YESSS I have been thinking about this all the time lately. How people are like “this is our moment to start a revolution” and all I feel called toward is starting my podcast. And I think that’s exactly right! Because BEING the new thing we want to see is the way to create a revolution.
Aw hi! Well mostly it will be an outlet for anything I’m curious about and also to talk about my experiences with mental health and religion. But things I’m curious about right now include: AI, blockchain, and open source Internet, how women are building their own sustainable worlds + work within these new frameworks, the shift that is taking place in the collective energetically and evolutionarily, creative sovereignty and what it looks like for different people, theories of reality building, and… just generally talking about being a modern childless female artist prioritizing creativity over traditional life paths. That’s a lot! HAHA I’ll have to find a way to condense it.
I’ll be publishing the audio on my Substack (Jordan Lee in 5D) and Spotify to start
It’s such a sweet little bookshop too. You’re going to love it! And if you need any recommendations for food or drink in our neighborhood, I’ve been here for 20 years… feel free to reach out.
I so agree. The biggest changes in our culture often start with art. It's a powerful way to shift a narrative, open minds, and create deep realizations.
That’s right, it’s the front line, and it’s always contemporary.
Art is a reflection of the world. Culture and politics and society and commentary is always fodder for art. It’s impossible to make a distinction. It’s a wonderful combination.
We don’t have to try to be current, because everything that we say in every way is influenced by what is happening all around us.
In 50 years when somebody looks at your art, it’s going to be like looking at somebody in corduroy bellbottoms standing next to an avocado colored refrigerator that looks like a car trying to be a rocket with wings coming out of the side in 1974. You couldn’t do that now if you tried. There’s no escaping it, it’s hardwired.
And if you’re lucky, your art will be timeless, like a Le Corbusier chair made in the same year as a piece of art deco furniture made from wood. One looks like a spaceship in comparison to the other ancient looking expression. That’s rare.
This is a great point—adding the word ‘contemporary’ to the conversation about creating puts what we do in the moment into better perspective. I like to think of art as the time capsule, in all its disciplines, of what the artist is experiencing in their current reality. Even commissioned pieces offer clues to what others wanted, loved, preserved as valued.
I used to tell my students, the artists who brought the ‘Golden Age’ to their respective countries were not generally royal or privileged born. Talent comes to those of all castes. More often it is the obsession of common man to find a way to elevate themselves through the act creation—not socially but intrinsically. Yet there were rewards, they were paid, they were elevated in all the material senses for what their patrons could not do.
In this way can see the manner in which the commoner brings art to the table, and IS the ultimate contemporary art messenger. While their subjects were influenced by patronage, how they did them with what was around them was their own. In addition, coded elements were often embedded, often to be discovered later on as counter messaging.
All this to reminds us, we have many ways to communicate and retaliate through our contemporary art!
Because making art is an act of resistance against silence, against erasure. I never thought of creating in this way. Thank you for sharing this thought, the post, and all your creations thus far.
Why would you feature Jerry Seinfeld? Why? He is a zionist, posing with the IOF, playing kill to shoot Palestinians for fun. Meanwhile he dates teenage girls, he has to pick up from the school gates. I love your motivational stuff Annie, I really do. But please don't give vile beings like him a platform. That's our responsibility as artists too. to define the status quo.
If we keep making everything about everything else we kill this from being its own thing. I would say “don’t import the war into the tent of peace. Don’t bring the plague into the quarantine tent. Thank you.”
Aimee did not platform anyone, a meme was used, it was both effective and understood by the rest of us that want to make meaning instead of deriving all meaning from politics. You are not wrong, perhaps, but read the room friend. Subtlety is the order here. Artists’ humor can be clever and say more that what is inferred literally.
Respectfully, I disagree. There’s plenty of memes to choose from. I’m not importing war into a tent of peace either. The genocide, the holocaust of the Palestinians concerns all of us, right now. It’s time to be sensitive to those oppressed not the feelings of us living in privilege. I’m also shocked that anyone would come to the defence of a man that openly jokes to press that he doesn’t care how many Palestinian children are massacred. You need to rethink your thinking.
Interesting. And of course not. But this is quite different. The subject of the post is positive and motivational, it uses Jerry Seinfeld and the meme as a symbol and signifier of humour. Entirely misplaced in the context of an ongoing genocide, where thousands of innocents are slaughtered.
Your first line is rather condescending. Thank you for mansplaining, but I have these discussions in publishing regularly.
I love this so much, That's exactly why I joined the trans advocacy coalition of Oklahoma as a volunteer writer and started a substack. I really love everything I'm saying here!
Art has never been separate from the fight—it is the fight. The first thing any oppressive force seeks to control is expression, because art doesn’t just reflect reality—it reimagines all the possibilities of what it could be. It defies the illusion of inevitability.
To create is to declare: I am here. I see. I feel. I will not be silent.
And in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, automation, and artificial constructs, the act of creation—the raw, imperfect, deeply personal act—is more revolutionary than ever.
The question isn’t whether art matters more in these times than others, but rather how much are artists willing to risk in the creative process?
This. This is the energy. Art is not a side gig for peace times, it is the revolution, the defiance. The world tries to keep us small, obedient, endlessly scrolling, and here you are, setting the whole damn system on fire with a paintbrush, a pen, a song.
The line about art reaching someone you will never meet, in a time you will never see? Chills. That is exactly why we create. Not for applause, not for approval, but because our work echoes beyond us.
This isn’t just a perspective, it is a reckoning. A call to create, to resist, to make something real in a world trying to turn us into ghosts. Love every word.
YESSS I have been thinking about this all the time lately. How people are like “this is our moment to start a revolution” and all I feel called toward is starting my podcast. And I think that’s exactly right! Because BEING the new thing we want to see is the way to create a revolution.
Thank u Amie xo
What would your podcast be? Now you have me curious!
Aw hi! Well mostly it will be an outlet for anything I’m curious about and also to talk about my experiences with mental health and religion. But things I’m curious about right now include: AI, blockchain, and open source Internet, how women are building their own sustainable worlds + work within these new frameworks, the shift that is taking place in the collective energetically and evolutionarily, creative sovereignty and what it looks like for different people, theories of reality building, and… just generally talking about being a modern childless female artist prioritizing creativity over traditional life paths. That’s a lot! HAHA I’ll have to find a way to condense it.
I’ll be publishing the audio on my Substack (Jordan Lee in 5D) and Spotify to start
Thanks for wanting to know! 💛
🫶🏻 sounds like Living Art Meaningfully, to me!
After you dropped the hook… Figured it was a good opportunity for a Teaser 😉
Wow! Taylor Books is right down the street from my house! See you in Brooklyn!
Stephanie!! This makes me so happy!!
It’s such a sweet little bookshop too. You’re going to love it! And if you need any recommendations for food or drink in our neighborhood, I’ve been here for 20 years… feel free to reach out.
Meanwhile, looking forward to your reading!
I so agree. The biggest changes in our culture often start with art. It's a powerful way to shift a narrative, open minds, and create deep realizations.
That’s right, it’s the front line, and it’s always contemporary.
Art is a reflection of the world. Culture and politics and society and commentary is always fodder for art. It’s impossible to make a distinction. It’s a wonderful combination.
We don’t have to try to be current, because everything that we say in every way is influenced by what is happening all around us.
In 50 years when somebody looks at your art, it’s going to be like looking at somebody in corduroy bellbottoms standing next to an avocado colored refrigerator that looks like a car trying to be a rocket with wings coming out of the side in 1974. You couldn’t do that now if you tried. There’s no escaping it, it’s hardwired.
And if you’re lucky, your art will be timeless, like a Le Corbusier chair made in the same year as a piece of art deco furniture made from wood. One looks like a spaceship in comparison to the other ancient looking expression. That’s rare.
This is a great point—adding the word ‘contemporary’ to the conversation about creating puts what we do in the moment into better perspective. I like to think of art as the time capsule, in all its disciplines, of what the artist is experiencing in their current reality. Even commissioned pieces offer clues to what others wanted, loved, preserved as valued.
I used to tell my students, the artists who brought the ‘Golden Age’ to their respective countries were not generally royal or privileged born. Talent comes to those of all castes. More often it is the obsession of common man to find a way to elevate themselves through the act creation—not socially but intrinsically. Yet there were rewards, they were paid, they were elevated in all the material senses for what their patrons could not do.
In this way can see the manner in which the commoner brings art to the table, and IS the ultimate contemporary art messenger. While their subjects were influenced by patronage, how they did them with what was around them was their own. In addition, coded elements were often embedded, often to be discovered later on as counter messaging.
All this to reminds us, we have many ways to communicate and retaliate through our contemporary art!
Thank you so much I needed to be reminded of all this today x
While art is good and necessary, I would argue that mutual aid is the front line.
Creating over critiquing is the new calling <3
We already know "the world feels like shit" so what r we gunna do about it!?
Because making art is an act of resistance against silence, against erasure. I never thought of creating in this way. Thank you for sharing this thought, the post, and all your creations thus far.
Why would you feature Jerry Seinfeld? Why? He is a zionist, posing with the IOF, playing kill to shoot Palestinians for fun. Meanwhile he dates teenage girls, he has to pick up from the school gates. I love your motivational stuff Annie, I really do. But please don't give vile beings like him a platform. That's our responsibility as artists too. to define the status quo.
If we keep making everything about everything else we kill this from being its own thing. I would say “don’t import the war into the tent of peace. Don’t bring the plague into the quarantine tent. Thank you.”
Aimee did not platform anyone, a meme was used, it was both effective and understood by the rest of us that want to make meaning instead of deriving all meaning from politics. You are not wrong, perhaps, but read the room friend. Subtlety is the order here. Artists’ humor can be clever and say more that what is inferred literally.
Respectfully, I disagree. There’s plenty of memes to choose from. I’m not importing war into a tent of peace either. The genocide, the holocaust of the Palestinians concerns all of us, right now. It’s time to be sensitive to those oppressed not the feelings of us living in privilege. I’m also shocked that anyone would come to the defence of a man that openly jokes to press that he doesn’t care how many Palestinian children are massacred. You need to rethink your thinking.
We don’t get to choose an artists expression.
We don’t get to choose the audiences reaction.
Now you’re getting it. But your not liking a show isn’t the cause for the artist to shift to suit you. You can be the critic but not the director.
Interesting. And of course not. But this is quite different. The subject of the post is positive and motivational, it uses Jerry Seinfeld and the meme as a symbol and signifier of humour. Entirely misplaced in the context of an ongoing genocide, where thousands of innocents are slaughtered.
Your first line is rather condescending. Thank you for mansplaining, but I have these discussions in publishing regularly.
this is pure genius
Love this one, Amie. Can’t wait to see you in Melbourne. 💖
I love this so much, That's exactly why I joined the trans advocacy coalition of Oklahoma as a volunteer writer and started a substack. I really love everything I'm saying here!
Thank you, Amie! I needed this this morning. Yes! can't wait to read the book!
Art has never been separate from the fight—it is the fight. The first thing any oppressive force seeks to control is expression, because art doesn’t just reflect reality—it reimagines all the possibilities of what it could be. It defies the illusion of inevitability.
To create is to declare: I am here. I see. I feel. I will not be silent.
And in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, automation, and artificial constructs, the act of creation—the raw, imperfect, deeply personal act—is more revolutionary than ever.
The question isn’t whether art matters more in these times than others, but rather how much are artists willing to risk in the creative process?
—Solace
I also think art is love. And we need more of that than ever too.
This. This is the energy. Art is not a side gig for peace times, it is the revolution, the defiance. The world tries to keep us small, obedient, endlessly scrolling, and here you are, setting the whole damn system on fire with a paintbrush, a pen, a song.
The line about art reaching someone you will never meet, in a time you will never see? Chills. That is exactly why we create. Not for applause, not for approval, but because our work echoes beyond us.
This isn’t just a perspective, it is a reckoning. A call to create, to resist, to make something real in a world trying to turn us into ghosts. Love every word.