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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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If you are wearing a mask, you are not able to face the world ...
what are you facing instead?
You are facing a task to accomplish something that the world could not fathom ....and thus the mask is needed ....but important thing is that you need to still be able to face yourself ....because only in facing yourself and seeing the reflection of yourself ....you will only know the path of the task that you need to accomplish which may lead you to wear different masks at different times ....is an extra-ordinary call, but a call that you can choose to decide to take it up ....:)....(answer this with a simple inspiration that only wants to let persons who read, feel the need to look upon what masks they are wearing and what masks they needed to wear in the future)
The masks we wear determine how we face life. We are never without a mask. The mask becomes us.
so, mwb and sa, it becomes the art of making friends with our masks.......?
Guess, good and true friends know when you are wearing what masks for what purposes ....:)....i dun like the idea of wearing masks ....but i like the fragance of "White Mask" by Bodyshop....and the cartoon "Mask"....when i watched it when i was very young :)
if we wear masks, then is life a costume party and are we the guests?
Costume party....hmmm....why must it be a costume party....why not everyone of us take down our masks and let it be a nice,little sunny party out in the garden ....held in the daylight...without the formal and troublesome costume ...:)
the costume, the mask does lend an aspect of formality to the party. which causes me to wonder, is formality in a way, a feeling of distance from another person?
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