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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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- if i burn my candle at both ends will it no longer...
- on a windy day, do birds dream of chasing clouds?
- am i a leaf growing on a tree i cannot see?
- if i am deep in thought, what is on the surface?
- if i swim backwards, will my future be behind me?
- will a sense of direction help me know who i am?
- if i think it is unthinkable, is that a thought?
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4 comments:
the future does not exist, and anyway, you can't get there from here, or anyplace else for that matter. If you swim backwards, you might get seaweed in your hair, and then where would you be? Locked in the past
as you remember where it was you left your hairbrush? Who wants that? Come on, shake the wetness from your thoughts and have an organic jelly roll. That is where the answers lie....or do questions tell the truth? Now I'm confused. I'm ready for an easy answer.....like,.....oh whatever.....AAAAAAHHHHH, now that feels just right.
so, i can only get from one present moment to another present moment....however, i wonder, if my future were behind me, what would i be swimming toward?
on another note, i could be a seaweed medusa, savoring an organic jelly roll and therefore so mellow that when a boat of argonauts comes by, i would just say......oh, whatever......and let them pass....that feels kinda right, too.......
better than the clashing rocks
clashing rocks...to be avoided when swimming backwards. as well as by argonauts looking for what no one has seen before.
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