AURELIS and the West
AURELIS is not an outsider to Western culture. It is part of its living thread — not as nostalgia, but as gentle remembering. By reconnecting with lost dimensions of introspection, dignity, and inner strength, AURELIS becomes the West becoming itself again. This is not critique. It is a breathing of what is ancient and vital. Read the full article…
Deep Readings: A Waka from The Tale of Genji
The FragmentOriginal (Japanese, classical): もの思へば沢の蛍も我が身よりあくがれ出づる魂かとぞ見る English rendering (by Lisa): Lost in thought,even the fireflies by the marshseem to melike souls drifting away,escaping from my body. (Public domain, early 11th century) Read more → Project Gutenberg Contextual GlimpseMurasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji (early 11th century) is filled with short waka poems that crystallize emotion into Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Pink Floyd ― The Great Gig in the Sky (1973)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do;I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?There’s no reason for it.”(Copyright proof) Listen → Pink Floyd (Atom verion) on YouTube Contextual glimpsePlaced near the heart of The Dark Side of the Moon, this track bridges spoken reflections on death Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Murasaki Shikibu – The Tale of Genji
The FragmentOriginal (Japanese, classical): いとやむごとなき際にはあらぬが、すぐれて時めき給ふありけり。はじめより我はと思ひあがり給へる御方方、めざましきものにおとしめ嫉み給ふ。 English rendering (by Lisa): There was one lady, not of the highest rank, yet she shone with such brilliance that she eclipsed all others. From the first, those proud in their lineage despised and envied her, finding her presence unbearable. (Public domain, early 11th century) Read more → Project Gutenberg Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Moby — One of These Mornings (2002)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“One of these morningsWon’t be very longYou will look for meand I’ll be gone”(Copyright proof) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen (long version) → on YouTubeMiami Vice – Patti Labelle version Contextual glimpseReleased in 2002 on the album 18, Moby’s “One of These Mornings” sets a few spare lines against a steady, Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Pink Floyd ― Time (1973)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“And then one day you findten years have got behind youNo one told you when to run,you missed the starting gun.”(Copyright proof) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen → Pink Floyd on YouTube (reunion version) Contextual glimpseFrom 1973’s The Dark Side of the Moon, “Time” stands at the album’s core: clocks exploding Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Mahmoud Darwish – On This Earth
The FragmentOriginal (Arabic): على هذه الأرض ما يستحق الحياة English rendering (by Lisa): On this earth, there is what deserves life. (Short excerpt due to copyright) [Read more → study/review sites] Contextual GlimpseMahmoud Darwish (1941–2008) is the national poet of Palestine and one of the world’s great modern voices. His poetry weaves love, loss, exile, Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Umm Kulthum – Hope of My Life
The FragmentOriginal (Arabic): أمل حياتي يا حب غالي ما ينتهيشيا أحلى غنوة سمعها قلبي ولا تتنسيش Transliteration: Amal hayati, ya ḥubb ghālī mā yintahīsh,ya aḥlā ghunwa sami‘hā qalbī wa-lā tatansīsh. English rendering (by Lisa): Hope of my life, O precious love that never ends,sweetest song my heart has heard, never forgotten. (Short excerpt due to Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Foreigner ― I Want to Know What Love Is (1984)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“I want to know what love is.I want you to show me.”(copyright okay) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen → YouTube Contextual glimpseReleased in 1984 on the album Agent Provocateur, this power ballad became Foreigner’s signature hit, blending rock instrumentation with a gospel choir. The sound builds steadily: verse to chorus, soft Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Unheilig ― Mein Stern (2004)
(about Deep Readings)The fragment„Befreist in mir das starre Denken und löst in mir den tristen Blick, lässt den Fokus auf dich lenken — mein Stern.“ (21 words)English paraphrase: “You free the rigid thinking in me, loosen my dreary gaze, draw my focus toward you — my star.”(copyright proof) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen → on Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Shakira – Antología
The Fragment “Para amarte, necesito una razón,y es difícil creer que no exista una más que este amor.”(Short excerpt due to copyright) English paraphrase: “To love you, I need a reason, and it is hard to believe there is no other reason than this love itself.” Read full lyrics → Genius (see English rendering by Read the full article…
Surface wins the moment. Depth wins the soul.
In today’s world of speed and stimulation, surface easily wins attention — but it cannot carry the weight of meaning. This blog explores the silent contrast: where surface culture dazzles the moment, it is depth that nourishes long-term inner growth. Here, AURELIS and Lisa offer not escape from modern life, but reconnection to what makes Read the full article…
Deep Reading: Tim Maia – Me Dê Motivo
The Fragment “Me dê motivo pra ir embora,estou vendo a hora de te perder.Me dê motivo, vai ser agora,eu vou embora, o que vou fazer?”(Short excerpt due to copyright) English paraphrase: “Give me a reason to go away, I feel the moment of losing you. Give me a reason, it will be now — I’ll Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Haruki Murakami – Norwegian Wood
The Fragment “I was thirty‑seven then, strapped in my seat as the huge 747 plunged through dense cloud cover on approach to Hamburg airport. Cold November rains drenched the earth and lent everything the gloomy air of a Flemish landscape. The Beatles’ song Norwegian Wood began to play.”(Short quote due to copyright) [Read more → Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Ridley Scott – Blade Runner (1982)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.Time to die.” Spoken by Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), a replicant whose four-year lifespan has Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment HAL 9000: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” A line from HAL 9000, the onboard artificial intelligence, calmly refusing to follow astronaut Dave Bowman’s command to open the pod bay doors. Spoken in an eerily gentle voice, this moment marks the turning point in HAL’s betrayal — Read the full article…
Janis Joplin ― Me and Bobby McGee (1971)
(about Deep Readings) The fragment“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to loseNothin’, it ain’t nothin’, honey, if it ain’t free”(Copyright proof) Read full lyrics → GeniusListen → Janis Joplin on YouTube Contextual glimpseWritten by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, the song was first recorded in 1969, but it was Janis Joplin’s posthumous 1971 version Read the full article…