Logos
This emblem—my personal seal— emerged from a slow alchemy of thought, practice, and paradox. A union of reason and its unraveling, of logic dancing at the edge of paradox.
At its core is a Zen brushstroke enso, imperfect and open, encircling a single leaf rendered in ink. The enso represents a moment of presence, an act of awareness, a breath caught in motion. The leaf, simple and alive, speaks to my desire to grow while staying rooted in what is essential.
Around it, the Latin phrases Harmonia Syncretica (“harmonic syncretism”) and Rationis (reason), Absurdus (absurd) form the boundary. Together, they encapsulate a union of influences such as Cynicism, Pyrrhonism, Buddhism, Gurdjieff, Reason, and Logic. With absurdity not as a worldview, but as a kind of razor: a way of reducing ideas down to their breaking point, cutting through illusion, and staying free from the trappings of certainty. Getting to the essence.
This seal suits me because it embodies contradiction without collapse. It is a union of reason and its unraveling, of logic dancing at the edge of paradox. It doesn’t claim to resolve the mystery—but it gestures toward it, with ink and space, with structure and gesture.
Harmonia Syncretica…
…points to a deliberate harmony—one born not of convenience, but of conscious effort to draw resonance from differing traditions, ideas, and disciplines. It reflects a path that values inner coherence over rigid purity, where insight is shaped by contrast, tension, and intentional synthesis. The world is complex and ambiguous, just like ourselves—and only a fluid, integrative approach can begin to meet it with any honesty.
Rationis…
…honors the faculty of reason—not as cold calculation, but as a disciplined curiosity, a compass for navigating ambiguity. In a world too easily seduced by certainty or overwhelmed by chaos, reason offers a way to pause, to question, and to move deliberately through complexity without becoming lost in it.
Absurdus…
…is not despair—it is clarity at the edge. It gestures toward the method of reductio ad absurdum, where ideas are followed to their logical extremes to reveal contradiction or emptiness. By tracing thought to its breaking point, we expose the hollowness of false certainties and make space for humility, humor, and the freedom to begin again, without illusion.
In this symbol, I recognize my path: questioning without anchoring, thinking without clinging, and living—not to affirm, but to attend.
