The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom.Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.-Saul Steinberg
The ongoing caption for this photo is “Tell my kids to go out and play and what do they do? Build a snow couch and watch snow TV.”
Know why? They said they were bored. So I kicked ’em out the door.
They resisted. There’s nothing to do, they said.
I believe a little boredom is good for you. Makes you think. Makes you band together to pull a good one on Mommy. Makes for good photo ops.
Have a lovely weekend… hope it’s boring enough for you to come up with something good.
I love this! Did they tell you they were building the sofa/tv or did they sruprise you? And I totally agree…a little boredom is so important for all of us, actually.
;)Genevieve
Actually, a bunch of us did this back during the Blizzard of 1996, and it's become an urban legend of sorts in our house. So it was a grand joke on Mom on many levels (Dad helped).
I haven't been bored in ages! There's always soooo much to do when I'm bored. Things to read/watch/knit/create. Maybe I need to institute some boredom in my life…