Feeling uncreative? Try just being bored

Johanna Kinnock and Maria Brus Pedersen invite an eclectic mix of guests to help them navigate the ins and outs of the big questions of our time. For this episode, they investigate the potential of being truly, utterly bored. Maria gives Johanna a really boring task to unlock her creative potential. They talk to Dutch journalist Olga Mecking, who has written a book on Niksen, the Dutch concept of doing nothing, and they get a hold of a really busy boredom professor, Sandi Mann.

Once you've listened, what to read: 

• The case for doing nothing, The New York Times
• How artist Edward Hopper became the poster boy of quarantine culture, Dazed
• Coronavirus lockdown: bored yet? Good you’re on the verge of a creative explosion, The Times
• Being bored can be good for you, Time

 

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