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author | artist | neurodiversity advocate
Mini Memoir 121: Hallucinations
Mini Memoir 121: Hallucinations
AI marketing often treats hallucinations as playful metaphors, ignoring the real neurological and emotional weight they carry. Here’s why that language matters.
Mini Memoir 120: The Word Synesthesia
Mini Memoir 120: The Word Synesthesia
My partner and I like to play the Spelling Bee game in the New York Times. We have a strategy; I try to solve the pangrams while he picks away at the other words on the list. It’s typical for us to learn an unfamiliar word every few puzzles, often from the field of ornithology. I discovered the word synesthesia and found my theory of everything. A short personal essay of sensory crossings, identity, and finding language for an unseen world.
Mini Memoir 119: Migraine
Mini Memoir 119: Migraine
It’s been a few years since I’ve had an ocular migraine, but the flashing lights and zigzag crenellations paid a visit this past Saturday. I was helping my friend Julia with a gorgeous headband she’s creating based on an ancient Assyrian headdress when the first flickers appeared in the periphery of my left eye. I
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