Choosing to be a Flâneur
October 29th 2011 I am always prepared to be a flâneur when visiting foreign places. In his book A Writer’s Paris – a guided journey for the creative soul, Eric Maisel defines the flâneur as “an observer who wanders the streets of a great city on a mission to notice with childlike enjoyment the smallest events and the obscurest sights”. I think this is a difficult art form for most Americans. O
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