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How to be an explorer of the world by Keri Smith, Penguin (USA), 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Is this spooky or what? I picked up a new book, I think it was recommended to me, Keri Smith\u2019s \u201cHow to be an Explorer of the World\u201d. Opened randomly at P.118 and read, \u2018What we need to question is bricks, glass, our table manners, our utensils our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To question that which seems to have ceased forever to astonish us. We live, true, we breathe, true; we walk, we open doors, we go down staircases, we sit at a table in order to eat, we lie down on a bed in order to sleep. How? Why? Where? When? Why<\/strong><\/em>? \u2013 Georges Perec!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was halfway through and thought, \u201cwell that would fit Perec\u2019s philosophy\u201d and when I came to the end, I saw his name. I\u2019ll have to check where it came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, there are 2 Perec references in this book, but the citations are poor, so it\u2019s not clear which is which.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Perec, G., \u201clife, a user\u2019s manual\u201d, Boston, D.R. Godine, 1978.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Perec, G. and Sturrock, J., \u201cSpecies of Spaces and other Pieces!, London, Penguin, 1997.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I think it\u2019s the second one, as the other example comes under \u2018exploration #21 p70-71 and is called \u2018your favorite street\u2019. Go to your favourite street.(If you can\u2019t go there physically, then you can visit it in your mind.) Map it out on a piece of paper, then describe (or otherwise document) everything in detail: the shops houses street signs, trees, etc<\/em><\/strong>. based on the Rue Vilin by Georges Perec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Smith\u2019s book has lots of interesting suggestions, often from other people, on how to observe the world more acutely and form art that way. Very inspiring. Here\u2019s one from Leonard Cohen, who apparently does\/did this regularly as a form of meditative practice: \u2018Sketch or document things that you use in your daily routine.<\/strong><\/em>\u2018 He also states (p.81) , \u201d I have always loved things, just things in the world. I love trying to find the shape of things<\/em><\/strong>\u201c. (not cited by Smith \u2013 look up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Is this spooky or what? I picked up a new book, I think it was recommended to me, Keri Smith\u2019s \u201cHow to be an Explorer of the World\u201d. Opened randomly at P.118 and read, \u2018What we need to question is bricks, glass, our table manners, our utensils our tools, the way we spend our time,… Continue reading Perec is all around!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","category-wallet","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}