towards the sun".
Ruth Westheimer
I'm not sure if we're on the brink of ourselves today. We've got one day left on this beautiful chaos of a planet we spin with our feet. Zen Zen Zo has gifted me with a learning I can never forget.
I don't know whether I broke this week. If you can call it breaking. Or whether I finally accepted what I'm here for. Or maybe something else I can never entirely fathom.
Some of you may read this and have no idea what I'm talking about. And not in the way that only people who've been to Stomping Ground would know. I just mean that, sometimes you go through some crazy shit. It could be anything. A 3 week theatre course, a trek through the himalayas, a bad taco... anything.
But you learn. And you come away with more questions than answers. And you maybe, just maybe, if you're really lucky, understand yourself that little bit more.
We got to be Geishas today.
Fuckin badass Geishas.
I also used a prop today.
And it was a shit idea.
So there you go.
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I don't know if Medea
needs another red cordial.
That bitch is crazy.
I'm just putting it out there.
Her great-grandfather is the
sun,
she's got magic to spare.
Killing kids
is no feminist ideology
I ever heard of.
Unless someone knows something
I don't?
Jason left the toilet seat up.
Cunt.
Stab him
in the dick-hole or something.
Cast a spell on his new wife:
the clap.
But leave the kids alone.
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Great to see another Brisbane Poet take an interest in Butoh. The workshops I undertook with Zen-zen zoh many years ago now had a major influence on my performance style and skills. It was also one of the most demanding things I've ever undertaken in theatre, both physically and mentally Butoh really takes you to the Edge as a performer.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo from what I've seen of your past poetic performances you already have Butoh in your soul. Keep stamping in the dark!