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:
Is the flow only at upstream?
Wouldn't you like to see the madness down there?
that is a good question. i am not sure i would want to see the madness. i would rather look at the clouds and float and imagine shapes in the sky.
Then you could go with one of the several flows there are.
going with the flows....definitely better than watching the madness.
I'd prefer to see madness.
I liked the flows thing.
i like that you changed it from flow to flows.....works much better that way.
what about madness....and looking at it?
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