Founder Profile
Creative Director of In The Gray Studios.
one of the hardest truths to come to terms with is that at no time will you be able to heal fully. to live is to experience. to experience is to heal. it is also important not to get lost in healing to the point that you no longer live.
Writer, director, actor, singer, game master, and producer.
Being a confident person who can be shy at times can confuse others. I have my own rich, deep inner world I often get lost in, and it's a place of comfort to me. I believe in people, I believe in stories, and I believe in platforming and amplifying the voices of those most marginalized.
When I get inspired by things, I naturally lean toward inquiring about them to help them get the attention they deserve, and the rest is history.
Grief, service, and thirty years of paying attention are the core of the reason why this company exists. It took me years to recover from what I lost, yet I've always found ways to return to myself. Sometimes I return in different ways, but I always return with more clarity and compassion to give.
My mission is simple: be a light in the dark, and treat others how I'd like to be treated.
how would i like to be perceived?
intensely soft.
mysteriously loving.
lone socialite.
Astrology & Human Design
Naimah's astrology and human design practice — a separate space from the studio for the charts, essays, and pattern-work that inform her storytelling.
Music
Voice lines, vocal play, and original music. An insight into her sonic mind.
Film
She writes, directs, and acts in feature and episodic work, offering a perspective seldomly explored.
Performance
Acting on stage and screen. Photos and videos of performances by artists and creatives.
Research
Interviews, references, and process notes that shape a project long before it's finished.
Original songs and voice work, written and recorded as NONYmauz.
FAQ
She's Creative Director, writer, director, actor, singer, and producer. She drives the engine of the studio.
Stories become most honest when they stop pretending that pain has a single shape. That is the gray for me. Not indecision or vagueness but a precise emotional space where truth has the tendency to live.
DIS/ORDERED, a limited series adapted from her memoir These Hands, and original music as NONYmauz.
Yes. It's a hybrid memoir, thirty years in the making, documenting survival, service, and the slow work of reclaiming a life. It's also the source material for DIS/ORDERED.
i will never stop fighting for the people, but i have learned to never place my life in danger for someone else's benefit.
Collaborate. Tell her what you're building, and she'll route it to the right place inside the studio.
Her notebook tracks the ideas behind the work. The Orbit shows what is actively moving inside the studio right now, and Collaborate is where a conversation starts.
Latest — Concert Review
A live review of the Evanescence headline show in Chicago, illustrated with concert photography.
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