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zeitgeist

what it means

German once more: Zeit is time, Geist is spirit. The spirit of the age. A zeitgeist is not what happened in a period — it is what the period felt like to stand in, the mood everybody was breathing without choosing it. The drawing makes it weather. A man walks and a wind comes past him carrying cassettes, then coins, then hearts and app icons; it lifts him for a second and moves on, and he keeps walking. That is the shape of it. You do not join a zeitgeist and you cannot quite name your own, because you are inside it. It is only obvious later, once the wind has gone somewhere else.

Otra vez el alemán: Zeit es tiempo, Geist es espíritu. El espíritu de la época. No es lo que pasó en un periodo: es cómo se sentía estar dentro, el ánimo que todos respiraban sin haberlo elegido. El dibujo lo vuelve clima. Un hombre camina y le pasa un viento cargado de casetes, monedas, corazones e iconos; lo levanta un segundo y sigue. No te apuntas a un zeitgeist: estás dentro.

De novo o alemão: Zeit é tempo, Geist é espírito. O espírito da época. Não é o que aconteceu num período: é como era estar dentro, o clima que todos respiravam sem escolher. O desenho vira tempo: um homem caminha e passa por ele um vento com fitas cassete, moedas, corações e ícones; ele é erguido um segundo e o vento segue. Você não adere a um zeitgeist: está dentro.

L'allemand encore : Zeit, le temps, Geist, l'esprit. L'esprit de l'époque. Non pas ce qui s'est passé dans une période : ce que ça faisait d'être dedans, l'air que tout le monde respirait sans le choisir. Le dessin en fait la météo : un vent dépasse le marcheur, chargé de cassettes, de cœurs, d'icônes ; il le soulève puis s'en va. On n'adhère pas à un zeitgeist ; on est dedans.

Jerman lagi: Zeit berarti waktu, Geist berarti roh. Roh zaman. Bukan daftar peristiwa suatu masa, melainkan rasanya berada di dalamnya — udara yang dihirup semua orang tanpa memilih. Gambarnya menjadikannya cuaca: seorang pria berjalan, lalu angin membawa kaset, koin, dan ikon aplikasi; ia terangkat sesaat, lalu berlalu. Kamu tidak mendaftar ke zeitgeist — kamu di dalamnya.

Yine Almanca: Zeit zaman, Geist ruh. Çağın ruhu. Bir dönemde olup bitenler değil, o dönemin içinde durmanın hissi — herkesin seçmeden soluduğu hava. Çizimde bu bir hava durumuna dönüşür: adamın yanından kasetler, paralar, kalpler ve uygulama simgeleri taşıyan bir rüzgâr geçer, onu bir saniye havalandırır ve gider. Zeitgeist'a katılmazsın; içindesindir.

またドイツ語。Zeit は時間、Geist は精神。「時代の精神」。ある時期に何が起きたかではなく、その中に立っているのがどんな感じだったか——誰もが選ばずに吸っていた空気のことです。絵ではそれが天気になります。歩く男の横を、カセットやコイン、アプリのアイコンを載せた風が通り過ぎ、一瞬彼を持ち上げて去っていく。時代精神には参加できません。すでに中にいるからです。

  1. 01

    noun

    the mood and the ideas of a particular period

    The film caught the zeitgeist of the late nineties exactly.

  2. 02

    noun

    what a moment is collectively fixated on

    Every advert that summer was chasing the same zeitgeist.

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