Category: Creativity
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Embrace a ‘perennial mindset’
I’m considered to be a “Gen X” person. That’s shorthand for “Generation X”, and it includes people born between 1965 and 1980. My parents are Baby Boomers. My two daughters are Gen Z. I have friends who are Millennials (also known as Gen Y). Millennials ‘came of age’ at the…
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Contrary to contronyms…
Today’s post is tiny… and out there. I was curious to discover a heated debate taking place on social media between a reader and… a dictionary. Yep. It all started when Mirriam Webster posted a note to say that ‘supposably’ was a word. (For the record: my spell checker agrees…
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‘My’ first ever podcast episode
OK, so if you’ve visited my blog before, then you know that I feel very conflicted about AI. Two years ago, I was so excited to discover AI could make images for me with the push of a button… and then… the novelty wore off. Especially when the whole internet…
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Novel ways to be written off as a woman
As anyone with the internet knows, once you start reading certain posts, ‘The Algorithm’ starts feeding you more of the same. Sometimes, however, strange stories come through my news feed that feel random… or perhaps not. One such ‘news’ article that landed on my desk was “The most absurd female…
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Advice from page 47
Life is not always easy. That’s why it feels good to know there are other people out there looking out for us; sending us some good vibes. You guys do that for me, whether you know it or not. I feel your kindness even when I’m offline, and I thank…
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Snakes on rods: a symbol of health (or stealth?)
OK, so I thought I knew something… but it turns out I only sort of knew about this something… and since it was super-trippy for me to discover the other half of what I knew about this fact, I thought it might be an eye-opener for you too, hence today’s…
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Grumpy cats, snippy dogs and moody people
There are so many videos on the internet with dogs behaving badly, cats looking grumpy, and pets just generally being moody… sometimes there’s also a dig at another member of the family (usually teenagers) acting out in a similar, snarly, way. It’s like the post I did of animals giving…
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The power of perspective
If you’re new here to this blog (welcome!), there’s something you might not know about me: I read, read, read… way more than I write. I read other blogs, I read scientific papers (as a hangover from studying for my PhD), and I read self-help books galore, looking for clues…
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Carl Jung’s “Active Imagination”
In a recent post, I mentioned subconscious visualization. Rob, a fellow blogger from Things I have thought of… in case you haven’t mentioned that the approach sounded a lot like Carl Jung’s Active Imagination… Well, I hadn’t thought of that, so I just had to find out more. What is…