Comments on: The Power of Boredom https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-85231 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:36:16 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-85231 In reply to Kathryn.

Paired opposites – what an interesting thought! Thanks so much for joining the conversation, Kathryn!!

]]> By: Kathryn https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-85222 Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:37:32 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-85222 I love this story of how your boredom became linked to noticing color and art. I think your artwork is so playful and expresses your childhood sense of exploration.
In one of the meditation classes I study they have a belief that everything comes with it’s paired opposite. I wonder if boredom and creativity are these paired opposites that co-exist and that boredom points us to creativity.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84449 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:08:47 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84449 In reply to Rae Lynn Reffruschinni.

I agree with what you said about television. I was 7 when we got one but back then, there were not so many tv shows or movies to watch. It was fortunate to be born at that time but also, be alive now when the internet has come. These are so interesting times in human history!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84448 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:05:06 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84448 In reply to Joanne summy.

Thank you, Joanne!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84447 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:04:45 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84447 In reply to Melinda.

Thank you, Melinda! Yellows are wonderful!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84446 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:03:45 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84446 In reply to Valerie Lima.

So true! I also remember reading a book secretly because it was so captivating!

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84445 Fri, 24 Jan 2020 23:02:18 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84445 In reply to Carol Brown.

Thanks so much for your comment and for sharing your memories, Carol!!

]]> By: Rae Lynn Reffruschinni https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84392 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:21:52 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84392 I firmly believe that boredom is a source for creativity. Unfortunately, television has taken away a lot of children’s down time. Nature, not color has always been my inspiration.

]]> By: Joanne summy https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84389 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:46:52 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84389 what a beautiful blog……………i never thought about my childhood colors…………….

]]> By: Melinda https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84388 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:13:45 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84388 Wonderful blog post! I can particularly relate to both the boredom and the yellow. Yellow was always my first choice for everything until, at the age of twelve, purple became beautiful. It had always looked like a bruise or a grape popsicle until then. Now, at almost fifty, I have gone back to yellow. It’s joyful, the color of light. And purple is the perfect complement.

]]> By: Valerie Lima https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84385 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:29:34 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84385 Boredom in childhood can lead to discovering that one enjoys being by oneself and all the possibilities available. Much of who we become as adults comes from our childhood experiences. I would get cozy in the cubbyhole behind my bed reading with a flashlight. Wonderful memories.

]]> By: Carol Brown https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/the-power-of-boredom/#comment-84382 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:56:03 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=17477#comment-84382 I always see colour first then shape then if possible touch… As a child I was always given red clothing and my sister blue. She was fair and I dark. I love colour but also appreciate black and white as my father insisted on black and white photos which are more difficult to compose. I so enjoy your paintings there is so much to explore . It is hard to explain but some give me the most peculiar feeling of having been “ in them” at some point in my life. I must experiment more !

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