The found Caprice steadies my footing, I know this momentary embrace is fleeting, and I try not to look away, but when I do there is only clouds and sky and we are floating.
Frankenstein
“All that had so long engaged my attention suddenly grew despicable. By one of those caprices of the mind which we are perhaps most subject to in early youth, I at once gave up my former occupations, set down natural history and all its progeny as a deformed and abortive creation, and entertained the greatest disdain for a would-be science which could never even step within the threshold of real knowledge. In this mood of mind I betook myself to the mathematics and the branches of study appertaining to that science as being built upon secure foundations, and so worthy of my consideration.”
-Excerpt from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Found List: Found Caprices
- The Chevrolet Caprice – place of conception? Favorite car?
- Caprice – in the baby name book. Origin – Italian, French, English
- Caprice Theatre – “The Nightmare before Christmas” – arrived late, only front row seats left.
- Caprice – Whimsical – fanciful – sudden, unaccountable change.
- Caprice Watch – perusing the aisles of a Walmart with my grandmother.
- Close enough: Capri-sun, Capri pants, Capricorn, Copernicus, Caprese salad, Isle of Capri.
- Caprice Night Club – when carded, they did not find Caprice.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde – Found Caprice
- Bertolt Brecht –The Exception and the Rule, Prologue – Found Caprice
- Georges Bataille – Visions of Excess – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” – Found Caprice
I am always interested in finding more Caprices. If you have some to share I would really enjoy talking with you about them. For instance, have you found a Caprice in a novel, your town, an experience, art, a human, a memory, an adventure? A Caprice is but a glimpse of a whim so you can definitely stretch your imagination. I cannot wait to see what you come up with!