About
The Subtext Review, founded and run by Neil Czeszejko, began as an enduring fascination with how language shapes meaning, experience, and perception.
Beyond its digital form, TSR is a gallery of language: a place where subtext guides perception and words become sound, sight, and sensation. Its sections trace how hidden meaning shapes what we see, hear, and feel:
Viewlines focuses on the ambiguity of subtext and the act of seeing. It examines how observation shapes interpretation, visual cues guide understanding, and meaning emerges through what is noticed—or overlooked.
Overtones explores how narratives take form through sound. It examines tone, rhythm, and resonance, showing how voice, music, and auditory patterns shape perception and convey meaning beyond words alone.
Alongside these curated explorations, the homepage forms a narrative space: stories, reviews, and essays that explore how language gives shape to the world we inhabit.
Neil’s background spans language teaching, content development, writing, editing, AI model training, and linguistic work in the AI space. Across these experiences, he continues to explore the mechanics of communication: the subtle ways language constructs reality and perception.
His academic grounding in cultural and linguistic contexts was further shaped through training in English language teaching, dramatic writing (University of Cambridge), UX writing and design psychology (Uxcel), AI (University of Helsinki, University of Tartu), and advanced conversation design (Google).
At this crossroads of expertise, his work in psycholinguistics reimagines language as a living structure: not just a tool of expression, but a framework for thought, emotion, and sensation.
TSR extends this pursuit, treating language as both subject and medium. In doing so, it explores how sensory narratives shape the textures of perception. Ultimately, noticing these nuances can open doors to empathy, insight, and deeper engagement with the world.
Every TSR visual bearing a watermark is shaped through an iterative dialogue between generative processes and deliberate artistic orchestration and refinement, conceived in a space of ambiguity to explore subtext and depth.
A Word on Attribution
Overtones, TSR’s audio-visual exhibit, and Viewlines, TSR’s art gallery, are independent projects and are not affiliated with any other entities, works, or projects of the same or similar names.
