on 25.6.2005 1:58 Uhr, Joan Guenther at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I recognize boredom when I find an object about which there is nothing -
> to think, worth judging or imagining otherwise...about which there is no
> urgency whatsoever...to which no drive can be attached...a little copy
> of disease
>
Yes, boredom seems somewhat related to depression. Boredom in its general
use has clearly negative values and associations: moments when you're not
emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, or physically engaged in some kind
of activity considered worthy or satisfying (in one's own estimation), when
you feel you're "wasting" time (although - I think it was - Bruce Kawin
pointed out in his book on repetition that it is impossible to waste time as
such; it is not something we have command over). It's interesting that in
depression, one's perception of time changes, time itself can become
oppressive (while at the same time, your sensory perception may be more
acute).
But obviously, there are different kinds of boredom: the boredom of waiting
for your appointment, for instance. Or the productive boredom as the
threshold to great things (as Walter Benjamin says)...
Henry
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