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?
4 comments:
If I were a snake, than lawnmowers should stay away from me, or else I bit them
and would you recognize a lawnmower when you saw it and would it know that you were a snake that could bite through metal?
I got interested for this question due to I do not know what lawnmowers are.
Can I ask a definition of it?
I would like to...comment about it.
My favorite animal is the snake.
a lawnmower is something that you either push or ride when you cut the grass in your yard.
i like your reason for being interested in the question.
why is the snake your favorite animal?.....i am curious.
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