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4/5/2010

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ser·en·dip·i·ty   [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee]  Show IPA–noun1.an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.2.good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for.
Word History: We are indebted to the English author Horace Walpole for the word serendipity, which he coined in one of the 3,000 or more letters on which his literary reputation primarily rests. In a letter of January 28, 1754, Walpole says that "this discovery, indeed, is almost of that kind which I call Serendipity, a very expressive word." Walpole formed the word on an old name for Sri Lanka, Serendip. He explained that this name was part of the title of "a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses traveled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of...."
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This weekend I sold these two paintings to a woman... that sat down to breakfast at Duplex yesterday. She said she sat down and looked up. These two paintings were directly in front of her. She had recently traveled to Morocco and just planned another trip to Bahia. She said she felt compelled to buy them.


I sold another painting over the weekend at Duplex... a painting of the Duplex sign... but I have no information on that buyer.


Lately it seems that just when I need a love... it comes to me in creative and serendipitous ways!






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