Digital Flâneur

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Flâneur (n.) One who saunters, observing society and enjoying the sights.
Saunter (v.) To walk leisurely and with no apparent aim. From Middle English santren, (to muse)
Muse (v. intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder; engage in meditation

Digital (adj.) of or relating to computers or the computer age

ieatmypancitwithrice: Portrait of Kalmyk girl Annushka, 1767, oil on canvass 93*78. Annushka, a Kalmyk of Western Mongolian Oirat ancestry, was a serf and pupil of Countess Varvara Sheremeteva, daughter of Count Sheremetev. Argunov himself was a serf of Count Sheremetev (1713-1788). In her hands Annushka is holding the portrait of the late Count Varvara Sheremeteva.

ieatmypancitwithrice:

Portrait of Kalmyk girl Annushka, 1767, oil on canvass 93*78. Annushka, a Kalmyk of Western Mongolian Oirat ancestry, was a serf and pupil of Countess Varvara Sheremeteva, daughter of Count Sheremetev. Argunov himself was a serf of Count Sheremetev (1713-1788). In her hands Annushka is holding the portrait of the late Count Varvara Sheremeteva.

(Source: ladyurduja, via sexartandpolitics)

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