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Conversations with Artists: Vanessa Lemen

Lisa Cyr

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="700"] PSYCHE by Vanessa Lemen[/caption] Conversations with Artists is an ongoing series that I am doing for Muddy Colors. This month, I was able to have an insightful conversation with artist and Muddy Colors contributor Vanessa Lemen. We talked about her intuitive approach to painting, the importance of playful experimentation in a sketchbook and her ongoing connection to the natural world. In addition, we also discussed her new book called Sentience, where…

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Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian

Arnie Fenner

June 16, 2025 - Recently Jon Stewart spoke with journalist Carole Cadwalladr on The Daily Show about the dangers AI pose's to individual privacy, freedom, and financial livelihoods. (Yes, artists, including ours.) Since the courts always move at a glacial pace and since the administration of the U.S. has included language in its "Big Beautiful Bill" (currently in the Senate) that protects and exempts AI companies from any liability or lawsuits for infringing on copyrights in the creation of their software for at least 10 years ... watch and listen. And after, if you're alarmed or worried, write or call your Senator or Congressperson and express those concerns. (Some of the representatives in Congress have admitted that they hadn't actually read the bill before they signed it and were surprised to learn of the AI clause: they had one…

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