Celts Debra means “bee” and is regarded as a ‘Messenger of the Gods’ and symbol of great wisdom. They believed that bees could travel to the Otherworlds and bring back messages from the gods.
Deb-Ra also contains the name of the Egyptian God, Ra.
Nzinga was a warrior Queen, who fought to keep her people out of slavery and established a society of art, culture, law, politics, economy, philosophy, and spirituality.
Knight, her last name, as in Knights of King Arthur.
She was born under the sign of Aries, ruled by Mars. The Warrior God, star sign and planet.
Words are Energy
Words are sound waves and Naz has described her writing as indescribable energy that grows inside her and manifests itself in words, art & movement. This explosion of energy manifested itself for the first time at the age of 3; before she could formulate written prose. Naz could view and interact with the world in a completely innovative way.
Often misunderstood by adults and her peers and habitually accused of speaking in riddles, Naz found solace in words – (Wordplay, Linguistics, Phonetics, Lexigrams etc.). In this way, she formed a unique understanding of words; to her, each word is alive with its very own story for her to tell.
It is this energy that inspires Naz to do much of the very varied work that she does. Her performance draws from her own experiences and view of the world. Her work testifies to the vibrant energy that glows inside her and spills out into the world.
“A living language, written in beauty, and adorned in truth.”
From Eve Ov Luton (Evolution) by Naz Knight.
Naz is an interdisciplinary artist, whose practice comprises of the exploration of the contrasting yet interconnected elements of light, projection, sound and movement to transform and connect people and spaces, using poetry that delivers messages across all levels of awareness. Find out more about Naz Knightor Nine Red.
Naz’s poetry, art and writing testify to her unique relationship with words. Consequently, her books and performances are powerful, intimate, collections of poems, prose and artwork, that have a transformative effect.
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Published work by Naz Knight Writer & Word Mechanic
NINE RED Presents… (CIC)
Naz Knight is CEO and Co-Founder of the Queens’ Award Winning Community Interest Company NINE RED Presents… (CIC)