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Ian Boyden

Portrait of translator Ian Boyden

Contributor

Ian Boyden

Ian Boyden is a visual artist, translator, and writer. Consistent across his productions are an intense interest in material relevance, place-based thought, and ecology, with a deep awareness of East Asian aesthetics. He studied for several years in China and Japan, and ultimately received degrees in art history from Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) and Yale University....

His work is interdisciplinary, and collaborations have involved a variety of scientists, poets, composers, and other visual artists.

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Articles by Ian Boyden

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Tibetan poet Tsering Woeser (left) and translator Ian Boyden

The Presence of the Dalai Lama’s Absence: A Conversation with Tibetan Poet Tsering Woeser

At a time when Tibet is largely ignored by the international community, Woeser vividly conveys what it is like to experience the destruction of her culture.

Close-up image of white lily

Photo by Deleece Cook on Unsplash

Absent, Or Not Absent

By Tsering Woeser

right in the center, / sat the completely empty dharma throne, / richly decorated, the heart’s dream waiting / like a balloon floating through desire

Translated from Chinese by Ian Boyden

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