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Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an artist can drown.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
Playwright
Psychologist
Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Thing
Regularly
Tides
Episodes
Boredom
Excitement
Meaning
Excitements
Natural
Arrives
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Drown

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