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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:
Both. When you are the limbs, you bring about goodness to the world (like creating works of art) and when you are the flower, you are the product of someone else's good work (for example, your parents, friends, environment, morals, etc.)
I think we start off as flowers and become branches striving to be covered with buds.
Miranda<3
m, i like the idea of the tree's process.
For myself, i prefer to be the limbs....becos the limbs (or branches) always had been the useful part bring water from the roots to other parts of the tree to let it grow ....not like the leaves nor flowers which will need to drop or died for the sake of helping to reproduce for the tree ....but guess every parts of the tree is useful and we can never choose to be part of it or not, except to make good use of the unity of body with the gifts of individual to make a difference ...:)
s.a., bringing water from the roots.....it's almost like the limbs have a river function......
Reminds me of a old song "In this valley they say you are leaving, we will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile...."....sometimes when life gets complicated and stress out i just like to sing ....:)
s.a., this reminds me of the time i worked in aging, with people who had had strokes and were aphasic...sometimes, they could sing. or people who were confused could sing songs from their past.
i wonder if the rhythms of our childhood still beat within us long after they are seemingly forgotten.
May be singing out songs is the unknowingly letting out of our will .....they still do and always will...."is a small world after all...there is just one moon and one golden sun....and one smile means friend ship to everyone ...there so much, that we share, is a small world after all ".... Blessed Christmas :)
one small world with many songs and as you say, s.a., one smile.......
I'd rather be "blossoms". If I am a tree what is the main purpose is to give shade and make a forest...so i need to blossom...and to create more of my breed....if not why survive...just to give shade...?
to give shade or to produce more trees.....
to give new life or to be a healing respite to the life that exists...
a choice indeed.
Well...indeed life indeed boiled down to choices afterall....
and the choice not to chose is also a choice......
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