'boredom, is the desire for desires' Tolstoy
Boredom arises when we become distanced from, or disinterested in, the familiar litany of our desires. What we really want is harder to fathom. The nature of desires is their transience, ceasing to satisfy us shortly after achieving them. Does boredom mean we’re essentially boring? Quickly we switch the existential focus around, it’s the world that is boring and we who are bored with it.
It’s perfectly possible to be alone and not be bored, we desired to be alone and now have it. When isolated not through choice, because a pandemic makes it necessary, we become socially distanced from a variety of things, one is having our desires fulfilled. Isolation from this was never a desired outcome. We become frustrated not just with the situation, but with ourselves for being bored.
Boredom arises when we become distanced from, or disinterested in, the familiar litany of our desires. What we really want is harder to fathom. The nature of desires is their transience, ceasing to satisfy us shortly after achieving them. Does boredom mean we’re essentially boring? Quickly we switch the existential focus around, it’s the world that is boring and we who are bored with it.
It’s perfectly possible to be alone and not be bored, we desired to be alone and now have it. When isolated not through choice, because a pandemic makes it necessary, we become socially distanced from a variety of things, one is having our desires fulfilled. Isolation from this was never a desired outcome. We become frustrated not just with the situation, but with ourselves for being bored.
We can do little about the current situation, apart from be patient within it. Can we also be patient with our boredom for a few minutes, without hurling ourselves towards what pops up on Instagram? We are capable of being bigger than mere vehicles for the fulfilment of our desires, and this is what fully experiencing boredom can face us towards.
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