The Grim Reaper, Sculpture By Sculptor August Schmiemann At Melaten Cemetery In Cologne, Germany

Fall colors reflected in the waters of West Fork as a raven and blue jay talk to each other. Sedona, Az.

My counselor once told me to make sure I wasn’t doing things to distract myself from the boredom rather than try to sate it. I feel its one of the most important things he ever said to me.

When I’m distracting myself from the boredom, I read or game excessively so I don’t feel the emptiness of boredom. It’s a short term thing, and it only staves the boredom as long as I’m doing the thing.

When I’m sating myself from the boredom, I pursue things I am genuinely interested in and so find myself feeling fulfilled and happier for a longer period of time. Even if I stop doing it temporarily, I don’t immediately fall apart as I would with the distraction.

Winter morning in Hågadalen , I took this photo in Uppsala, Sweden.

Happy New Year!

Why can’t real life cities be 10 mile tall gothic metropolises with red and black and skulls and statues of weeping saints everywhere

Winter light

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Dawn on the Korana

by Alexey Martyshkin

Lake Bled, Slovenia | johnedwardjames