ORIGINAL POST:
"The life of the creative [person] is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes."
-Susan Sontag
"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom."
-Thomas Carlyle
REPLY (from Berkeley):
Interesting that you post those quotes about boredom. Just last night I was thinking about boredom.
I think people who complain that life was better when they were kids forget the crushing boredom that came along with being a kid. I'm not complaining about my childhood. It was plenty fine, but it doesn't compare to being an adult.
Now, I'll admit that I'm lucky when it comes to what I have and don't have as an adult. But here is a small list of things that are better about being and adult, all of which go along way toward fending off boredom.
-I can have sex
-I can get stoned
(I don't really need to go on, but I will)
-I can drive around
-I can walk around
-I can go away
-I can go get a steak or mashed potatoes or ice cream
Basically, I control my own schedule and activities. Oh, and I have money to do stuff.
That's what's better about being an adult. Not so much suffocating boredom.
REPLY TO REPLY:
Yeah, agreed. I can do anything I damn well please. Life's not as big of a mystery as many people make it out to be. With a little control, you can have a whole lot of fun. Plus, as an adult I can listen to music with warning labels.
