# 371 The Art of Boredom

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Podcast: [The Future of Photography](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-future-of-photography-525413)
Published: 2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00
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Watch this on video | Join us on Discord for more TFOP chat! When was the last time a child really said "are we nearly there yet" on a long car journey? It's a cliche of course but it's got to be happening way less often now we have screens and streaming with instant access to the whole internet. But being bored is actually quite important. It helps us relax, it makes room for new thoughts and it can lead to big jumps in understanding, fantastic new ideas and spikes in creativity. Let's work this through! Picks of the week: Shinrin Yoku Pavlos's Filters Vario watch strap Cal Newport books Wikiflix This is an episode of The Future of Photography podcast with Adrian Stock @ade968@universeodon.com (Mastodon) @Ade968 (Twitter) https://adrianstock.com/ (Home) Jeremiah Chechik https://linktr.ee/tinroof_studios Chris Marquardt @chrismarquardt@chaos.social (Mastodon) @chrismarquardt (Twitter) https://chrismarquardt.com/ (Home) All episodes at https://thefutureofphotography.com, All videos at https://tfttf.com/tfopvideo Find us at Discord: https://tfttf.com/jointfop, Web: https://thefutureofphotography.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/tfopnow, Instagram: https://instagram.com/tfopnow

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