Search Results: Narcissus
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rodney Wetherell
- 31 August 2015
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My soul's antennae are TV-tested for searching power, speed, vibrations — sluggishness is found, and some corrosion, but not a power of deep delusion. I pass, but barely — could do better. Empathy is down, the next test finds, neighbours more passed by than loved. And do I love myself?
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Megan Graham
- 07 January 2014
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At a certain point, emotional and mental overstimulation leads to a sort of emotional numbness, as the brain and central nervous system can only respond to so much. With enough dopamine hits from 'likes' on Facebook, and adrenalin spikes from sensationalised news stories, one's emotions can become blunted. That is, with the notable exception of general irritability borne of expecting one's real life to be as fast-paced as one's online one.
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MARGARET DOOLEY AWARD
- Megan Graham
- 10 September 2013
6 Comments
At a certain point, emotional and mental overstimulation leads to a sort of emotional numbness, as the brain and central nervous system can only respond to so much. With enough dopamine hits from 'likes' on Facebook, and adrenalin spikes from sensationalised news stories, one's emotions can become blunted. That is, with the notable exception of general irritability borne of expecting one's real life to be as fast-paced as one's online one.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Paul Bourke reviews Joe Cinque’s consolation by Helen Garner
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Morag Fraser, Allan James Thomas , Zane Lovitt, Siobhan Jackson
- 29 April 2006
Reviews of the films Alexander, Closer, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby.
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