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MUSEUM WINDOWS CARVED WITH THE NAMES OF DIFFERENT OCEANS
MUSEUM WINDOWS CARVED WITH THE NAMES OF DIFFERENT OCEANS
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Museum Windows Carved with the Names of Different Oceans”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Museum Windows Carved with the Names of Different Oceans” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines naming and preservation as forms of arrest, tracing how inscribed oceans, paralysed words and fragile museum time turn the living sea into a fixed exhibit.
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