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For a drawing to have
Butoh spirit there has to be a visceral connection between the artist, the
model, and the gesture. This is
not merely a pleasing pose that will make a nice drawing, it is a connection
that is felt in the body. This
pose, this gesture, this model has moved you, has changed the way you breathe,
made you sigh or moan in pleasure.
A drawing with Butoh
spirit captures authentic gestures, the untold stories of the soul. Not stories we want others to hear, not
the stories we want to believe about ourselves, not the stories we have tricked
ourselves into believing, but the real stories that tell what lays deep within
us.
A drawing with butoh spirit
should transform the life of the subject/model, the artist and eventually the
audience. The process of making
these drawings and viewing them should unveil deep secrets and shake one’s
belief structure. Butoh drawings
elicit thoughts that we would rather have kept subdued, but none the less need
to be confronted. Butoh drawings
are felt in the body; they alter the breath, cause queasiness in the
belly. There is something about a
Butoh drawing that makes one avert their eyes for a moment, gathering the
courage to look a second time.
