Word: fleetingness
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Strolling on London's Strand, Charlie Chaplin, 79, and Wife Oona, 43, were on a fleeting visit from Switzerland to do some shopping and see a few shows.
None may be more important to life than the type of event that Sociologist Erving Goffman calls "gatherings." These human groupings are often so fleeting and informal as to be unrecognizable as social functions-a ride in an elevator, two strangers passing on the street. They also include such emphatic...
WONDERS, INC., by Crawford Kilian, illustrated by John Larrecq (Parnassus; $4.25), is a whimsical story about a marvelous factory that makes lines (skylines, hairlines, sidelines), mistakes (from colossal blunders to tiny errors), time (part-time, pastime, split seconds, fleeting moments) and space (from outer to closet).
Fleeting Gifts. In dozens of airy canvases, Watteau portrayed the costumed promenades and the subtle indiscretions, the muted serenades and lush elegance of invisibly manicured garden estates. Collectors snapped his pictures up. Yet no matter what he showed, Watteau's view remained strangely aloof. A subtle veil of distance...
Possibly, the Flemish tiler's son felt that he was only a servant, like Gilles, eavesdropping on his masters. Conceivably, he realized that any artist, like any comedian, must retain a sense of detachment. Very probably, he sensed that the fabulous beau monde was spending far beyond its means...