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Day 1,505: ennui

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For a country that Mr Xi promises to mould into a great power by mid-century, their ennui raises profound questions.


Artwork of the day 
Ennui
Walter Sickert
Date: c.1913
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Tate Modern, London, UK

Word of the day 
ennui: a feeling of being bored and mentally tiredcaused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do

Quote of the day
“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui — these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.”
― David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

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