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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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12 comments:
Without a proper definition or understanding of who we are, we never actually hear anything.
And can't listen without self definition.
You won't lose your hearing if you never listen to yourself because, if that's the case, you never had hearing to begin with.
without a context, we have no frame of reference. no language for what we hear. without sign posts, the road has no scenery.......
If we don't listen to ourselves,we won't lose our hearing but we lose the meaning of hearing...
I like your every post very much,can I share some of it on Facebook? I will credit to this blog below every of the pics...Hope can get your response...
you can share it as long as you credit it to me and my blog.
i would love the get the word out about this blog. so thanks for helping!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=176056822415530&set=a.176056649082214.36458.100000336412308
this is the link of the album I post on Facebook...Thanks so much for the approve...=)
thank you as well.
Listening to both others and yourself is important ....you will continue to hear even as you don't listen to yourself ...but will you "process" what you are hearing....hear needs heart ...listen is just a form of activity you do for the sake of Love ....judge yourself ....which is more important ??
s.a., beautiful.....listening as something we do for the sake of love...
Hearing and listening are two different things. When we don't listen (engage in what is being said) all we hear is noise. When we hear without listening for long enough, we become deaf to the voice pleading to be heard. Our hearts get hard and our ears get dull. Yes, if you don't listen to yourself or others for long enough, you will become deaf to the noise of the words. Sad but true.
Rosemary
steadfast ahoy, i like the concept that to listen is to "engage in what is being said".
thanks!
If you do not say anything, you will never know.
mwb, that's a good point.....if i don't acknowledge it to myself, i won't hear myself saying that i can't hear and the illusion will continue.
and we do enjoy our illusions......at least some of the time.
it's great to hear from you, by the way!
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