About Anne Zelenka
Former AI leader turned Artist-Philosopher. I’m currently on a 1000-day journey to trade ‘Reckful’ optimization for ‘Reckless’ living. Through abstract painting and pragmatizing philosophical ideas, I help midlife explorers navigate the slopes of reinventing themselves from the inside out.
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The cyborg stochastic philosopher of recklessness at midlife. A voice for communicating the how and why of a life devoted to skewness instead of rectitude.
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Explore the four domains of a reckless midlife
- Reckless Reinvention — How to bring a new version of yourself into being, one which wholeheartedly opens itself to possibility, risk, and renewal.
- Reckless Romance — Approaching opportunities for love and intimacy without spreadsheeets or checklists but instead with an open heart ready for the Other who might appear, not someone just like you or just like what society expects for you, but someone who is entirely, fully themselves, waiting to be experienced by you (and you to be experienced by them as an Other).
- Reckless in Relationship — Building the most satisfying relationships of your life, whether family, friend, or romantic. Approaching your loved ones in I-Thou fashion (not I-It, which treats others instrumentally as objects).
- Reckless Abundance — Finding enoughness and joy in your material situation; letting go of the need for ever more money and stuff; eliminating comparison with others so as to enjoy your own wealth. In investing, recognizing that looking to the past only works for so long — new unexpected situations will emerge and you should welcome them.
recent blog posts
Day 209 of 1000: Committing Instead of Comparing
What does it really mean to settle in a relationship? A look at how market logic distorts modern dating and intimacy.
Day 208 of 1000: Seeking boredom in 2026
Walter Benjamin’s “dream bird” of boredom which “hatches the egg of experience.” What that means and how Byung-Chul Han reformulated the idea.
Day 207 of 1000: The four domains of a reckless midlife
Outlining the four domains of a reckless midlife, in preparation for sharing a comprehensive philosophy of recklessness here on my website.
recent articles
Touring Gendered Terrain. Stories of men, theories of women, and a midlife awakening. How writing my personal story is connecting me to great ideas and thinkers, and the crucial role artificial intelligence plays.
The future already exists: Creativity, love, and the physics of destiny— How art, motherhood, and new love taught me to listen forward instead of looking back
Artificial intuition, or why AI is my life coach now — Delightfully wise advice on love, work, and everything else, from a chatbot prompted by the Tarot (Incantata AI)
An end of life choice you may not have heard of VSED — Exploring the difficult but empowering choice of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking. (Greensborough Drive)
Why you should imagine more — You haven’t reached the end of your history yet (Greensborough Drive)
Buy and hold (the S&P 500) is dead — Why and how you might market time in the coming decade (Greensborough Drive)
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Greensborough Drive — My newsletter about money, life, work, and retirement written for Gen Xers
Incantata AI — My occasional newsletter about AI
abstract art
To check on availability and pricing, contact Anne.
2025 group shows
September 4, 2025 to September 25, 2025. This Is Colorado 2025. Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College Littleton Campus.
August 2 to August 29, 2025. Littleton Plein Air Festival Exhibition. Littleton Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery, 2450 Main Street, Littleton, Colorado.
June 1 to June 30, 2025. Best of Heritage at Bemis Library. Bemis Library, 6014 S Datura Street, Littleton, Colorado. Honorable Mention award for Thinking About My X.
May 30 to August 16, 2025 Comp-Part-Mental-Ize. The Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood Colorado.
May 20, 2025 to June 12, 2025 Onsen — Nothing Matters. Colorado Gallery of Fine Arts, 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado.
April 4 to April 27, 2025 The Power of Purpose: Women’s Caucus for Art, Colorado Chapter Member Show 2025, Niza Knoll Gallery, 915 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, Colorado. Sold artwork: Peak 8.
March 7 to March 22, 2025 Layers of Our Story month of photography exhibition, Mint & Serif Coffee Shop, 1835 Carr Street, Lakewood, Colorado.
February 23 to April 2, 2025 Heritage Fine Arts Guild Inspirational Show: Connect, Community, Compassion, St. Andrew United Methodist, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
February 14 to March 2, 2025 Casa Bonita 2074* Art Show (*Not a Typo), NEXT Gallery, 6501 W Colfax, Lakewood, Colorado.
February 10 to March 8, 2025 Little-ton, Big ideas: Honoring the Big Ideas of Women Artists, Colorado Gallery of the Arts on the Arapahoe Community College Campus in Littleton Colorado.
snow bound ski painting:photo pairings
An experimental painting and photography project exploring abstraction.
Last year, I created a series of ski painting:photo pairings that explore how pure abstracts can surface imagery from memory, and lead to interesting semi-abstract photos. Check it out!
Interested in purchasing a painting and photo print pairing, as the start of a Colorado-themed gallery wall? Contact me for details. I can help you pick out just the right set then custom design framing, printing, and matting to suit your decor.