The flaneur was what we spoke of during the lecture. The image conjured up in my head of the flaneur was one which I saw in a film just last week. Vic Uni's film society screened the film "L'Écume des jours" or "Mood Indigo" In which the main character Colin is described as having wealth to survive him his life without the need for work, he is a fantastic person with flambouyant ideas for inventions who has time to fall in love and enjoy food; the camera work of the film was visually spectacular , encouraging the audience's eye to see and observe, much the way the flaneur is described to view the city.
We discussed Drift, as in drifting through the city, without a destination in mind, just going where you feel you should. This is something I feel I would be good at when I have the time.
If drifting is something the flaneur does I feel like I am not too distant from the flaneur, I may not have the money that the flaneur has, and I try not to live off of born privelige, but I do feel that when I have the time I can happily observe the world, especially the everyday happenings of others; both a part of and seperate from the rest.
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