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 : codes
Resonance: the philosophical impression something leaves , afterglow
Pivot:
Lingua Accord will study untranslatable words from world languages as they relate to premium value when it comes to perfumery, horology, design, architecture, gastronomy, music, dance and more.
What readers take with them is a refined perception and sensitivity – the ability to sense harmony , patterns in places they never looked before and that of being an active architect of their livies
Atelier Accords
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Sophisticated accords
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The Aesthetics of Language
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 .