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Word of the day - Serendipity

Jace

Jace

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n. The faculty of making fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accident.

Sir Horace Walpole coined the word back in 1754,
basing it on a Persian fable, "The Three Princes of Serendip."
Serendip was he Arabic name for the island of Coylon,
now called Sri Lanka.

The legend was that every time the Princesof Serendip
went on a journey, they found valuable things he weren't looking for.
Because they were good men of high character, they found unsought blessings
and prosperity along the way.

So, finding something you weren't looking for has become called Serendipity.😉
 

I enjoyed reading that legend in the post for the word, Serendipity.

Another legend regarding serendipity, is that perhaps that is what inspired or brought about, Picasso's Blue Period.

In that legend, it has been said that he might have had only blue paint at the time, so he therefore experimented with all the ways he could paint interesting artworks, with only that one color, and he produced many interesting ones, for sure!
 
Kaila said:
I enjoyed reading that legend in the post for the word, Serendipity.

Another legend regarding serendipity, is that perhaps that is what inspired or brought about, Picasso's Blue Period.

In that legend, it has been said that he might have had only blue paint at the time, so he therefore experimented with all the ways he could paint interesting artworks, with only that one color, and he produced many interesting ones, for sure!
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Love it!👍Didn't know if that...Thanks! 😉
 
I, too, love the word serendipity. And several serendipitous events have occurred in my life. They are fun.
 


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