Thursday, December 3, 2009

By Way of Explanation

La Flâneur en Vélo is the subtitle of this blog. But what exactly does it mean?

Charles Baudelaire expanded the meaning1 of flâneur (French for a saunterer or loafer) to be "a person who walks the city in order to experience it", because that's how he saw himself.

I expand the meaning of la flâneur en vélo to be "a person who bikes the city in order to experience it", because that's how I see myself.

1 Wikipedia: Flâneur

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