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{self-portrait, singing by the river}

According to Sakha belief, language has its own ichchi, or guardian spirit; it is animate & intrinsically potent. These tyl ichchite, or word spirits, give the act of speech power to fulfil the meanings of the words. Speaking unlocks, uncages; you release the word, you release its spirit.

"Spoken words turn into a prophetic bird that flies according to the meaning of the words uttered and retells the original words." Aleksei Kulakovskii, Sakha writer