" Life, friends, is boring" wrote John Berryman, in one of the best of the innumerable 'Dream Songs'. Well it is, sometimes, sometimes a lot of the time. You learn to live with it. Boring is quite easy really. Better than pain, or fear.
The problem is sometimes more one of finding yourself bored by things others seem content with - awful TV programmes, bad music, uninspiring work, whatever. The problem is always finding something worthwhile, something that keeps you awake on your own terms, for your own good, or somebody else's. And of staying awake enough and having enough energy for those moments.
Which can be a lot harder than mere boredom. As F. Scott wrote, echoing what seems to be my more or less constant theme, "All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath."
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Picture: Hugh Weldon
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