
endangered languages
By yi-ching lin
Tags: 2016, abstract, art, borough, city, city living, colors, creative mapping, diversity, endangered language, Endangered Language Alliance, exhibit, infographic, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, language, Large Wall Series, map, Mariam Ghani, new york city, Nonstop Metropolis, Nonstop Metropolis: The Remix, nyc, queens, queens museum, Rebecca Solnit, Suketu Mehta, The Garden of Forked Tongues, tongue, tongues
Category: art, city, nature, nyc, photo challenges, photography, poetry, street photography, structure, weekly photo challenge, writing
the tongue you do not
choose to use loses
elasticity, fumbles
its phonetic alphabet,
but remains resilient,
bobbing across
brainwaves,
suspending
memories as bait
.
20160427:0802
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