Beyond what we call writer, I am an artist working with words. My work explores how words are markers of perception, which draw our awareness to particular parts of our lived experience. Each word, or particular arrangement of them, is a signpost calling our attention towards what to look at, notice, even feel. Each word alerts: look there, at that thing. Words, then, are hierarchical parts of a whole experience that we have collectively agreed are most important to regard.

My work attempts to get those who interact with it into the space between the words — to perceive other sensations, or languages, that live there. These are the languages of sense, which we access through perception. Here, we can perceive beyond the pre-codified parts to the whole and, with this expanded awareness, more fully live the experience we are inside of.

Whether you call yourself artist, writer, or human, I am always attempting to remind you: words are our shared medium — our common access point to creation. Words are the material we all use to make and eternally remake that thing we call "reality.” My work invites you to do this with awareness, often giving you a new container or doorway in to do so.

Current practice includes:

• Participatory writing circles (Abre Tu Boca)

• Immersive installations & site-specific works

• Live improvisational events & public interventions

• One-on-one creative refinement sessions

• Conceptual publishing & artist books 

To read more about the conceptual framing of her work, see Amanda’s Artist Statement.