Time and Boredom

According to Bergson, the vitality of experience derives from the flux of Duration. But, Boredom is a passage of Time in which 'nothing is happening', so it exemplifies such a pure flux. Hence, Durational flux is not a sufficient condition of vitality. Rather, vitality is a function of the variety of the contents of experiential flux, which can be supplied only by activity of some kind. In contrast, Boredom is passage constituted by minimal variety, or, in other words, it is Experience in which Temporalization, the principle of Internalization, and, hence, of homogenization, predominates.