My current moniker, ane pixestos, is taken from the ancient Greek word ανεπιξεστος, which means 'unfinished, not polished.'
That word, to my mind, is loosely connected to the Taoist principle of 朴 which means 'simple, unadorned, sincere, tree.' I think the hubris of modernity could benefit from the creative potential of the 'uncarved block.'
True to my moniker, there are earlier blog posts that I no longer quite relate to. For the most part, they remain here as a sign of the growth that we expect from nature. Sometimes, like Balzac, I edit that which has been published. I consider it possible, if rare, for people to change not merely views but principles in life. I think often of the challenge of the Delphic maxim γνῶθι σεαυτόν and Plato's instruction on the good life. Making something from the nothingness of the self under construction, in the attempt to demonstrate sympathy for and accordance with the beautiful.
A work by C. S. Lewis to some extent vindicates the ethos of including Greek and Chinese references on this blog.
The biographically inclined may wish to know that while I began my career in journalism, I've spent almost two decades working in higher education. I do not understand academics who disregard history or who fail to understand the power of language.
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1. This blog is mostly about things philological and cultural - so also about hermeneutics, history, philosophy, communication, etc. It is about using language to learn how to learn how to live a good life (living being an interdisciplinary endeavour).
2. The blogger template is from Powered by Pastries (link 404).
3. Font of blog name is Novecento.
