An interview with the musician Daedelus on the subject of ‘accelerated serendipity’, the occasion of which in itself had serendipitous qualities – someone else Tweeted, I was nearby, we hadn’t seen eachother since he stayed at my house for a show a few years ago, I had my notebook, conversation ensued.
Summarised in short idea-form. Flâneur
A French movement, who sought the epitomy of a pure moment in the idea of being lost within a city through ’strolling’. Wikipedia: Charles Baudelaire developed a derived meaning of flâneur—that of “a person who walks the city in order to experience it”.
Psychogeography, Situationism
We talked a little about how serendipitous walking could tie into psychogeography. Did it matter if they found anything through walking the city, or was it merely the act of walking and achieving the true experience of a city through its randomness?
Dandyism
Getting lost within cities is the most interesting way to experience them, and they would often find themselves in unexpected places and at the edges of cities.
Wabi-sabi
Their appreciation of the imperfection of being lost is like the Japanese term Wabi-Sabi.
Spazzatura
An Italian fashion/trend based on being immaculately dressed but with one slight imperfection making an outfit ‘perfect’. Without this flaw, the outfit being imperfect. For example, wearing a watch over one’s cuff, or a beauty spot. An example of a person would be Beau Brummell.
Jazz
Members of The School for Jazz often described how they played music as the act of pulling something from nothing – pulling notes from the air.
Ephemeral State
To pluck these notes from the air they would get into a different state of mind, Daedelus called it ‘ephemeral’.
Improvised Moments
Points in time where improvisation and experimentation are encouraged.
Leadership through Jazz
It reminded me of a talk I saw a few years ago that mentioned how an organisation is like a jazz band and someone had written several ‘leadership’ books on leading like a jazz leader.
Happenstance
A better word for serendipity without the more mystical or new-age associations?
Daedelus on Serendipity
An interview with the musician Daedelus on the subject of ‘accelerated serendipity’, the occasion of which in itself had serendipitous qualities – someone else Tweeted, I was nearby, we hadn’t seen eachother since he stayed at my house for a show a few years ago, I had my notebook, conversation ensued.
Summarised in short idea-form.
Flâneur
A French movement, who sought the epitomy of a pure moment in the idea of being lost within a city through ’strolling’. Wikipedia: Charles Baudelaire developed a derived meaning of flâneur—that of “a person who walks the city in order to experience it”.
Psychogeography, Situationism
We talked a little about how serendipitous walking could tie into psychogeography. Did it matter if they found anything through walking the city, or was it merely the act of walking and achieving the true experience of a city through its randomness?
Dandyism
Getting lost within cities is the most interesting way to experience them, and they would often find themselves in unexpected places and at the edges of cities.
Wabi-sabi
Their appreciation of the imperfection of being lost is like the Japanese term Wabi-Sabi.
Spazzatura
An Italian fashion/trend based on being immaculately dressed but with one slight imperfection making an outfit ‘perfect’. Without this flaw, the outfit being imperfect. For example, wearing a watch over one’s cuff, or a beauty spot. An example of a person would be Beau Brummell.
Jazz
Members of The School for Jazz often described how they played music as the act of pulling something from nothing – pulling notes from the air.
Ephemeral State
To pluck these notes from the air they would get into a different state of mind, Daedelus called it ‘ephemeral’.
Improvised Moments
Points in time where improvisation and experimentation are encouraged.
Leadership through Jazz
It reminded me of a talk I saw a few years ago that mentioned how an organisation is like a jazz band and someone had written several ‘leadership’ books on leading like a jazz leader.
Happenstance
A better word for serendipity without the more mystical or new-age associations?
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