Hay Folks



Hope your all well and I hope you wont mind my rambling- OK this is the thing I have forgot how to get "bored" the last time this was a factoid in my consciousness was many, many years ago- so even though, I am asking a silly question, that being what are you strategies for being "bored and or boring"

There is a wider application to wanting to know the structure of bored and Boring- and Normally I would relay on my own strategy base, yet I can't remember how to do bored the skill of being bored requires some out side ideas- so can you share how you guys do this skill.


Thanks for and input and I will share the the end results of my bigger modeling project when I have done.


Your's in creative boredom



Jay

Jay,

Happily, I seem to have lost this ability as well...as the days fly by, more and more interesting things come my way...

I'm quite curious about your current project with boredom, and happy to report that I am unable to help you whatsoever.

Good luck!

Phil

For me boredom is visualising all your options and then seeing youself having a bad or unhappy time doing any of them. Resulting from the uninspiring images is a lack of any passion or prior excitement to start the act, a state of limbo (boredom) where you are between 'doing things' ensues.

Hi Jay, I have to agree with you and phil and I don't know how many good replies you're going to get here because I would think that most of us don't really get bored these days.

However, I would define it as having lots of options available to you but having the lack of inspiration, motivation to indulge in any of them thus resulting in boredom!

Saying that however I often encourage my kids to get bored because I feel that if I don't fill that boredom space, they always find something creative and interesting to do! So I would say that sometimes boredom is the precursor to creativity.

Violeta

Redsimo wrote:

For me boredom is visualising all your options and then seeing youself having a bad or unhappy time doing any of them. Resulting from the uninspiring images is a lack of any passion or prior excitement to start the act, a state of limbo (boredom) where you are between 'doing things' ensues.

This pretty much parallels my own experience. I might be doing something or contemplating doing something, and my picture of it gets dissociated, dark, and slips down below my sightline. Then I say something to myself along the lines of "You know? I just don't care. I don't care." My next strategy-sound is a sigh. I may shake my head. At that point nearly everything I can think of doing in the near future undergoes the same changes. At some point there's a soft, heavy, dull internal kinesthetic. And it's so boring being there that I'd rather stop the experiment now. I wouldn't do that deliberately to myself for just anyone, Jay.

But I don't linger in states like that, thankfully. When I realize I've slipped into one, I bring out my happy thought. And I just recast my "I just don't care" voice as PeeWee Herman, so that should be good for a laugh next time boredom attempts to strike.

BMcKenna wrote:

But I don't linger in states like that, thankfully. When I realize I've slipped into one, I bring out my happy thought. And I just recast my "I just don't care" voice as PeeWee Herman, so that should be good for a laugh next time boredom attempts to strike.

Oh, thanks, Bridget! That's a good one to use in case it ever does strike!

Phil

....I cant ever remember 'feeling' or 'being' bored...whats it like? I've actually tried to bring it on equating it to feeling 'peaceful and restful' ...but...no luck (yes seriously)...

Thanks guys even though I have learned more about the process of how not to be bored- it was still very nice of you to offer you wisdom-

Thank you!

Phil sorry about skype I was not being rude I am having connection issues.
And any other input would be welcome-

J

Jay,

I was wondering what were referring to here?:
"There is a wider application to wanting to know the structure of bored and Boring"

Thanks!

Hi Althea


I am working on a new patterning process- where an aspect of the process- requires to install a level of boredom at key points in the transitional parts of the pattern- by asking the question on the forum I am able to build a fabricated "analytical model" of the descriptive and process language that people share..

As for what the specifics are for the pattern/process I am keeping that out of the public domain until completion..

J

Hi J

Mine is similar in picture content to Matt and Bridget's experience though it begins with a feeling of heaviness over my shoulders and an auditory reminder "gee this is boring or I'm Bored" then comes the pictures (dull and blurry/foggy).

Good luck with your project

Have a great day

Frederic