Category: Creativity
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What “Era” are you in?
Taylor Swift, love her or not, is pretty cool. When I was growing up, Madonna might have been an equivalent performer; an incredibly famous singer-songwriter and image-chameleon. Each time you think you have them “pegged” to a particular song-style, or appearance, they change. They bring out one album that becomes…
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Life in the ecotone
I say this a lot, but I’ll say it again: I spend as much time (or more) in blog-land reading compared to writing. There is SO MUCH to learn about life, and I especially enjoy the material that falls outside typical migraine-me subjects. BUT I ALSO like it when I…
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Glimmers versus triggers
You’ll hear a lot on this website about chronic pain triggers: “dehydration triggered my migraine last week, and stress triggered my pain-brain yesterday”, and so on and on. Sometimes the potential triggers can be super-quirky, but potentially still very real, and might include your pillow, drafts, or even nightmares. This…
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Lessons learnt from Icarus
When I was young, I was an enormous fan of Greek Myths and Legends. I was in awe of Zeus on Mt Olympus looking down on humanity, and adored the idea of Apollo, the sun-god riding a gilded chariot across the skies. Soon, single words were enough to conjure up…
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I am more than my body
Across the centuries and all cultures, there has always been a sense of something ‘beyond’ us mere mortals. Perhaps because we ‘travel’ in our dreams, humans have no problem believing in this other realm. Moreover, there has also always been people who claim they can act as the intermediary between…
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I DO want to be a content creator!
Many (many) weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Migraine’s Secret Sauce” and concluded by complaining about how many people on social media were calling themselves “content creators”. As I saw it, the world was already full of content, AI could make content, no one had time to read so…
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“That’s sick!”
In Australia, the phrase “sick” is used in slang to mean “that’s fantastic” or “wow – that’s so cool”. One kid might reveal the gift they got for their birthday, for example, and all the other kids say, “that’s so sick!” Another kid might come a cropper off their skateboard…
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Finding faith
As I’ve written before (The Global Migraine), the readers of this blog come from all around the world, and undoubtedly from a variety of different faiths. As such, I want to tread carefully but be very clear – you are ALL welcome here. I also want to say something potentially…
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AI and migr(ai)nes
Everywhere I look these days there is something promoting the value of saving time and energy by getting AI to do your work for you. Sounds promising, for sure, but what would happen if we ALL just relied on AI to generate an endless stream of AI (mis)information? I asked…
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