There are moments when a single sentence in a book quietly lingers — not because it is loud or dramatic, but because it feels familiar. This is what happened when I read Nikos Kazantzakis’ Travelling: Japan–China, and encountered his descriptions of a world where simplicity is not emptiness, but essence. I didn’t expect that this modest travel narrative from 1935 ...
Being at the Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetics with exceptional professionals, is not something that happens every day. That inspired me to present my paper about “Everyday Aesthetics; Kazantzakis’ Japan“. That work combines the classical and contemporary philosophy about Aesthetics, but also presents how a famous Greek inspirational man, author Nikos Kazantzakis, perceives the aesthetics of a different culture, such as ...
The speech about ‘Everyday Aesthetics: Kazantzakis’ Japan‘ took place in 17/3/2019, at the 1st Japan Festival. It focused on the subject of everyday aesthetics in Japan, based on the theories of contemporary Japanese philosophers, such as Yuriko Saito, with plenty of examples and photos. It also contained examples from the book ‘Traveling to Japan – China’. Nikos Kazantzakis is the ...