By questioning the place that boredom holds in our lives and in the creative process, Marie-Annick Lépine hit the nail on the head, as her most recent Facebook publication sparked thousands of reactions and hundreds of comments.
“The boredom of our departed. We experience it every day, but especially at this time of year,” begins Karl Tremblay’s widow, Marie-Annick Lépine.
“On the other hand, I consider that simple boredom, that which forces us to find a hobby, something to do, is essential in our existence. This boredom which furnished part of my childhood and adolescence. This boredom which gave me the taste to learn the guitar, the accordion, the mandolin, the flute on my own and to strum for fun, to reproduce the tunes of my idols. This boredom which gave me the interest in composing and creating,” explains the musician.
Twice a mother – a single parent since the death of the singer of Cowboys Fringants – the artist questions the place technology plays in the lives of her daughters.
“I wonder if I’m letting my daughters get bored enough. I organize a lot and I’m terrible at calculating screen time, especially on vacation. But, I sincerely think that experience is acquired by trying and not by watching others do it,” writes the woman for whom playing the violin was a duty “because [s]es parents [lui] paid (with the money they had) for the chance to learn this difficult instrument.
Marie-Annick Lépine also draws a parallel with the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo who, following a serious accident, remained bedridden, where she began painting to relieve boredom.
She wonders, “if she had access to this technology for entertainment, would she have been the Mexican nationalist icon she is today? A world-renowned painter?
Its publication shows a portrait of Frida, created by Adèle Blais, a Montreal painter-collagist.
The latter is currently working on the portrait of Marie-Annick Lépine, which will be found on the cover of her next album.
