Award-winning author, film-maker, master storyteller, prophet, linguistic activist, and philosopher of stoicism.
SOVEREIGNTY
We are driven by the mysterious to understand humanity. Ly de Angeles is repulsed by rigidity and pretence; she does not understand either bigotry or racism. Her curiosity about being human has been lifelong, evolving into an understanding of our deep ecological immersion with all life—and the sobering realization that this is not necessarily the destiny of Earth. Her diverse lifework spans all aspects of film and theatre, as well as time spent as a silversmith and a healer.
RECLAIMATION oF FREEDOM
Purchased by strangers as an infant, Ly did not gain legitimate freedom from that past until a landmark ruling in the NSW Supreme Court in 2020. Having lived with Stockholm Syndrome until it was safe to drop the pretence, her survival and subsequent work are defined by an absolute return to personal sovereignty.
The Power of Language
Her lifetime path is driven by two distinct linguistic forces:
Prediction: The language that chose her, serving as a consistent, lifelong skill.
Correction: The systematic reflection on, and correction of, the language imposed by the conquerage of the Earth—a system engineered for short-term gain at the agreement of exploitation.
Rewilding Consciousness
First published through anthropologist and editor Nevill Drury in England in 1987, Ly has remained continuously in print across short stories, poetry, essays, and visionary fiction.
Her raw memoir, INITIATION (2016)—which charts a history of the occult, women’s quest for parity on all platforms, protest, and music—was launched with a bawdy, unapologetic release in Naarm (Melbourne), featuring Australia’s most distinguished burlesque performers, ska musicians, and aerial artists.
(See the video below for highlights of the launch night at Rubex Warehouse).
ACADEMIA & INDIVIDUALITY
Late to post-graduate academics she remains an alumni with Deakin University, Australia. Her speciality is the effect on human consciousness of language, it’s beauty and its deceits. Ultimately teaching techniques to rewire old patterns into new.
