@amandajcly
Amanda J Cly
Writer, creator & visual storyteller.
Rooted in the land, drawn to the light. Words sent into the world, and stories told in pictures and film.
@amandajcly
Writer, creator & visual storyteller.
Rooted in the land, drawn to the light. Words sent into the world, and stories told in pictures and film.
A personal welcome
A short welcome film is on its way. Until then, here is the light I tend to chase.
Who I am
Amanda J Cly is a writer, creator, and visual storyteller. I work in two languages at once, words and light.
Most of what I make begins outside: a field at the edge of morning, the way a room holds late afternoon, the small ordinary scenes that ask to be remembered. I write essays and letters, I photograph what the day gives me, and I make short films and vlogs that let a place breathe. The thread through all of it is attention. Slow looking, honest words, and a deep respect for the land that holds us.
Selected work & projects
Four bodies of work, one way of seeing. Open any card to read more about the practice behind it.
Blog & newsletter
New essays, field notes, and the occasional letter, written slowly, sent when they are ready. No noise, no schedule for its own sake. Just the work, when the work is done.
Connect
Different windows into the same work. Come in through whichever one suits you.
A note on this rebuild
Arcus Foundry scanned the existing amandajcly.com and scored how well it shows up to people and to AI. Here is what came back, and exactly what this new build sets right.
Every finding above is already resolved in this build: structured JSON-LD schema, an llms.txt describing the site to AI, complete social metadata, a served robots.txt, and real, answer-first writing throughout.
Say hello
For commissions, collaborations, words, or just to say the light was good where you are, I read every note.
Prefer email? Reach me directly at hello@amandajcly.com.
Ready when you are
This is your bespoke build, crafted around your own light and words. When it feels right, claim it and publish it to the world with Sparkforge.
Take It LiveTake it live with Sparkforge
Right now this is a private preview, built around your own photographs and words. Taking it live publishes it to a real, working site on your own domain, with everything below already done for you.
Includes your live website and the page builder, so you can keep editing it yourself any time.
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