(me-an/der)

To meander is to be looking for nothing in particular. Meandering as an active force, something which is on the move, directionless. For my propose during this instant, which is also on the move, I would like to talk about the meandering of the eye, an act of looking which is rather close to cruising. To meander is not to occupy a certain perspective but to wonder from a multitude of perspective without any particular order , an excursion, cruising around town, for if perspective is an understanding of a single point of view, I am proposing a type of looking which is not stable, restless. To be meandering is to be uninhibited by a language of signification, thus allowing for the pleasure of looking, checking things out. To be more specific one can some how begin to separate out the differences between to "look', as I am proposing here, that is close to meandering, and to "read", for to read is a recognition of a language or semiotic code that necessitates a decoding, a transmission of a message, while on the other hand, to look is to not know what one is looking at, and perhaps even to not know what one is looking for, a flow that necessitates the passage of time, an expenderture of energy leading nowhere, wondering around aimlessly and taking pleasure in getting lost.