THE FRAGNANT ACCORD
THE LANGUAGE ELIXIR
Imagine a perfume carrying the essence of 3 languages – Hebrew , Greek and French. Each is distinct like a fragrant note. Let’s play and say that:
Hebrew is the base note , deep dense mysterious
Greek is the top note, fresh and luminous promoting light and clarity
French is the heart note, nuanced and refined
If Hebrew is about sandalwood and cedar wood, Greek is about herbs and citrus notes, whereas French is the bouquet of floral arrangement
Together they do not merely combine, they form an accord – a composition where each language becomes part of a larger whole
The blog is built like a fragrance it opens with 4 perfumes each dedicating to a way of experiencing the world through language
The first one, resembles the flacon, the bottle itself. it is about the design of the best hotels of the world and culture. It is the fragrance of the visible world, a perfume of base notes, grounded and woody
The second one is curvy in shape it is the lyrical mist, it houses poetry, mythology and the archetypes it is the world of the eternal, the perfume elixir , the perfume essence, the heart notes
The third one is the world of the hidden It is mathematical in shape. it is the kingdom of patterns, mystical meaning of letters, primordial essence of the 3 languages, top notes unfolding into hidden geometries
Last but not least we have the perfume of the inner, the world of resonance, philosophical reflections, echoes. It is the world of sillage, the trail of words that blooms into meaning
These perfumes are not to be worn, they are meant to be entered. This triangular dialogue between the 3 languages is a unifying mist inviting us to experience light , beauty, depth ~~~~~
Christina Katsara
My name is Christina Katsara and I come from the luminous land of of Greece.
I have an educational background in Linguistics, Literature, Poetry and Education to begin with. A constellation of seemingly random choices has brought me , in the most serendipitous way, to Brussels working for the European Parliament, – and I feel deeply grateful about this journey.
For 7 years now, I have been flirting with the idea of writing a book or creating a blog, but I have learned there is a perfect, rather an almost perfect timing for everything. I think the time has come now for me to embark on the amazing world of blog writing. Passionate about beauty in all forms, language, design, poetry inter alia and pattern making, being the daughter of a mathematician, I chose this blog theme to quietly bring these worlds together
I would like to thank my friend Konstantinos Parisis from WebSmile and my friend Abdul Quadri from fiverr for their excellent work and cooperation in in relation to the blog layout and the perfume animation video respectively.