Is Boredom Unavoidable?

Today I chatted with Lori, a character from Matisse's painting "Luxe, Calme et Volupté", about inevitability of boredom. 

She turned the canvas around and in a melancholic voice started reading:

"C'est l'Ennui! L'oeil chargé d'un pleur involontaire,

II rêve d'échafauds en fumant son houka.

Tu le connais, lecteur, ce monstre délicat,

— Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!"

Haiku

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

inazuma no kaina wo karan kusamakura

lend me your arms, fast as thunderbolts, for a pillow on my journey.

Is Boredom Unavoidable?

I just asked an Eritrean man on the plane if "Boredom was Unavoidable". He took out a poem that he yesterday wrote for his wife of 17 years, and started reading it to me. Perfect rhymes; you may notice that by noting the letters that end each verse!

Is Boredom Unavoidable?

Last night, running at sunset on the Florida beach, I asked an ancient Pelican if "Boredom was Unavoidable". He replied 

"Oui Oui,

Since my gaze set upon this deep turquoise sea,

My mind has been set free.

In such state of absence and glee,

Your question sounds

borderline schizophrenic to me!"