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Category: memoir

my autism and a toxic career choice

Forty-plus years in a team-driven, deadline-critical profession, not knowing I was Autistic. Architecture was hell for me.

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, adult female autism, ai generated art, architecture, autism spectrum, blog posts, book reviews, concussion, depression, disability, memoir, mental health, professional life, PTSD, things that might reveal my autism, Uncategorized 1 Comment March 4, 2023March 5, 2023 5 Minutes

your ashes

Your ashes; my ballast in this bewildering world

Leslee Hare grief, memoir, mental health, poetry, poetry Leave a comment March 1, 2023March 19, 2023 1 Minute

autism and intuition

One characteristic that played a key role in my Autism diagnosis is my "vibrant inner life." And I find imagination and intuition to be closely related, if not conjoined at the birth of awareness.

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, adult female autism, ai generated art, autism spectrum, blog posts, hybrid art, memoir, mental health, philosophy, things that might reveal my autism Leave a comment February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 5 Minutes

the hazards of not knowing the mind

The impact of Mom's death - the sudden absence of a person who's always been in my life (and strongly influenced my actions) continues to upend my expectations.

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, adult female autism, autism spectrum, depression, grief, ink, memoir, mental health, PTSD, things that might reveal my autism 2 Comments February 1, 2023January 30, 2023 3 Minutes

the last thing i could bring you

The last thing I could bring you. Photo by Leslee Hare The last thing I could bring you wilted before you left. You smiled and I cried even though I still believed that you’d be coming home. Soon. I didn’t know flowers were not allowed inside the MICU. I’m glad I didn’t care and relieved … Continue reading the last thing i could bring you →

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Leslee Hare grief, memoir, mental health, poetry 1 Comment January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 1 Minute

how I feel today

I don’t have the bandwidth, train wreck. By Leslee & Midjourney with help from Goya’s legacy.

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, adult female autism, ai generated art, autism spectrum, blog posts, memoir, mental health, PTSD, sleep monitoring, things that might reveal my autism 3 Comments October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 1 Minute

an autistic trip through the design minefield

image generated by MidJourney AI on behalf of Leslee Hare 18 oct 2022 As recently as 2020, I still believed and behaved as if all human beings would act with morality, compassion, and fairness. Maybe that's why I fell for cult-like groups so many times in my earlier years. Somehow my Autism seemed to put … Continue reading an autistic trip through the design minefield →

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, adult female autism, ai generated art, architecture, autism spectrum, blog posts, concussion, disability, essays, memoir, professional life, PTSD 2 Comments October 18, 2022 4 Minutes

he’s gone.

I've experienced mixed emotions since I left the NKT/IKBU (thus named then) in March 2008.

Leslee Hare Buddhism, memoir, spirituality Leave a comment October 9, 2022October 3, 2022 5 Minutes

discovering autism

In 850 words or less, that's my life until I learned, at age 56, that I'm autistic.

Leslee Hare adult diagnosis, autism spectrum, blog posts, essays, memoir 3 Comments October 2, 2022October 3, 2022 5 Minutes

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saturday’s thoughts on ai-generated art

saturday’s thoughts on ai-generated art

Originally posted on leslee hare:
“Out-arted by AI.” Prompt by Leslee Hare; image by MidJourney AI. A couple of weeks ago I saw several artists spewing vitriol on an acquaintance’s post because it was illustrated with an AI-generated image. As an artist, I can understand their frustration. But those artists-against-AI-art rants leave me shrugging and…

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