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This article is to highlight a memorable episode of my life through a subjective perspective of a travel filmmaker. My journey in Istanbul was Ideal for a couple of reasons. The moments that I experienced in Istanbul made up the quality of the best happiness, my journey was more philosophical than a cultural one, because I had the chance to experience suitable activities (visiting Princes Islands, early morning cruise, late night reading spots, etc.), where one might fly in a way, and help make isolation a transformative experience. A huge thank you the size of the large streets of Istanbul to my lovely camera which befriended me incredibly during my stay in Istanbul, I must admit how helpful it was to capture these sensations, and convert them into visual ones. Redemption from Disgust is mainly a travel video that draws a unique enjoyment through a micro lens. It depicts Istanbul with sweets and spices. The title of the video is a multicolored one, disgust should not be taken as a literal meaning, it can mean anything depending on your prior reasoning. During my stay in Istanbul I read some chapters from Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah, and it was the perfect timing to read Nietzsche’s essay Why I am so Clever. Redemption from Disgust is somewhat derived from the latter, it is this sensation of a free light playful air. Nietzsche says “I need solitude-that is to say, recovery, return to myself, the breathing of free, light, bracing air… The whole of my Zarathustra is a dithyramb of solitude, or, rightly understood, of purity. Fortunately, it is not one of "pure foolery"! He who has an eye for color will call- them diamonds. The loathing of mankind, of the rabble, was always my greatest danger.” In other words, one sometimes needs to be free, and choose the good solitude that suits them. Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a novel by Nietzsche, a book of mystery and eccentricity where he speaks of the will of life, and the love of life. Here is Zarathustra speaks of “Redemption from Disgust”: "Oh, I have found it, my brethren! Here, on the loftiest height bubbleth up for me the well of delight. And there is a life at whose waters none of the rabble drink with me! "A summer on the loftiest height, with cold fountains and blissful stillness: oh, come, my friends, that the stillness may become more blissful! "For this is our height and our home: too high and steep do we here dwell for all uncleanly ones and their thirst." Alex was a roommate in his late forties from Russia, he has a PhD in social philosophy, and he works as a teacher of philosophy. While we were sharing cultures and discussing our impressions on Istanbul, he told me something important that I can still remember “if you read three books by Nietzsche, you will improve your understanding to a certain degree” he said. After my first reading of Nietzsche’s essay Why I am so Clever I realized that it was true what he said, it was my first encounter with such a quality of reasoning. However, as a reader, I am not into his existential ideas, but I am more tempted by the style of writing and his genuine eccentricity. Having read Nietzsche’s Why I am so Clever, I managed to create mental images that were terribly useful to create Redemption from Disgust as a palpable product (travel video). William James proves in his book Principles of Psychology the following “when the mental pictures are of data freely combined, and reproducing no past combination exactly we have acts of imagination properly so called.” My experience as a reader, as a student, as a traveler, contributed to shape Redemption from Disgust a physical outcome. https://vimeo.com/390179924 here is the link of the video I am referring to. After I uploaded the video, my roommate Alex shared the video on Facebook, and this is what he wrote “The story of winter Istanbul is good to end with a video of young gift from Casablanca, passionate about Nietzsche and travel. Thank you Istanbul and Amine!”