“What is WIND and what is BONE have never been conclusively determined by the generations of Chinese critics, but what is certain, according to Liu Hsieh, is that the perfect combination or balance of WIND and BONE, the metaphor for… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
William Carlos Williams, late in his long life, had a dream: He saw an enormous spiral staircase in empty space, and his father slowly descending toward him. When he reached the bottom, his father walked over, looked him in the… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak. — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
“He invited the Indian scholar Paramartha to come and set up a Translation Bureau for Buddhist texts, and the scholar stayed for twenty-three years.… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
“What is WIND and what is BONE have never been conclusively determined by the generations of Chinese critics, but what is certain, according to… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
“In this world, progress is for our descendants alone. They will have more of a chance than we did. All the beautiful things ever… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
“Hear the wind and you will know the wind. Wind blows, and the generations are its leaves. There was no higher praise than what… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
William Carlos Williams, late in his long life, had a dream: He saw an enormous spiral staircase in empty space, and his father slowly… — Eliot Weinberger Copy Share Image
