we are songwriters, awake all-nighters, messy from the morning dew.
in mayhem we trust & we trust in you.
veronika | founder & editor-in-chief. photo by jacob boll.
verônika shülman
verônika shülman is drawn to hieronymous bosch paintings & hidden vintage stores. a graduate of wellesley & oxford, shülman works at the intersection of philosophy & culture. she has written with musicians & thinkers across the globe & co-founded an initiative with the united nations to bring young marginalized voices into the center of the conversation around peace & justice. her writing explores the magic that lives in negative space. you might have seen soldier, an original love war folk musical, last winter. shülman is currently scripting a contemporary opera as well as a book of poems.
mo | creative director.
monique mitchell
monique mitchell is* imagining new worlds, writing away old ones. monique mitchell makes* poetry & social change. with a background in branded content, advocacy, & astrology, she has worked with the likes of cass bird, cara delevingne, the hammer museum, & countless others. mm’s performance last year for the state senate in defense of bill sb 933 secured $50m for arts education in california. she is still plotting how to wander a museum all evening after it closes, like a kid in a storybook. currently based in italy, mitchell is hell bent on an existence of both justice & bewilderment.
lee | creative director.
lee blankenship
lee blankenship is a writer & editor from baldwin hills. she believes in egypt & mood swings & eyeshadow. she enjoys frank ocean, lazy afternoons, & people-watching. with get lit, she has written for the film summertime (sundance 2020) & collab’d with brands like adidas & toms. amaya explores & appreciates art’s ability to connect people & architect communities. when she isn’t writing poetry, she goes to college. and reads. a lot.
Idols &
Ancestors
This is a moment to acknowledge the infinite artists who have come before us. Our spirit guides. James Baldwin, Lucia Berlin, Shel Silverstein, Allen Ginsberg. Bernardo Bertolucci, Lana del Rey, Chantal Akerman, Audre Lorde, Ren Hang (featured) & the list goes on. Too, we believe in the revolutionaries of the future, who are not yet born.