BORING

in joyce •  7 years ago  (edited)

A few thoughts on bores. Surely there is no room or time now for boredom, not with streaming, web and blockchain... The actor George Sanders killed himself (1972) because he was so bored**. James Joyce is reported (by bookseller Sylvia Beach) to have said “I never met a bore" - a noble sentiment, possibly true. Duchamp said that he never saw a painting from which he was unable to get something of interest. Proust said that a dull provincial ball was of the same interest as a star studded blingtastic Paris party. See de Botton How Proust Can Change Your Life. That's Marcel with his cousins below - on air guitar.

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** Sanders suicide note read: "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."

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