I used to think so too...that was when I think I still had a choice over what I did. Now I'm committed to something. Committed to a future choice. I love/hate my work.
love/hate is exciting/boredom is inspiring/tediousness is = ______
Why would you choose to follow through with a commitment that makes you feel as if you have no more freedom of choice anymore? Would your future self be happy to know the sacrifice your present-day self is making on her behalf?
I don't ask these questions because I know the answer - only you do, obviously. I know how I might answer them, though, and that's why I present them to you.
the famous Burton once said something profound to me via song- "what could be more pathetic, than having boring dreams?" That isn`t directed to anyone, it`s just a funny line. (oh yeah, I`m still going)
These are interesting comments...I guess I don't really know what to say. It's something I've been struggling with lately, actually.
Is tediousness just a part of life? How about sacrifice? I figure they are, though I wonder how I'll ever know when I'm living with too much of it, when it risks spilling over into regret.
What's worth having if it's not worth working for?
What's worth having that's worth more than the present moment?
not bored like that...it's not like I don't have anything to do. To the contrary actually. And if I stopped doing it I wouldn't get bored/unbored, I'd be an emotional wreck.
I long for the days when I have the time to make art. I barely have time to wash my hair.
I think it's change that I crave. Change change oh beautiful change.
"If it's worth the goin', it's worth the gold" Tom Waits
So if I understand, you are not bored as much as you are sick of your routine. That's why it's nice to set goals and to look forward to things, not matter how small those things may be.
Tediousness and sacrifice are part of life, but so are reward and happiness and satisfaction and love and joy and hugs and kisses and a bunch of wondeful things too.
Is boredom simply the one of the lows that flow with the sine wave of life...perhaps patients is the problem here, if you wait and persevere, you will find yourself at the peak of the wave...don't get too comfortable though...Besides, the lows for most people, that I have talked about this with, are the place when they've (me) have learned the most...
yikes. 26 comments from one simple little question. this makes me think that renemaphone has been holding out on us, if a few simple words have the power to ignite such fury and contemplation.
and krahn, you... you... kitten smasher! it's 9:30! you're supposed to be down here playing music, not wasting your time on the computer. the devil himself came down to sign a pact with us guaranteeing us fame and fortune, but you missed out. i guess that, instead, we'll just have to practice harder.
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26 comments:
I am....
very bored...
boredom is a choice!
I used to think so too...that was when I think I still had a choice over what I did. Now I'm committed to something. Committed to a future choice. I love/hate my work.
love/hate is
exciting/boredom is
inspiring/tediousness is = ______
Bored hey?
Frank said it right in some ways...
But he's not talking about bored...He's talking about boring...
I see them like this:
Bored - short term dissatisfaction with state of life.
Boring - Constant uninteresting engagement that soul sucks.
Which one are you?
Why would you choose to follow through with a commitment that makes you feel as if you have no more freedom of choice anymore? Would your future self be happy to know the sacrifice your present-day self is making on her behalf?
I don't ask these questions because I know the answer - only you do, obviously. I know how I might answer them, though, and that's why I present them to you.
the famous Burton once said something profound to me via song-
"what could be more pathetic, than having boring dreams?"
That isn`t directed to anyone, it`s just a funny line.
(oh yeah, I`m still going)
work is going to hurt in a few hours...
Emma Emily
These are interesting comments...I guess I don't really know what to say. It's something I've been struggling with lately, actually.
Is tediousness just a part of life?
How about sacrifice?
I figure they are, though I wonder how I'll ever know when I'm living with too much of it, when it risks spilling over into regret.
What's worth having if it's not worth working for?
What's worth having that's worth more than the present moment?
I say: enjoy the tedium; you'll miss it when it's gone.
Rage in all its glory is what I say!
Rage oh blessedRage.
Push push push push and it will all be revealed.
:)
when people are bored, they go to the blog.
I'm rarely bored.
But those times when I am, my bran is oging a mile a minute, but my body says,"no sir, we're sitting here." although that might be lethargy.
I'm currently feeding the little man, and he squeals when he's bored. Boredom might be something you complain about to others.
and lastly...
bored?
go make some art!!!!!!! and then post it on this blog.
not bored like that...it's not like I don't have anything to do. To the contrary actually. And if I stopped doing it I wouldn't get bored/unbored, I'd be an emotional wreck.
I long for the days when I have the time to make art. I barely have time to wash my hair.
I think it's change that I crave. Change change oh beautiful change.
boredom is sometimes having everything to do, but just not be able to do it.
and don't get me wrong, the last thing I want to do is offer a solution to anybody's woes.
you have time to make art. get off this damn blog and do a drawing. there's your time. change begins within you poopie head.
no time no time no time. nobody has any.
"If it's worth the goin', it's worth the gold" Tom Waits
So if I understand, you are not bored as much as you are sick of your routine. That's why it's nice to set goals and to look forward to things, not matter how small those things may be.
Tediousness and sacrifice are part of life, but so are reward and happiness and satisfaction and love and joy and hugs and kisses and a bunch of wondeful things too.
Posting things on this blog is a form of art.
touchee!
if you like to use art as one of those blanket terms, which really strips it of any meaning at all.
Life is art, and that has all the meaning in the world.
and for the record, I was BORED... I am sooo not boring..
(that was dripping with both honesty and sarcasm)
not at all bored now!
Diversion and content...
That is what the BLOG is to me. I use it when I need to blow off steam or simply see what others are doing and how they're feeling.
I get what James is saying here, but I think that this BLOG is art; lovely and collaborative.
I'm going to make art now...sometimes pant kicks are the best medicine.
Yeah, let's keep this blog 'art'.
sometimes i wonder what this blog is.
I wonder what art is.
I wonder.
The art of personal placation from boredom...?
Is boredom simply the one of the lows that flow with the sine wave of life...perhaps patients is the problem here, if you wait and persevere, you will find yourself at the peak of the wave...don't get too comfortable though...Besides, the lows for most people, that I have talked about this with, are the place when they've (me) have learned the most...
hmm...
How why did no one just suggest masturbating? What happened to Keep It Simple Stupid? Geeez....
yikes. 26 comments from one simple little question. this makes me think that renemaphone has been holding out on us, if a few simple words have the power to ignite such fury and contemplation.
and krahn, you... you... kitten smasher! it's 9:30! you're supposed to be down here playing music, not wasting your time on the computer. the devil himself came down to sign a pact with us guaranteeing us fame and fortune, but you missed out. i guess that, instead, we'll just have to practice harder.
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