About Anne Zelenka
Former AI leader turned Artist-Philosopher. I’m currently on a 1000-day reinvention journey to trade reckful optimization for reckless becoming.
recent posts
Day 256 of 1000: Hans Hofmann | How an Artist Creates Magic
Hans Hofmann on how an artist can overcome the physical reality of her materials to create surreality, magic, a spiritual experience.
Day 256 of 1000: The Voluminati | People Who Write Too Much
The problem of too much AI-bloated writing online. The problem I have with writing too much.
Day 254 of 1000: Reason vs. Hope – Spinoza vs. Han
Early modern philosopher Spinoza said if you live according to reason, you need not depend on Hope. Byung-Chul Han says hope takes you places that reason cannot.
recent articles
Reckless Reinvention at Midlife, or Any Time — Letting go of prediction, control, and optimization. Finding presence, openness to possibility, and a new version of you.
Bifurcated Price Pressures in an AI Economy — AI may radically reduce prices in digital goods while labor-intensive services remain inflationary. Yesterday’s U.S. inflation report provided a preview.
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.