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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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4 comments:
The door can be opened or shut, that's the best part. And you can be on a boat, in a car, or just moving, in someway as long as you're moving the way that feels right. Our locomotion is irrelevant and the destination is not nearly as important as that "right" feeling we search for. Columbus wanted the spice trade not a bigger world.
But the road never ends, it just changes. It was once just a ridge along a hill, then it became a trail to water, and from there we used the currents to take us to the discovery of concrete and steel.
It's the same with people, they are either our vehicles or our transport, "it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea". And the roads begin and end as often as our vehicles of travel change.
"roads begin and end as often as our vehicles of travel change."
this is huge.....
and if i am my own vehicle, as i change, then the road will end as well as begin.
for me in my life i search for spice traders. i actually use that term.
you are on an excellent search, if you fare better than columbus, you're meals will be delicious, if you fail like he did, imagine what you can discover.
i like this.
i knit and usually, it is the mistake that takes the piece to another level.
the thing about spice traders......they bring me stories.
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