existentialism

In the sultry embrace of a summer in a small French coastal town, Julien walks alone. His steps are measured, his demeanor as impassive as the flat sea stretching under the relentless sun. Inspired by Albert Camus’ "The Stranger," Julien’s existence is marked by an existential detachment, an innate aloofness that colors his interactions with the world.

Meursault, the protagonist from Albert Camus’s novel 'The Stranger', lay on his cot in his prison cell, enduring the deafening silence that echoed within its stone walls. It was the day after his trial, and the verdict had not fallen in his favor. Awaiting his perpetual fate, he didn't feel remorse or anxiety but a mere indifference.

As evening descended onto the quiet town of Bouville, a solitary figure peered out from the confines of his room. François, a philosopher and writer, adopted a lifestyle akin to Antoine Roquentin's in Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Nausea'. The existentialist waves had engulfed François, he sought to understand life beyond its superfluous veneer.

In the bustling underbelly of Amsterdam, in a bar named Mexico City, I met Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a strange man whom the world knew as a former Parisian lawyer. His magnetic air of false joviality and deep-rooted cynicism twisted itself into every word he spoke.