09 I Love You
ངས་ཁྱེད་ལ་དགའ་བ་ཡོད།
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Bhutan
Tibetan
Behind the scenes
Bhutan, to me, embodies a sense of serenity inspired by Buddhism-a way of living grounded in simple happiness, without the need to accumulate. This led me to reflect on the difference between “having” and “being.” To love is not to possess, but to acknowledge the presence of the other, without trying to hold on to it.
This text was born from that aspiration: a peaceful, non-possessive, almost silent form of love.
Echoes of the world
Tibetan belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and is written using an alphabet derived from an Indian script introduced in the 7th century under the reign of King Songtsen Gampo.
Its visual form is fluid, almost calligraphic: the letters seem to hang along an invisible line. The pronunciation can be surprising, especially as tones vary across regions.
The title ངས་ཁྱེད་ལ་དགའ་བ་ཡོད། (ngé khyé la ga-wa yö) literally means “I have affection for you.” Here, love is expressed as a state, not a possession.
And you, to express your love, do you need words… or is presence enough?
To reflect and capture your thoughts, turn to the dedicated pages in the book.
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