{"id":103,"date":"2007-10-08T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=103"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:31:05","slug":"lamour-au-dernier-regard-love-at-last-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/08\/lamour-au-dernier-regard-love-at-last-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"L’amour au dernier regard \/ Love at last sight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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photo par The Irish Samurai<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The delight of the urban poet is love — not at first sight, but at last sight.<\/em><\/strong>
\n-Walter Benjamin, “Charles Baudelaire: A Lyrical Poet In The Era of High Capitalism”<\/p>\n

Dans cette courte phrase d’une incroyable complexit\u00e9, Walter Benjamin fait ressortir l’une des exp\u00e9riences primordiales de la ville. Il n’est pas n\u00e9cessairement question de Montr\u00e9al, mais bien de chacune des villes.<\/p>\n

Combien de fois avez-vous \u00e9chang\u00e9 un sourire avec une personne avant qu’elle ne disparaisse dans la direction oppos\u00e9e, aval\u00e9e par la foule? Nous pouvons toujours revenir vers un lieu ou un b\u00e2timent aper\u00e7u en plein mouvement sachant bien qu’il n’ira pas loin. Mais lorsque qu’il s’agit d’une autre personne, le gouffre spatial et temporel se creuse bien rapidement…<\/p>\n

Dans la ville, l’amour et la perte se succ\u00e8dent \u00e0 une vitesse \u00e9tourdissante. Jamais comme dans ces moments d’extr\u00eame opposition nous sentons nous plus entour\u00e9s et plus seuls, plus remplis et plus vides, plus lucides et plus perdus. Dans ces moments convergent le bonheur et le d\u00e9sespoir de la ville.<\/p>\n

Je voulais saluer tous ces inconnus qui s’\u00e9changent de faibles sourires sur les rues de Montr\u00e9al, depuis le m\u00e9tro oppos\u00e9, lorsque leurs v\u00e9los se croisent… Nous savons tous que nous d\u00e9testons la ville pour l’amour au dernier regard, mais que nous l’aimons exactement pour la m\u00eame raison…<\/p>\n

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In a rather pratical way, though, I thought it would interesting to point out semi-formal ways in which Love at last sight<\/em> influences the way we interact in our cities. In Toronto, Now Magazine publishes the missed connections<\/a> classifieds. I remember it was always a good weekly read -and an excellent testimony to this urban experience. I did a quick search on Montreal sites and found :
\ncraigslist<\/a> Montreal has a missed connections listing
\nkijiji<\/a> has english and french listings (kijiji traduit missed connections<\/em> par rencontres manqu\u00e9es)<\/p>\n

I suggest changing the names though — why not call them “love at last sight” and “l’amour au dernier regard”? Missed connection seems like such a euphemism…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

photo par The Irish Samurai The delight of the urban poet is love — not at first sight, but at last sight. -Walter Benjamin, “Charles Baudelaire: A Lyrical Poet In The Era of High Capitalism” Dans cette courte phrase d’une incroyable complexit\u00e9, Walter Benjamin fait ressortir l’une des exp\u00e9riences primordiales de la ville. 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