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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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7 comments:
With today technology ...maybe writing what you really think in the internet can really let you "see" me close-up provided you are giving the real information of yourself ....then again....so many risks involved ....but i hope that being far away does not mean that the relationships we built up through the journey we walk would come to not letting you see me close up ....is not the distance but the feelings for each other that let them have the closeness of each other :)
s.a........you remind me of the phrase.....i "feel" close to you...
maybe there are versions, aspects, of someone i see over the internet that i might not notice as quickly face to face.
no matter the distance it is more a question of "opening" oneself truly with confidence.
does distance matter to be close or far away from someone?
I can be near you, yet so far away..and I can be distance apart yet so near...
If you are focusing on me with one eye close..would I take it as a wink and laugh at your playfulness?
BH
interesting that you bring up opening, i.
if i am closed, then what do i see?
bh, maybe you see me looking at you close-up with one eye and from faraway with the closed one......
This post reminds me of something someone said to me about relationships.
"Sometimes you just have to keep one eye closed."
Meaning no one is perfect. Is this worth separating from your love one over?
I don't know.......this is a tricky area of relationships.
n, sounds like a wise person. if i look at anyone too close-up, including myself, it is all too easy to lose perspective.
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