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 could mean one less flying....
and if the bird remained in the hand, would it sing differntly?
I prefer to think if the bird would dare to sing in a hand.
If it does, would it be a happy sound or a sad one?
would it depend on who hears it?
It could depend on the soul of the person who hears the sound....
and if that person knows how to fly?
I guess that person would hear the correct sound which was choosen to be heard from the bird.
and if that person stopped flying and stood next to the person in whose hand the bird was singing........what would that person hear then?
The bird heart's song, perhaps?
perhaps, the song the bird sings because it is what the bird sings.........and so it must sing it regardless.
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