boring lives - by Spencer Chang - spencer's paradoxes

finding surprise in the boring, sculpting meaning from stone

lanterns for Lunar New Year in Pacific Renaissance Plaza downstairs I'm sitting in Flywheel watching the rain go by and thinking about boring lives. I just finished Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and there's a scene that keeps playing in my head. One of the main characters is lamenting how boring their life is recently. Their friend chides them that others would call it happiness. In the world of making games (the main characters are video game designers), you're expected to pour your whole life and more into your work. You are a worldmaker, "a seer of unseen worlds." When you’re used…

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