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Visible/Invisible

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Recently, I attended one of my friend's mother's memorial service. The service was conducted in a church she used to attend.  While I sat on a pew and listened to the pastor's talk, one phrase caught my ears. "What's visible is temporary. What's invisible is eternal." It was a quote from II Corinthians and it does have a highly biblical meaning. However, for me who has been thinking visible/invisible, this phrase came as a revelation. Isn't it true that what's visible, what is on the surface, what is showing outside doesn't last long and what's invisible, what is in deep inside, what is unseen and unsaid lasts much longer? I wonder what happens to things we thought of saying but don't say? Where do they go? I often think of visible/invisible in dance. What is visible is very minimalistic, but what is invisible is vast, deep, and huge. The viewers 'sense' what is invisible, what is undefined, and what is hidden. Minimal action evokes indefinite, undefined, deep response inside of the viewers. This, to me, is a much richer experience and therefore, the phrase 'What's visible is temporary. What's invisible is eternal' resonated with me so strongly.

tags: Performance, Philosophy
categories: thoughts
Thursday 07.09.09
Posted by karakoro
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