MOR FATI, Zenobie x La Terre est Folle, Capsule Collection, 2025
AMOR FATI
It takes a lot of stoicism to move through the world today, especially in our region, where instability and deep rooted trauma have shaped individual lives and entire generations. Does our fate reside in some sort of limbo of piled up violent events and ephemeral lights of hope?
At Zenobie, we often find ourselves sitting in front of a blank artboard, contemplating the purpose behind the new graphics and illustrations that will speak to our community. The question becomes: how do we make sense of what we endure? How do we keep going, when everything around us feels uncertain?
“Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you. Why? Because you are here to meet it, to bear it, and to transform it into something useful.”
— Paraphrased from Meditations, Marcus Aurelius Book 7
And then, an eureka moment arises where two powerful words resonate: Amor Fati.
The philosophy of amor fati, meaning “love of fate”, speaks directly to our kind of
resilience. It’s about accepting the events of life, good or bad, not with resignation, but
with intention. As the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius once wrote:
“A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.”