In the first entry of The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume 1, Anais speaks of having feelings of monotony and boredom, and then a shock treatment took place which awakened her. D.H. Lawrence was the person who inspired her, but inspiration can also come from a place or a song or a book or a work of art. Anais wrote the book, D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study in gratitude to him two years after his death. I am writing this blog in gratitude to Anais who inspires me.
Many people live in a state of boredom and monotony without even knowing it. They take the train to work, spend eight hours at a conventional job, take the train home, then watch a few hours of television, go to bed, and do it all over again day after day without even thinking about it, out of habit. Others live in this state and are aware of it but do nothing about it. Are they tired, defeated, hopeless; has life worn them out?
At times I feel the symptoms of restlessness and absence of pleasure to which Anais refers. I can create my life as she created hers by engaging in a creative project to help balance my conventional job, and by confronting myself instead of blaming others as being responsible for my life.
Who or what has inspired you, and where did this inspiration take you?
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