if one person uses twice as much as is needed (water, oil, etc.), what will remain for others, for that individual tomorrow?
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one of my paintings done with watercolor crayons
celebrating the art of paradox
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delving into the wisdom of absurdity in whimsical way
this blog is about paradox.
through my questions, i hope to encounter the paradox within belief, that place where there is not one answer but many contradictory ones.
each question, each drawing is an invitation to join me in allowing what appears absurd to take us to a wisdom beyond linear thinking.
as long as we question, we are free. free to see, to feel and to express who we are. and to connect collaboratively with one another.
About Me
- anne artist
- i am a painter who began my career as a child coloring outside the lines of my coloring books. i am a writer who started out by composing adventure stories while riding my stick horse around the backyard. as a child, i got in trouble for asking too many questions...i question that.
you can find my cartoons in this online magazine!
http://thoughtsonsale.com/
here is the link to my photography blog about simplicity:
on a clear day she could see forever
one of my paintings done with watercolor crayons
"the emperor's new clothes" by hans christian andersen
this fairy tale has been a companion to me as i have traveled through my life.
briefly, it is about an emperor who was deceived by two tailors who said they were making a set of clothing out of a "dream" fabric. in reality, they used no fabric at all. to make their scam complete, they announced that only those who were wise enough would be able to see the beautiful clothing. and so, no one, not even the emperor, admitted to being unable to see it.
wearing his new "clothing", the emperor paraded through his kingdom. no one questioned his appearance; no one wished to appear less than wise.
until a small child asked, "why is the emperor not wearing any clothes?"
so it is that i ask, if i question rather than believe i am wise, what will i see?
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How do they ignore it? It is not a point easily missed. They think themselves imperial. What to do?
if they are imperial, are they like the emperor and without clothes as well? and if so, do we pretend they are fully clothed? how about our own clothing situation?
This is a hard one.
Here is what comes.
Be Here Now.
Today, like every other day,
we wake up empty and frightened.
Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading.
Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways
to kneel and kiss the ground.
RUMI
so if we see the beauty in others, even if it is not so apparent, then we are more apt to see the beauty in ourselves and act accordingly?
I am not sure(at this point) how you jump from point A to point Z so expeditiously, but yeah, that's it...and so true. Clinging to anger or expectation (in regards to the "other") only creates a breeding ground for the same in all of "us".
Moving into a place of loving and accepting what "is", is so freeing and productive....and it's our choice. Om Namah Shivaya
what to do when i feel "z "is so interesting i simply must go there without interacting with all that is in between?
Ya can't go there, AATMM, The present moment contains the "Z", but it also contains the "A-Y", and the now moment is where the rubber of "Z" hits the alphabet road. Ya gotta see how it's all perfect...even the A-Y. That's where freedom is. The trick is in becoming an "impeccable warrior". Om Namah Shivaya
how can i go there when i am already there? if i am an alphabet, then i invite others to bring their marks and together we create the page?
yea, that's about all we can do...
invite, and create with the entire alphabet,AND, hold on to the Z.
Om Namah Shivaya
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