Lingua Accord begins with language
I use the metaphor of perfume because languages behave like fragnant notes:
Some anchor like a base note – deep and mysterious
Others open like a top note – bright clear shaped by form and light
Others move like a heart note – refined, effortlessly elegant
Together they form an accord : a composition where each language sharpens the others and reveals the hidden patterns of aesthetics and beauty. Each article recovers part of the latter.
To trace them the project moves through 4 lenses:
Visible: surface beauty , design, culture,
Eternal : timeless principles, archetypes
Hidden : letters, codes
Resonance: the philosophical impression something leaves , afterglow
Takeway: What readers take with them is a refined perception and sensitivity – the ability to sense harmony , patterns in places they never looked before ..
LATEST ARTICLES
The Aesthetics of Language
Following my great love for languages, Lingua Accord enters a new phase : a systematic exploration of why Language across cultures feels like Art.
Here is a constellation of some of the themes that will guide the project
- The art of specific words ( sound, structure, feeing, design, cultural resonance)
- Why certain languages feel minimalist
- Why some words feel luxurious
- How vowel placement creates elegance
- Cultural syneasthesia: how languages ‘taste’ and ‘sound’ different
- Sacred alphabet: why some scripts feel transcendent
- Letters as Archetypes: what each alphabet reveals about the culture that made it
- Why beautiful sentences follow architectural patterns
- The golden ratio in phrasing
- Etymological luminosity: why old words glow
- Why the most beautiful lines in literature feel inevitable
- How people design their personality through vocabulary
- Why certain words survive across centuries
- The mathematics of a metaphor
- The architecture of a perfect sentence
- Why compliments sound different in various languages
- The scent of words
- The erotics of language
- Why great writers are great designers
- How rhythm in speech creates meaning
- Arabic for calligraphic geometry
- Italian for musicality
- Korean for scientific alphabet
and so much more…
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
I would like to thank my friend Konstantinos Parisis from WebSmile for his excellent work and cooperation in in relation to the blog layout .