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From: Reforma (MÃ©xico D.F., MÃ©xico)
Date: 20050405
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Byline: Armando Fuentes Aguirre

Horace Walpole, escritor inglés, inventó una palabra: "serendipity". Sirve ese término para designar la buena suerte del que hace fortuna, o un gran descubrimiento, en forma accidental.

Muchos descubrimientos científicos, y numerosos inventos, han sido fruto de la casualidad. Buscando tal o cual cosa el investigador daba con otra completamente diferente, y más importante aun que aquella que buscó.

No sucede eso con las obras de arte. Ninguna hay en la música, en la pintura o en la poesía que haya sido obra del azar. Todas son ...

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