this would depend on the context of "see through you". do you see through me in the sense of xray/mri/cat scan type imaging? or in the sense of seeing behind a social facade? because if it is in the sense of an meducal type image then you see my entire structural system. but if you see through a social facade then you see who i truly am when i think no one is watching and am under no pressure to conform to the society which surrounds me.
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?
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being a doctor this is really ironic!
well done!
this would depend on the context of "see through you". do you see through me in the sense of xray/mri/cat scan type imaging? or in the sense of seeing behind a social facade? because if it is in the sense of an meducal type image then you see my entire structural system. but if you see through a social facade then you see who i truly am when i think no one is watching and am under no pressure to conform to the society which surrounds me.
in a sense, perhaps it is both. is there something inside other than the images seen by imaging, as it were?
and if i think i see through the facade, what do i believe i can see? what is there than can be seen and how do i see it?
well i hope you see something remarkably interesting and nothing shallow ;)
if i see something remarkably interesting, i might have to pause and ask you a question or two.........
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