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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?
4 comments:
My answer isn't deep or philisophical because I simply do not have the vocabulary for it (it sounds so much better in my head), but no I would not wish for a stand to keep me from turning over because I wouldn't be conscious of it.
But if I was a conscious being who happened to be a bowl, I dont know...this is a good subject for meditation. Perhaps I would wish for a stand because of the stability it offers me. Or perhaps I would wish to turn over because I dont want people to use me anymore. Maybe I would even want to break, and just get it all over with.
What do I think I would want as a bowl? I think I would want a stand because I will feel valuable. Its nice to feel valuable.
so if i am a valuable bowl, i could be protected by a stand. i wonder how my value would be established. and by whom, since i would not be able to do it. and would i come to believe in that value?
yet, if i have no stand, i have freedom.
an interesting common. thanks.....
Depends... what would i have inside & i may see more of the world by being turned over than if i were on a stand.
what would i see if i were turned over? would i discover a new way of looking?
and if what was inside spilled out, what would that mean to me?
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