Reflection on the Dead Sea

The universe gave birth to the universe

Life from the sea created a new life

The sun, the light, the darkness

I was there

They collided and burned

At that very moment

I was there.

Ohno. Kazuo. Ohno Kazuo butoh fu: Goten sora o tobu (Ohno Kazuo on Butoh: The Palace Soars Through the Sky), Tokyo: Shicho sha. 1992. Page 69.