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Keywords: Narcissus

ARTS AND CULTURE

Redesign my soul
- Rodney Wetherell
- 01 September 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

Best of 2013: Slow down, you're just in time
- Megan Graham
- 08 January 2014
1 Comment
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

Slow down, you're just in time
- Megan Graham
- 11 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

On atonement
- Paul Bourke
- 10 May 2006
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Paul Bourke reviews Joe Cinque’s consolation by Helen Garner
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Film reviews
- 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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Keywords: Narcissus

Redesign my soul

Best of 2013: Slow down, you're just in time

Slow down, you're just in time

On atonement

Film reviews