Why We Need Your Art with Amie McNee and James Winestock

Bewildered

Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan

Business, Courses, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Did you know that the world needs your art? On this special episode of Bewildered, our friends Amie McNee and James Winestock join us to talk about Amie's new book, We Need Your Art—and why your creativity matters now more than ever. In this rollicking conversation, we discuss how making art is a revolutionary act, why art is needed in unprecedented times, and what it means to stay soft amid the hardness of the culture. If you've been looking for a spark to light your creativity, this episode is for you!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Martha Back.
0:03.0	And I'm Rowan Mangan, and this is another episode, not just another episode, a special episode of Bewilded the podcast for people trying to figure it out.
0:11.0	And we've got friends.
0:12.7	Yes, we finally have friends.
0:15.2	It's so exciting.
0:16.5	And they're helping us figure it out.
0:18.2	So as some of you listeners may know, a few months ago, Roe and I started something called
0:22.7	the Wilder Community, which is kind of an online village where people like us who want to
0:29.2	find our true nature, even if it peels us away from culture, can get together, commune,
0:35.5	make friends, and do things. We have all kinds of regular events in there
0:40.1	that are just so fun. We have a weekly hang where we get together and we have conversation.
0:45.5	We make art in our own little rooms, in our own little places, but altogether. There are
0:51.3	group meditations that Martha leads that are crazy powerful. And there are just
0:57.4	all kinds of like monthly themes and like personal development stuff that we work through together
1:03.4	and just a hive of activity and connection among really wonderful people. Yeah. So if you're feeling drawn to belong to a community in these troubled times,
1:15.6	give Wilder a try.
1:17.1	It's at wildercommunity.com, all one word, and we hope we'll see you there.
1:23.6	They are probably closer to having it figured out than anyone I've ever met.
1:28.3	Yeah.
1:29.3	I think so too.
1:30.3	Oh my God.
1:31.3	And Amy's written a book.
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