Video generated by AI thanks to Veo / Google Gemini.

Originally meant as a visualization exercise for Nostradamus' Prophecies, I figured a good place to start would be his very first quatrain from Century I. For those interested, here is the French & English transcript courtesy of the University of Michigan Library Digital Collections:

French:
Estant assis, de nuit secrette estude,
Seul, reposé sur la selle d'airain,
Flambe exigüe, sortant de solitude,
Fait proferer qui n'est a croire vain.

English:
Sitting by Night in my secret Study,
Alone, resting upon the Brazen Stool,
A slight flame breaking forth out of that solitude,
Makes me utter what is not in vain to believe.