Awa River (water study)
Toku awa,
ko toku ora
toku awa
ko toku mana
toku awa
ko toku kaha
toku awa
ko toku wai rua
My river,
is my life
my river
is my authority
my river
is my power
my river
is my double spirit
-waitaha grandmothers
"there was first the waters of the world
e moko
kahore he ao
kahore hoki he maramatanga
he pouri noa, he wai katoa i te Tai Ao
enei wai i whakatupu i to ratou mana ki
nga moana nui o te ora
ka wehea a Ranginui raua ko
Papatuanuku
i reira ka heke ai nga
roimata aroha o Ranginui mo tona tau
roa te tangi, roa rawa te heke o nga roimata
ua ki raro
he tohu aroha, he tohu whakawehe, he tohu
tapu
mokopuna
there was no day
or the presence of light
darkness reigned, with only water
these waters became in their own right
the oceans of creation
and Ranginui and Papatuanuku were
separated.
It was from there that the tears of
Ua swept down
a symbol of love, a symbol of parting, a
sacred symbol"
-whispers of waitaha (grandmothers stories)
Video Life workshop with Ko Nakajima, Kentaro Taki & Yutaka Kusaba
Tao * Water element
"Water is the creator of time"
the beginning gives birth to water
the born water also collaborates with the
beginning, who gave birth to water; that way,
heaven is formed
the new born heaven also collaborates with the
beginning, who gave birth to heaven; then, the
earth is formed
the heaven and the earth collaborated with each
other to form the Shin Myung or the deity. The
Shin and the Myung collaborated so Yin and Yang are formed
Yin and Yang collaborated and formed the four
seasons. Spring and Summer, Autumn and Winter
collaborated with each other; then, the Cold and
the Hot are formed. Cold and Hot collaborated
with each other so Humidity and Dryness are
formed. Humidity and Dryness collaborated with
each other to form a Year. With this, the creation of the cosmos is completed.
Tao
Water element