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Introduction
Welcome to philjohn.com. The site unites all my artistic interests in poetry, photography and musical composition, my blog and an archive of some older academic essays and reviews. My academic work is featured on pjkx.com.
This web site has been in continuous existence since 1998 and encompasses quite a lot of material. In order to make all this content accessible, there are several navigational aides to introduce readers to its structure and content, as laid out in the site map.
The main and active sections of the site are as follows:
Poems, holding all my poetry. Poems are sorted by Phases (larger units encompassing several years, with a Greek name), groups (more closely knit thematic units, Latin or Sanskrit name) and series (narrow thematic framework). Some larger or key poems are called "Syllogies", basically "word symphonies." A selection of my poems is also available in my poetry books, and some of them as spoken versions on  YouTube.
Pictures, holding all my photography. The several photo series are sorted by Phases (larger units encompassing several years, with a Greek name), and within one out of ten groups (thematic ordering principle, French/English name). Most series also are ordered into threads of series, which can either follow a narrative, regional or thematic principle. Some more recent photos that are not yet worked into series can be found on the PixBlog. There are a few collages as well. Due to the large number of photographs, image resolution is not high definition to maximize loading time and minimize storage space.
Music, holding all my finished compositions. The musical pieces are sorted by Phases (larger units encompassing several years, with a Greek name) and genre (symphonies, chamber, sacral etc.). Demo versions of my music are available on  Soundcloud.
Blogs, which leads to my old blog called Diary (1998-2014), as well as my current blogs on WordPress, namely Erratic Attempts (ε«|»α, since 2015) and - in German - Versuche über Politik ([«|»], since 2020).
About and Main, which contains the navigation section.
Academia, which summarizes my scholarly work and links to my academic web site pjkx.com.
All content is sorted chronologically and thematically, with sub-chronologies for all relevant sections, and more detailed explanations of the underlying ordering principles.
Other sections are provided as an archive. They represent the oldest content of the original site and are dedicated to some early philosophical essays, as well as reviews and computer-related pages. These sections were created when the site mainly focused on science fiction and horror, before I decided to also publish my artistic productions. Everything is provided with a timestamp, and sometimes disclaimers, to indicate whether some content is old and some is newer.
The age and volume of the site also explains why layout-wise, most of the site design is responsive but static. For the current blogs though, the use of ε«|»α WordPress, SoundCloud and YouTube should provide for better accessibility. As this site represent the work I do in addition to my primary job as an academic, I do not have the time to moderate comments, so I have had to limit interactivity both on the site and in the blogs. If you would nevertheless want to reach out to me, you may always send me an  e-mail.
I hope that explains everything so far, thank you for visiting!
August 19th, 2022
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