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on (Tibetan) language, the flourishing that has to do with fire

- a photo essay led by the meeting place of air-filled words and lived grounds

Shen Xin
Shen Xin
— 5 min read
looking up to three birds of prey flying at different heights against the blue sky
a trio © AX Archive

Through the experiences of being in relation with different languages, and at times, via making, trying to articulate the constant wonders and surprises they offer in how they came to be, it has also become clear that no form of otherness can embody a language, as it needs, through the shared medium that is air, to be relocalised, relearned through sounds, via the manifestation of coming into kinship.