sometimes, i ask a question in order to become clearer about the question i wish to ask.
other times, i am looking at my point of view and instead of considering it to be an answer, i create a question. i am more comfortable feeling like i have a clear question rather than the answer.
i am intrigued by questions and am curious about what answers come my way. and wonder what conversations might develop if my questions interest others.
for me, learning is about discovering how much i do not know.
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.
"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?
6 comments:
we are all mirrors of one another
whatever you like or dislike about yourself, that is what you will see in me
so am i looking at you in order to see myself more clearly?
you ask really good questions for which (it has become obvious) you already know the answer
sometimes, i ask a question in order to become clearer about the question i wish to ask.
other times, i am looking at my point of view and instead of considering it to be an answer, i create a question. i am more comfortable feeling like i have a clear question rather than the answer.
i am intrigued by questions and am curious about what answers come my way. and wonder what conversations might develop if my questions interest others.
for me, learning is about discovering how much i do not know.
answers are so boring
discovering how much i dont know...
yes
thank you
can an answer be a doorway to a new question?
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