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On the Distinction between the flâneur and the boulevardier
1.) A boulevardier drinks in the fashionable atmospheres; a flâneur drifts like a ghost through fashionable spaces, which are less remarkable to him than emptied factories.
2.) A flâneur takes pictures in the mind of landfills; a boulevardier takes pictures of tourist attractions.
3.) A flâneur is a seer; a boulevardier is a sightseer.
4.) A boulevardier strolls down prescribed paths; a flâneur is a mapless wanderer.
5.) A boulevardier walks to be seen; a flâneur walks to see.
Joseph Suglia
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Interesting distinctions. I think we are a bit of both 🙂
Cheers,
Alison
Boulevardier can be fun but then one has to practice the societal niceties and blend with NTs. That is exhausting, stealing time and energy from the curiosity (muse?) that urges me really see and reframe.
To float as a ghost, observing the light and shooting what you will is fulfilling…but you’ll starve. There’s what I want to shoot and then there’s what people want me to shoot. The age old artist argument..right there. 🙂
Wonderful distinction! I hope can live up to my aspiration to be a flaneur. It’s good to have goals 🙂
Some new words for me. Quite interesting thanks 🙂
I was once a flâneur but never a bon vivant. I’m more of a portensil.
I enjoyed this quite a bit, and found myself contemplating which “person” I am. Flaneur. Cheers to you!
This is the greatest commentary on the meaning of flaneur. Baudelaire would appreciate the update. It’s great to discover yours.
Interesting, I never thought of it that way. I’d have to say I’m more of a flaneur, way too shy to be a boulevardier : )
Clever… 🙂
Very poetic. 🙂
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This reads so poetic :3
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Oh this brings back memories of reading Walter Benjamin. Thank you.
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