Monday, January 27, 2014

what is the soul? - more questions

"as performers, we're faced with several crucial problems:

what is the soul?
what does it long for?
what are these spirits who inhabit our bodies trying to tell us?

inevitably, what these spirits desperately need to tell us reveals both in our day-to-day lives, and in our performances. because those spirits are so desperate to convey their feelings, they do so without the slightest restraint. at times, it's almost as though they're begging us, 'please, please look.' keep in mind though, that unless you visibly tear yourself apart, we won't understand what those spirits in ou are trying to say."

- kazuo ohno

what is it to be an american
artist
inspired most by the work
emergent from other cultures
responding to american/westernization
civilization
cultural invasion?

what is the relationship of one's heritage and place
to one's soul
and intuition?

(as a sidenote,
i still feel as if i may die at any moment, perhaps tomorrow--
and you? and you? and now? and now?)

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