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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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53 comments:
you dresses up with your soul.
if you want to "throw it all away"...then why bother to go to that occasion??....unless if you decide that occasion needs your attention ....and that means ....you need not throw it all away :)
I like your blog, and your quest for more answers. However, a paradox is a statement or bunch of statements that lead to a contradiction, or to a situation that appears to defy intuition; it doesn't necessarily indicate that there are more than one right answer. At any rate, I think I get your point, so I'll try to keep up with your blog.
Now to address your apparent paradox: is 'throwing it all away' an occasion? An event? I don't think so. It is a saying, a way to express the desire to get rid of one's responsibilities and demands, to choose another way to live. Whether one does this clothed or naked is not relevant to the issue. Perhaps, a better question could be: 'If a were to throw it all away, would I have anything left to wear (for my new life)?
Please do not take this the wrong way, I am home for summer vacation and am extremely bored. I didn't mean to be picky or anything. Keep blogging.
as for today's post, what does "throwing it all away" mean? and is it a contradiction then to dress for the occasion? and what is "dressing"", after all?
or...you dresses up the new emperor's clothes! hehehe
ps: i like the Alessandra's question: "If a were to throw it all away, would I have anything left to wear (for my new life)?"
very creative!
yes, and the emperor, if he threw it all away, would he have anything to left to wear in his new life?
reading the questions and insights of those who comment....is a gift to me. so much brilliance out there in the world......
"throw it all away" means put your past in the garbage. Of course, because it's difficult rejected our principles and characteristics when we trying to live a new phase in our history.
"Dressing" in my opinion, means new responses and thoughts that you are arranged for a change in your live.
sorry to my bad bad english, but the feelings are most importants for me that the languages. anyway , i'm so embarassed with my vocabulary.
i like what you said about "dressing". that one word could mean many things. as well as "all".
thank you for communicating on this blog.
nice or swell or or paradoxical
or something else
yes.....or something else....
When you are in a new life, you get "dressed" up again by the many things that you experienced ....and it will be "throw it away" again cycle....what if we choose to remained naked ....does the emperor mind ??then again,....if we don't dressed up, how do we present ourselves ??
based on your comment, i am wondering if "getting dressed up" is another way of referring to how it is we see ourselves.
WOw, this is taking a life of its own. I think even before addressing the 'dressing up' question, I would ask myself why is it that I'm throwing everything away. Is it so bad that it can't be fixed?
And if I screwed up this much, who's to say if I start over I won't screw up even worse? Am I actually running away when I throw it all away? So it seems to me....
you can be attired in your very finest birthday suit.
Lazarus lupin
http://strangespanner.blogspot.com/
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are you running away or running toward or is it just the running itself that inspires you to dress up for the occasion?
I like this.. :)
Great question!!
No. Because in the dumpster would also be the need for an "occasion."
so what is thrown away is also worth recognizing?
Shall we assume *all* includes the concept of an occasion?
i am not sure i am understanding. are you saying that "all" includes the concept of the occasion one is throwing away?
Well yes, in my bubble anyway.
ah, a fellow bubbler......
so is it possible to throw "it" all away? and could i throw it all away without it being an occasion?
and if it somehow is all thrown away, it is actually possible for it to be gone?
I don't know.
well, there you have it........i wonder if anyone knows.
"if i were to throw it all away". My interpretation of this is of a person thinking of giving up on the life he's living. It means to cast away all ones ties and possesions and be completely free from whatever one finds troubling. It also however, means the giving up of things one enjoys but as a necessary sacrifice.
I guess I would dress up for the occasion. I would wear something that feels comfortable and potrays the new life which i want to immerse myself in. I find that to be a really interesting and somewhat humorous question.
and if it somehow is all thrown away, it is actually possible for it to be gone?.
To that i think not. It is never possible to be fully rid of ones troubles in life, except of course by death.
That made me think of a very peculiar question.
If you know you are going to die at a certain time, would you dress up for it.
i am glad you found the humor.......
If, whatever you're throwing away is made up of other people etc., it will not go away just because you threw it away. The other people involved will continue to go on, you will be the only 'thing' that is actually gone. So perhaps you're not throwing it 'all away, you're simply throwing yourself away....
if i do that, am i turning myself into an "it"?
no i dont think you will be.
If youre friends and the pple in youre life are the ones who rid themselves of you, THEN you could be seen as an it.
but since youre the one who is throwing them away it doesnt apply. At least not in my opinion.
I, like countless others, find your blog immensely intriguing. you should come check out my blog sometime :)
xoxo,
calisunshine
p.s.
Ill keep up with your writing :)
I don't think so. Perhaps, it would be better to say 'I'm throwing myself away' rather than 'throwing it'. Don't you think?
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Isn't every moment of our lives just a series of occasions? And if so, why do we give more importance to some than to others?
thank you for this question.
why, indeed.
For the trees, autumn is such an occasion. And there they are, dressed up for winter.
what a beautiful image! thank you for it.
and in winter, trees wear sparkling icicle necklaces and snowy hats......having thrown away the brightly colored leaves of fall.
Great blog, great posts.
I will dress properly to the ocassion ;)
Kisses***
fantastic! i never tough of it this way. since you're throwing everything away, i guess it could mean you'll be changing stuff in your life because it was not the life you wanted. you expect more from your new life so i suppose you can celebrate...
thanks. a new dance, a new ballroom and definitely some new dance slippers.....
i dont agree with the celebratory tune.
Though throwing everything away can be a time to celebrate, it is also a time to regret because there'll always be somethings that would have to be sacrificed. Somethings that you dont want to leave but have to in order to fully start over
this reminds me of your earlier question.....if you knew the moment of your death, would you dress up for it?
I suppose I would. I would try to make it as dramatical as possible. I'll probably throw a party and make sure no one but myself would know i was going to die.......thats just me by the way.
Would you dress up for it?
yes. no. maybe.
it depends on when i first knew when the time of my death would be. would it be on short notice or would i have time to plan and gather things together? and how i felt about my life. as well as where i would be when the time arrived.
i might want to wear everything that i had enjoyed wearing. even if it was many layered. or i might want to wrap myself in a comfortable blanket.
maybe i would simply look out at sea or up at the moon...and choose to be dressed in moonbeams or in the colors of water as the sun sets on the horizon.
when you said throw it all away, I have seen people have asked you why do you wish to throw it all away in the first place?
If you are throwing it all away, are you talking about the materialistic world, or are you talking about the past, it can also be your evils that you wish to get rid of, would you "dress" for the occasion? What do you mean by dressing?
If you are throwing away your evil hasn´t your soul already worn a beautiful dress of purity and innocence?
And can we truly throw it all away?Some connection is always there with the "it".
Bleeding Healer
thank you for your questions and yes....there is "it", for me,.and would i choose to dress "it" and if so, how?
and what is "it"?
is part of me an "it"? can i be me without it.......?
you know sometimes they say that it is best to leave some things behind, so may be that "it" you want to throw out, is something you know you can survive without, otherwise the thought of throwing it all away wouldn´t have come in your mind, the first place. Since somewhere you know you will be allright even after you have thrown "it" all away,and somewhere the "it" will echo in you, but may be the connections, or the volume of it´s sound would reduce, since you would be far away from "it" after it is thrown it all away..
so your question about the 'it"....can we really throw "it" all away......and then your most recent comment...let's see, am i getting what you are saying here....?
i can throw it all away and perhaps have actually thrown it away before i actually do simply because i know i can do without "it". and that knowing is maybe even more important than the throwing.......
yet, afterwards, the echo, the connection might still linger even though i am far away. and far away is a place i know is different.....and new......so to hear the echo is a reminder of who i am becoming.....and becoming is an occasion to dress up!
whew!
Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!You got more than I said.Glad you understood.
Keep Posting.
Bleeding Healer
to understand without understanding "it" and to embrace the echo, the ghost and any walking sticks that might come my way!
How could you dress up if you were throwing it all away? And what is "all" anyway? If "all" is within, it is impossible to rid yourself of it completely.
that's the question.....
what can "dress up" mean?
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