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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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43 comments:
I like these posts, very moving, very kind.
I stumbled upon your blog while I was browsing blogger. I have recently become interested in the act of questioning. This act is more of a personal experience in which I ask myself about what I am sensing, feeling, thinking, perceiving, etc For instance, I feel anger but ask myself what is this anger? I feel this frees me from the shackles of identification with the anger and presents a space in which another, deeper answer arises. This answer feels more authentic. This is another answer to be interpreted as a question. I find this 'chance' coincidence or synchronous event - me stumbling upon your blog - to be interesting and attractive (for lack of a better descriptor).
so answering becomes the art of creating a new question and the space in which to be with it until it becomes an answer soon to become a new question?
thanks for finding my blog.
Hi,,, i really dnt know who r u ..but after going through your blog...you are really greate...and awesome personality....nice to see a creative genius like u...have a grt time..
have you heard of joseph campbell? he spoke of following your bliss. that is what i am doing with this blog. thanks for being a part of it!
Do not cry
if water does not fall from my eyes, will my eyes miss seeing where that takes me?
I like, have you drown the draws?
es muy hermoso tu blog, gracias a ti por compartir tu arte :)
yes. these are my drawings.
Hi! I'm from Argentina and looking for something interesting to read I found your Blog which I must admit it is VERY interesting! Your posts are great! You make me think a lot!
Go on like this!! I enjoy pretty much reading your posts and comments!
Loves,
Agustina
thanks! it was great to hear from you.
what is dis all about huh
why ask the question?
why not?
what it is about? the art of the question. paradox. about the journey...where a question leads in the adventure of discovering an answer, knowing all the while there is not any one answer. only another question waiting to be asked.
Halo, i like it too! keep it going on
This stuff is utterly awful and pretentious.
Or perhaps it is me that writes the comment that is the creator? Is that as true as sunshine? Or is sunshine a reflection that hides what is true? Dont burn from my sunshine...(I could go on and on)
this is the most negative comment i have received. so it gave me the opportunity to think. i don't have to publish all comments but it seemed unrealistic to decide not to publish an opinion just because it was negative.
in art, i've heard it said that the worst thing is for your work to elicit no response at all.
as for me, i simply love to draw and to ask questions. i have since i was a child. i post this blog in the hope that someone will respond with a question or comment that will help me think beyond my own view of things.
and i wish to connect to others by doing what brings me joy.
How will you find new answers if no one asks new questions?
hello fellow seeker...have been questioning all my life, they called me an over-inquisitive child, I called them ignorant grown-ups.
Love the blog, carry on lady...dont let a one odd criticism get to you..as they say- "love me or hate me but spare me your indifference"
http://smokecoloredlife.blogspot.com/
it seems that we travel on boats and planes yet a question can take us on a journey of another kind......
how did the eyes learn to cry?
They say light is the fastest traveller in the universe....but can't the mind reach places where even light hasn't reached yet and much faster too? Only those who are capable of travelling with their thoughts and questions can discover new lands that are not on the map yet.
soumya, what an interesting question......what would you say?
and smokey mountain and sara, if you are reading, how would you respond to this question?
anyone else?
as for light traveling, well, at the speed of light, and then the mind not being limited by that. i am wondering, would the mind not need to travel faster than light in order to theorize how fast light travels?
I would like to answer soumya´s question, "how did the eyes learn to cry?"...
the eyes learnt to cry when the soul learnt to feel pain and pleasure..
I have a question...
is the eyes crying, or is it the soul?
your words cause me to wonder......is one's birth a time of pain and pleasure?
does the soul long to be free of the body yet because of the body, it feels........
yes, and now a new question is birthed.......is it the soul that is crying or the body, the eyes?
thank you for being part of the collaboration. i am curious about where it will take us.
pleasure and pain. I find it very difficult to isolate them from one another. Are they not attached with each other in a way 2 split personalities are? like yin-yang there is always some pleasure in pain and some pain in pleasure.
The body and the soul are like a couple where one is mute and the other blind. The mute soul feels pain but cannot express it, the blind body see's through the souls' eyes and sheds a tear.
But how does the soul express pain if the eyes have fogotten how to cry?
indeed one´s birth is time of pain and pleasure, the pain of leaving the warmth of the mother´s womb, but the pleasure of entering this world, but still having the warmth of the mother´s warmth, is life was just a set decorum,then it would be blend, emotions are always a blend,therefore its a birth is a blend of pain and pleasure and also the birth of the soul....
i just read smookymoonlight´s comment and realized mine is quiet similar to hers...
the soul cannot survive without the body, the body cannot survive without the soul, both of them need the other to exist and moreover live..there is a difference between existence and living...
the soul feels the pain, the eyes are a part of the body, and the body is the medium to express the emotions..
well I loved your questions, and tried answering them in my own flimsy way, hope i have satisfied some curiosity...
will be waiting for more posts..=)
certainly one´s birth is a time of pain and pleasure,pain to be taken away from the warmth of the mother´s womb and pleasure for entering the world,yet finding the warmth of mother´s love,life is not a set decorum,pain and pleasure exist together,emotions are always blend together,pain and pleasure is blend in together,there is always some amount of both...
the soul cannot exist without the body,and the bosy cannot exist without the soul,they need each other,and there is a difference between existence and living...if you exist are u living?
it´s the soul that fells the pain,the emotions can be traced to the source,eyes are a part of the body,and the body is the medium to express the emotions...
I will be waiting for more posts..=)
i do love smokey moonlight's question:
"But how does the soul express pain if the eyes have fogotten how to cry?"
by the way, i post new blogs on sunday and wednesday and in between, i look forward to what discoveries come from collaborating with those who comment.
"But how does the soul express pain if the eyes have fogotten how to cry?"
it´s truly a very interesting question,I will try to answer..
have the eyes really forgotten to cry?cause the soul stil fells the emotions,still feels the pain,is it the mind that has commanded the eyes to not be the medium,to not show the pain,to forget how to cry?
I dun know how to swim ...so never try wading in the ocean before ....but i had cried salty tears before....guess when soul wants to show pain, eyes will cry then mind(controlled by spirit)....make eyes forget it's function ....get what i mean ??Another question ...when there is joy will there be tears too ??
I dun know how to swim ...so never try wading in the ocean before ....but i had cried salty tears before....guess when soul wants to show pain, eyes will cry then mind(controlled by spirit)....make eyes forget it's function ....get what i mean ??Another question ...when there is joy will there be tears too ??
yes........tears are about joy, too........and wonder, etc.
thank you for that......so, if i am remembering wading in the ocean when i cry salty tears, are they tears of sadness or joy or wonder or......?
I love this... I can't explain why... Your blog has sophisticated things you know... It is very thoughtful... Love your talent... I'd like you to check out my talent if you can... A poetry blog http://vermascrib.blogspot.com/...
Nice art work.....
wow ur truly an artist!:D
wow such an interesting blog ,congratulate you for having such a genius mind..will follow you from now on..
thank you for being part of the process.....
In wading in the ocean ...we cry fearful tears ....afraid of downing....in a landed context ...we cry lonely tears ....:)
this is like a poem. thank you.
FOR SOME REASON I COULDN'T CLICK ON THE "NEXT BLOG" WITHOUT SAYING HOW AWESOME YOUR BLOG WAS! THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY :-)
This picture has more meaning for me than all your others.
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