꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱⋆Dawn⋆𐂂ɞ₊⁺⋆

Mourrir pour l’idée, c’est la seule façon d’être à l’hauteur de l’idée.

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The wind blows through the apartment buildings.

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Metal flows like water in the cyber world of space. Perhaps it is mercury.

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Water... the blue... how it flows through the screen.

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Lost in Translation

“Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.”

The first line of L’étranger¹ by Albert Camus is one of the most well-known phrases of French literature. At first glance, it seems that anyone who has taken high school French should be able to translate it. And yet, each translation alters the interpretation. Translating it to “Mother died today”² is accurate in meaning but lacks the warmth and intimacy of ‘maman,’ while “Mommy died today” leans on the other extreme, to the point of infantilizing.

The translation of a single word, ‘maman’, quietly establishes the conditions under which Meursault, the narrator, will be judged by the reader for his later crime. Is he cold and unfeeling, or is he childish and naive? During the trial, the prosecution focuses less on the crime itself and more on Meursault’s apathy towards his mother’s death.

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Cruising on the waves of the sea.

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Rooms one could get lost in... In the midst of the leather sofas and bright but dark colours.

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Old Computer World.

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Fish.

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I can't wait!

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In the waiting room. Life is waiting.

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He so cute

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Albert Camus the Cutie

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Digital camera with a serene view.

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“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t.”

— Albert Camus, The Outsider

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Simone de Beauvoir, from a letter to Nelson Algren, featured in "A Transatlantic Love Affair,

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Albert Camus