So I've been considering starting a blog for quite some time now considering I have a handful of witty friends who blog regularly and whose blog pages I visit often. Yet, me being me, I have put it off for quite some time for a handful of reasons that range from there would never be one 'title' that would encompass all that I would want that 'title' to say (what a menacing box to fill in!)..to the fact that I am so far from tech savvy that I would surely run into more computer issues than I would care to handle. (My awesome features from my font to the background speak to the latter). But along comes grad school and now I had to find a title and get over my constant battle with technology.
Bon Vivant...directly translated...good living. The French phrase itself connotes much more than that however. First of all there is nothing I love more than foreign things...whether it be languages, people, food, ideas, shoes, architecture, paintings, etc. Also, being that I can say that at least half of my blood is French thanks my to thick accented father, all things French are a go in my book (fluency is half-crossed off on my life TO DO list). Moreover, the phrase has some philosophical roots, another sincere passion of mine. I did some research on the phrase and found that it's actually all things Julie!
On the surface, one could be satisfied with bon vivant meaning one who lives well and enjoys socializing around good food and drink (who doesn't?). The lovely internet however led me to further complicate (if you know me, I do this pretty well) this understanding and connect this initial definition if you will with a body of idealistic philosophy called Epicureanism. In accordance with this particular philosophy, life's happiness and most important pleasures derive from the meaningful relationships we maintain, our never-ending opportunity to gain knowledge, and living a tranquil life revolving around basic virtues. While essentially you can take a part that last sentence and ask a zillion questions like what's a meaningful relationship? What are the basic virtues? What do you consider knowledge? yadayadayada...for me, it is pretty perfect: simply complex. I think this blog will attempt to play around with these ideas, maybe even answer some of these potential questions and interpret 'bon vivant' through the eyes of an (almost!) 22 year old female waitress/grad student living in the lower east side of Manhattan with her best friend (recent move, woo!).
You should know however that all things Julie also connotes that I am almost certainly going to change my mind and probably won't at all be consistent with this initial proposed trajectory for my blog... :)
Bon Vivant...directly translated...good living. The French phrase itself connotes much more than that however. First of all there is nothing I love more than foreign things...whether it be languages, people, food, ideas, shoes, architecture, paintings, etc. Also, being that I can say that at least half of my blood is French thanks my to thick accented father, all things French are a go in my book (fluency is half-crossed off on my life TO DO list). Moreover, the phrase has some philosophical roots, another sincere passion of mine. I did some research on the phrase and found that it's actually all things Julie!
On the surface, one could be satisfied with bon vivant meaning one who lives well and enjoys socializing around good food and drink (who doesn't?). The lovely internet however led me to further complicate (if you know me, I do this pretty well) this understanding and connect this initial definition if you will with a body of idealistic philosophy called Epicureanism. In accordance with this particular philosophy, life's happiness and most important pleasures derive from the meaningful relationships we maintain, our never-ending opportunity to gain knowledge, and living a tranquil life revolving around basic virtues. While essentially you can take a part that last sentence and ask a zillion questions like what's a meaningful relationship? What are the basic virtues? What do you consider knowledge? yadayadayada...for me, it is pretty perfect: simply complex. I think this blog will attempt to play around with these ideas, maybe even answer some of these potential questions and interpret 'bon vivant' through the eyes of an (almost!) 22 year old female waitress/grad student living in the lower east side of Manhattan with her best friend (recent move, woo!).
You should know however that all things Julie also connotes that I am almost certainly going to change my mind and probably won't at all be consistent with this initial proposed trajectory for my blog... :)
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