"Is there anything so insulting to your life as boredom? Time, like matter, possess a duality. Like matter, at once a particle and a wave, time is simultaneously a point and a line.
Boredom is a state which confuses the two. It's not like living through time as a moving point, when we remain unconcerned with the past and the future. It's not like time has a line, where you plan the future with the experiences of the past. Boredom is a point wondering where it's line is. Living in a standstill while the past closes in on you and the future looms over you, threatening you with its presence but holding back, filling you with both exasperation and desire.
On both sides of the spectrum, that of time as a line and time as a point, is where passion rules. At one end, the satisfying passion of tackling your immediate problems or sating your impulsive cravings. At the other end, craving the future and the excitement it brings. It could also be a baleful passion, the despair and hopefulessness of losing something you can't fathom living without, or being haunted by the decisions you've made. Boredom is in the middle of the spectrum of time at the opposite of passion, where your senses are deadened, and time can't be distinguished.
Is it any wonder that boredom is a bitter beast? At best, it's a sleepy reminder that life, at times, must stop and take a breath. At worst, it's an insult to all that makes your life coherent and bearable."
~ Colin Saraka
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