thank God (who is that anyway), I decided to browse blogs today. I found you.
I think a lot about looking at the world, and trying to control how we look at the world.
what I mean by that is, trying to control my brain and eyes to look at the world and look through it, almost like poking a hole into something that has no matter as such and is impossibly reasonable.
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?
6 comments:
the best way to watch the world is to block it out
It does for me.. I have to close my eyes (at times) in order to see....
There are certainly some things that you cannot see with you eyes, but with your common sense :D
Saluditos
dtb
Dear Anne,
thank God (who is that anyway), I decided to browse blogs today. I found you.
I think a lot about looking at the world, and trying to control how we look at the world.
what I mean by that is, trying to control my brain and eyes to look at the world and look through it, almost like poking a hole into something that has no matter as such and is impossibly reasonable.
....does this make sense?
greetz.
isa x
makes sense to me......and i am glad you have found this blog.
i love your words...."like poking a hole into something that has no matter."
Si very nice, is like meditation, siting in calm.
ana
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