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?
10 comments:
it's not the "warrior"
but
the "i"
that presents the problem
what is a warrior?
the one that holds the balance between the i and the we
who is the enemy?
the illusion of separatness
is separateness an illusion?
depends on the stage of the moon
p.s.
thanks for the spelling correction. I actually saw it, but was too lazy to fix it
spelling outside the lines?
again?
that's the way it goes on these small islands.....
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