by Sarah Jane Vickery | Aug 7, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Popular Posts
It is similar to what Ed Mylett describes as becoming immune to the ‘average’. The average becomes like an anaesthetic; over time we dull to it and become accepting. In line with this idea, he lives by a quote from Malcolm X: “That which you do not hate, you will...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 25, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Get Creative
When I sharing ideas met with Jenny Walker the other week we got on the subject of joy. Jenny says that she makes it a policy to laugh at least two times a day. She started this habit some time ago and she said that at first it was a bit of work to make herself laugh...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 24, 2018 | Cartoon Club, Get Creative
I was reading about a radio station manager named Rich Meyer who had started a company called Mediabase in Chicago. His company was interested in understanding what made a particular song popular. They noticed that even songs that people said they disliked, listeners...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 16, 2018 | Get Creative
Sometimes I do a walk at night around the lake by my house. Now it’s tiny, nothing like a lake by Canadian standards, but it’s peaceful and just the right size to make a nice walk. There are always lots of people fishing too so I’m guessing it must be fairly alive...
by Sarah Jane Vickery | Jul 12, 2018 | Cartoon Club
All the things I could blame on my dopamine receptors! It’s fascinating to learn about the dopamine pathways and the role they play in influencing behaviour. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter responsible for how strong our habits are affected by the brain structure...
