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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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31 comments:
no, but it will remind me of a song I know.
Jim
if it reminds you of a song you know, can it also become a new song for you?
yeah, I have a phonographic memory.
and does memory help you recognize what is new?
i have heard (or imagined) all the sounds I can hear. New is just organizing them differently.
is it also recognizing what you hear? if you don't recognize a sound, can you hear it?
Probably not :) But, if I liked it I would share it with others sourcing you.
My question: If I was ugly would you still love me??
Khalil
http://khalilinmanhattan.blogspot.com
does love not enable beauty to be seen in a new light?
After the love has evolved beauty is in the eye of the beholder no? I guess my question is an after the fact pointless question because maybe if I was ugly you never would have loved me. But, if i was deformed from an accident in some way, yes, your answer would satisfy me, your love would be true to me.
Khalil
khalilinmanhattan
do i fall in love due to outside beauty or what i seem to see on the inside? can love then develop inside out?
Most would deny it i think but yes love can (and probably does) develop "inside out" but, is it not the initial outward attraction that initiates the transformation? Afterwards, the inward attraction probably overcomes, but if the outward appearance changes dramatically it, depending on the person, can overcome the love for the inward?
Khalil In Manhattan
if it is it simply a visual experience at first, how do our eyes speak to us? how do we hear what our eyes are saying?
or does something in the person's voice, strike a cord within us? a cord that is completely new but also has lived within us our whole lives?
are there many layers to what seems simple? yet, would it seem as simple without the layers?
If I did say I'd heard it many times before but it never sounded so beautiful would you still go on singing?
then would the song become a dance?
surely the song and dance go together, one feeds the other :)
can a song be a dance and a dance become a song?
A song is but a dance of emotions, dressed up in a costume of sound waves that are vibrating and waltzing. It starts in my mind and ends in yours. Its the mind's dance
A dance is but a melodious symphony of heart beats and footsteps, a song that the heart sings to convey how it feels. The heart's song.
this is beautiful! somehow, i feel like dancing just reading your words and going to the images they send out..........
mm,I like Smoky Moonlights words as well. Great questions Anne!
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Anne artist: You are very smart for asking if love enables beauty to be seen in a new light? I just wanted to say I love reading your posts and this conversasion really caught my eye. Especially the part where you guys talk about if a song can become a dance and a dance becocme a song. Very inspiring and interesting to hear your guy's views.
Love this !!
:) I am amazed at the words too...I guess when the right questions are asked..the perfect words just flow out from the universe through us.
How could a beautiful question ever have a plain response??
i am savoring this, smokey moonlight.....
Everything is contained in its own opposite.
Khalil
what is an opposite?
I will tell you i heard it before, not because is a old song ....but becos my love for your voice which you sing to me before had turned the simple , layers into a new song ....i loved your blog :)
and your comment has turned this blog into a new song....thanks.
I'll make better than say! I will look for the person who sang it before to prove that she exist, so can I hold your hands and take you to the mirror?
and who will i see in the mirror?
I like the cleverness of your art, and the spike in your questions.
Thank you.
Please check me out;
http://ecelliamsonton.blogspot.com
You'll see a beautiful singer holding me hand, you!
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