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Today I Will Do Nothing

 
Found on INCIDENTAL COMICS and is reprinted here with permission. Grant Snider's interests have changed drastically since he was four years old - with the exception of dragons, dinosaurs, and drawing. Grant's first published cartoons appeared in the University of Kansas student newspaper, followed by a weekly strip called "Delayed Karma" for the Kansas City Star. His comics and illustrations now appear in newspapers, books, magazines, and across the internet. He lives in Wichita, Kansas with his family, where he practices orthodontics and webcomics.
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Alan Rench Oct 2, 2023
I will knit a chicken with belly-button lint.
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Donna Oct 2, 2023
Yes, if the author is seeing and observing all these marvels, he is not bored. Boredom is ennui; here we see attentiveness, interest in all of life, even a feeling of connection to all that is. That is not boredom! The poetry is lovely until that word.
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moey100 May 29, 2016

I think now a days it's called "mindfulness". Just taking time out to sit and relax and observe your surroundings wherever you might be. It gives you time to think, reflect and appreciate even, what you are looking at. :)

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Stefan Teodosic Aug 28, 2014

Nice comics, makes you think of something... Instead of doing nothing, it is so much better to get a short term loan and start a business of your own.

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dug Aug 21, 2014

Take responsibility for your boredom...

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Dianne Lee Aug 11, 2014

there is a big difference in doing nothing and being bored. how can you be bored with all that going on?

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Dave Aug 10, 2014

Good poinmt MKSP=If one decides to take a day off from the world, and yet is still board, then that defeats the purpose of doing nothing. Might as well just go back to doing something. If one sits quietly, and enjoys doing nothing-THAT is a different story.

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MKSP Aug 10, 2014

Boredom? Not at all!
Seems to me the last line really was, "Today is a holiday dedicated to the openness and wonder of doing nothing."