I asked chatGPT to give me 10 ideas for how to write about myself. She obliged of course. I shared them on FB and my (genius) Aunt Gail sent me these:

Looking at the image, I'm thinking you could write about what distracts you, or what gets your attention when you're not looking for it, or what makes you feel like your hands are tied and you can't express, or challenges and joys you have faced with your hair over the past 40 years, or what the words rock and star mean to you, or ...or ... or ... what is off to the side in your life that is now demanding attention. -Aunt Gail

What distracts me? It might be more instructive to talk about what DOESN’T distract me. Small talk of any kind. Anything I’ve seen before. I believe I have my brain set to be a bit open all the time. Which means I can end up distracted by the implications of AI in the far future while trying to make oatmeal for babz. Outcome: it’s gonna boil over and make a mess, and in all likelihood every cupboard door and drawer in the kitchen will remain open when I’m done.

Re what makes me feel like my hands are tied and I can’t express: That second bit is kinda the hard one, but a good way in to something that might be heavier and therefore more useful. I don’t express this ever, and it’s this chat that’s making me realize it: I feel insanely limited by my own ability to think over time. I have flashes of what feels like brilliance, and I can make amazing plans, but I can’t always apply them perfectly over time. My system runs hot and cold, in fits and starts. Come to think of it, it’s why I created the constraint of having to do this for 128 weeks. I need to create productive patterns that are more marathon than sprint.

Re challenges and joys w my hair lol. Well, you know it used to be crazy hippie long! I used to actually pay attention to it. Now it gets ignored until my mad scientist look starts morphing into a ‘very homeless’ look then it’s time to get it mowed.

I’m going to skip rockstar. Because I passed on being one.

What’s off to the side in my life now demanding attention?
Music comes to mind. No gigs for almost 3 years. And I’m doing them now to bring in subsistence $. But it’s starting to demand more of my creative brain now. Music will find its way into this collection and become part of the practice of integrating with A.I. this year!

Aunt Gail 1 > chatGPT