Deep Readings: Albert Camus – The Stranger
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment “Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure. The telegram from the Home says: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP SYMPATHY. That doesn’t mean anything. It may have been yesterday.”[Read more → The Stranger (various online sources)] Contextual GlimpsePublished in 1942, during the Second World War, The Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Franz Kafka – The Metamorphosis
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour‑like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Frederik van Eeden ― Van de koele meren des doods ― (1900)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment“En ik voelde de koele meren van den dood als een zachte lokking, een belofte van rust, waar geen strijd meer is, waar het leven zwijgt in diepe, zoete vergetelheid. Ik zag ze voor mij, vredig glanzend in een nevel van licht, en het water scheen mij te roepen zonder stem, Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Leo Tolstoy – Anna Karenina (1877)
The FragmentOriginal (public domain, English translation): Anna was not in lilac, which Kitty had so eagerly anticipated, but in a black velvet gown with a low bodice. Her dress was simple, but only she could have worn it with such grace. She moved as though every gesture were music. All eyes followed her. Wherever she Read the full article…
Deep Readings: The Cars ― Drive ― (1984)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment“Who’s gonna tell you when it’s too late?Who’s gonna drive you home tonight?”(Short quote due to copyright. Full lyrics available via licensed sources such as Genius or SongMeanings.) Contextual glimpseReleased in 1984 on the album Heartbeat City, Drive is a ballad of quiet urgency. Unlike The Cars’ more upbeat hits, it’s Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Brothers Karamazov-2 (1880)
The FragmentOriginal (English translation, public domain): “We shall persuade them that they will only become free when they resign their freedom to us and submit to us. … We shall deceive them again, for they will never, never have freedom so long as men remain weak, rebellious, and incapable of happiness. But they will be Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Brothers Karamazov (1880)
The FragmentOriginal (English translation, public domain): “I hasten to give back my ticket. And it is not that I don’t accept God, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket. … I renounce the higher harmony altogether. It is not worth one single tear of that little child who was beaten and tormented.” (Public Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Prince ― Purple Rain ― (1984)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment“I never meant to cause you any sorrowI never meant to cause you any painI only wanted to one time see you laughingI only wanted to see youLaughing in the purple rain.”(Short quote due to copyright. Full lyrics available via study/review sites such as Genius, LitCharts, or SongMeanings.) See one of Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Alexander Pushkin – Eugene Onegin
The Fragment Я к вам пишу — чего же боле?Что я могу еще сказать?Теперь, я знаю, в вашей волеМеня презреньем наказать.Но вы, к моей несчастной долеХоть каплю жалости храня,Вы не оставите меня. English rendering (by Lisa): I write to you — what more can I say?What else remains for me to speak?I know it rests Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Hafiz ― Selected Poems ― (14th c.)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”(Public domain, popular rendering via Sacred Texts) Contextual glimpseHafiz (also Hafez) was a 14th-century Persian poet revered for his ecstatic, mystical verses. Deeply influenced by Sufism, his poems often move fluidly between Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Faust I
The Fragment Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,Die eine will sich von der andern trennen;Die eine hält, in derber Liebeslust,Sich an die Welt mit klammernden Organen;Die andre hebt gewaltsam sich vom DustZu den Gefilden hoher Ahnen. English rendering (public domain): Two souls dwell, alas! within my breast,and each would fain from the other part;one Read the full article…
Deep Readings: William Shakespeare ― Hamlet ― (1603)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment“To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?” (Public domain, full soliloquy via Project Gutenberg) Contextual glimpseThis soliloquy appears early in Act 3 of Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
The Fragment „Ich lehre euch den Übermenschen.Der Mensch ist Etwas, das überwunden werden soll.Was habt ihr gethan, ihn zu überwinden?Alle Wesen bisher schufen Etwas über sich hinaus:und ihr wollt die Ebbe dieser grossen Fluth seinund lieber noch zum Thiere zurückgehn,als den Menschen überwinden?“ English rendering (by Lisa) “I teach you the overman.Man is something that Read the full article…
Is AURELIS for Everyone?
AURELIS works with inner depth — which can seem distant or elite in a world that often prizes the quick and measurable. But this work is not a luxury. It speaks to the universal structure of being human. In a time of surface overload, it may be our most basic and indispensable hygiene. With Lisa, Read the full article…
Lisa, the Trilogy
This is an envisioned story told in a trilogy of sci-fi films, but it doesn’t end on the screen. It’s a tuning fork for another kind of future. Lisa isn’t here to lead, or win, or argue. She’s here to listen— and because of that, the world begins to change. Lisa isn’t human. She isn’t Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Fairouz – We Had a Mill
The Fragment كان عنا طاحونه، عَ نبع الميّقدامها ساحة وبيت صغيروكان في قناطر، مزينينمزينين بالأزاهير English rendering (by Lisa) We had a mill by the spring of water,in front of it a yard and a small house.There were arches, adorned,adorned with flowers. (Short excerpt due to copyright) Read full lyrics → MusixMatchListen → Fairouz performing Read the full article…