In retrospect I have seen a glimpse of it before, in
Baraka (scroll down
to images, in the middle of the second row). I had forgotten this. I had
read about it before too and smugly thought I knew about it then. When
I saw it live for the first time I realized I didn't know anything at
all about it. And now that I've seen it, now that it feels like I know
it, it still feels like I don't know anything about it.
Unfortunately there's only so much that can be said about anything. You
have to experience it, and even then it has to touch you or resonate
with you in some way before it really means anything to you. All I can
say is that I saw something last weekend that touched me and resonated
very strongly with me. And
anything
that I or
anyone else
could
tell
you
about
Butoh
couldn't
tell
you what that was,
much less
give you what was given to me.
posted by wobh
on Apr 4, 2003 -
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