Serendipity

“Serendipity”

Sydney December 2014 (2 photos)

In broad terms, serendipity means a “fortunate happenstance” or “pleasant surprise”. It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. The notion of serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of scientific innovation.

The word was voted one of the ten English words hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has been exported into many other languages.

It was quite a fortunate happenstance that there was a lone chair against a wall next to the pavement, for no apparent reason at all, with a man sitting on it and bathed in morning sunshine. Also that I just happened to be walking by, camera in hand, ready for whatever shot presented itself. Serendipity, indeed. I like to always be ready for the shot because candid photography is often about the spur of the moment.

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Serendipity always rewards the prepared.

(Katori Hall, playwright)

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And now for another fortuitous chair placement, and another moment of serendipity. It’s always a pleasant surprise to come across my old friend…

“But…”

More from Biggus later.