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celebrating the art of paradox

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

if we were on the road to nowhere, would we stop at red lights?


Posted by anne artist at 12:14 PM 9 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, December 25, 2011

if i were a diagonal line, would i see curves as unnatural?


Posted by anne artist at 9:34 AM 5 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

if it were too late to turn around, would it be too early to walk a mile in another's shoes?


Posted by anne artist at 8:30 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, December 18, 2011

if i said it was all about the dance, would you reply that it was all about the music?


Posted by anne artist at 8:00 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

if i touched the cloud, would you no longer believe i was sunlight?


Posted by anne artist at 8:00 AM 2 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, December 11, 2011

if i talked in my sleep, would you see me as merely a dream?


Posted by anne artist at 10:53 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

if i go for a walk in the daylight, will i see clouds in the shadows at my feet?


Posted by anne artist at 7:50 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, pardox

Sunday, December 4, 2011

if i showed you my guitar, would you lose interest in my self portrait?


Posted by anne artist at 11:51 AM 12 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Monday, November 28, 2011

if i drew you a picture of my name, would you tell me i needed no introduction?


Posted by anne artist at 1:05 PM 12 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Saturday, November 26, 2011

if a tree grew up out of the ocean, would it have fish for leaves?


Posted by anne artist at 8:14 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

if i were at home with myself, who would i take on vacation?


Posted by anne artist at 8:57 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Saturday, November 19, 2011

if i sat very still, would i be running with silence?


Posted by anne artist at 9:24 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

if i stand on the edge, will i see below the surface?


Posted by anne artist at 7:48 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, November 13, 2011

if i saw my reflection in a river, would i think i was a fish?


Posted by anne artist at 10:12 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

if i were a tv, would i rather be a telescope?


Posted by anne artist at 8:22 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, November 6, 2011

if i were a kaleidoscope, would i rather be one red crayon?


Posted by anne artist at 8:53 AM 7 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

if i did not read your book because i did not want to know the ending, would you ask me to read one page only?


Posted by anne artist at 7:36 AM 12 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, October 30, 2011

if i dressed as a witch on halloween, would you wish me happy birthday?


Posted by anne artist at 8:15 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

if i were a parade, would i rather be a picnic?


Posted by anne artist at 7:44 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, October 23, 2011

if i were an image's reflection, would i rather be its photograph?


Posted by anne artist at 9:31 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

if i assume assumptions are questionable, is that a questionable assumption?


Posted by anne artist at 7:14 AM 10 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, October 16, 2011

if i were a bicycle, would i rather be a river?


Posted by anne artist at 8:26 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

if i look outside my window, will i see inside myself?


Posted by anne artist at 4:36 PM 8 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, October 9, 2011

if i were a lamp, would i rather be a candle?


Posted by anne artist at 7:23 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

if you teach me to read, will i see you as an open book?


Posted by anne artist at 9:28 AM 19 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, October 2, 2011

if i were an arrow, would i rather be the bow?


Posted by anne artist at 7:58 AM 18 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

if i race the sun, will i become the moon?


Posted by anne artist at 8:02 AM 15 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, September 25, 2011

if i fell into a raindrop, would i know the cloud?


Posted by anne artist at 7:17 AM 12 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

if i were a television, would i rather be a radio?


Posted by anne artist at 7:04 AM 4 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, September 18, 2011

if i live a straightforward life, will i see what i left behind?

Posted by anne artist at 9:44 AM 12 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

if i jumped for joy, would my shadow walk alone?

Posted by anne artist at 8:16 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, September 11, 2011

if i am counting backwards, am i going forward in reverse?

Posted by anne artist at 8:35 AM 7 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

if i were a number, would i rather be a word?

Posted by anne artist at 8:20 AM 15 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, September 4, 2011

if i were an apple, would i rather be a daisy?


Posted by anne artist at 9:04 AM 6 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

if i am the center of my own universe, will i believe in space travel?

Posted by anne artist at 8:09 AM 6 comments:
Labels: caroon, humor, paradox

Sunday, August 28, 2011

if i tell you a secret, will you draw me a map?


Posted by anne artist at 7:52 AM 13 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

if i were a fish, would i think birds swim through the air?

Posted by anne artist at 8:59 AM 11 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, August 21, 2011

if i were too stunned to answer, would you become the question?


Posted by anne artist at 9:03 AM 7 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

if i stumbled and fell up into the clouds, would i skin my knees?


Posted by anne artist at 7:46 AM 7 comments:
Labels: art, caroon, humor, paradox

Sunday, August 14, 2011

if i were a kite without a string, would my fears be groundless?


Posted by anne artist at 7:44 AM 10 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

if i forget my past, will it remember that i was once its present?


Posted by anne artist at 7:19 AM 11 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, August 7, 2011

if i lost my way home, would i buy a new pair of shoes?

Posted by anne artist at 7:49 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

if i were a falling star, would i wish on the first person i see?

Posted by anne artist at 8:54 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, July 31, 2011

if we sing for our supper, will we hunger for breakfast?

Posted by anne artist at 7:49 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

if a balloon floated in between us, would we forget to look at one another?

Posted by anne artist at 7:33 AM 8 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, July 24, 2011

if i speak my mind, will i mind if no one listens?

Posted by anne artist at 7:17 AM 12 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

if i "hear" my words before i speak them, will it be a sign of language?

Posted by anne artist at 7:36 AM 7 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, July 17, 2011

if i put my best foot forward, will the other one lag behind?

Posted by anne artist at 7:10 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

on dreamless nights will i remember who i am?

Posted by anne artist at 7:26 AM 12 comments:
Labels: cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, July 10, 2011

if i were ripples on a pond's surface, would i rather be the pebble whose fall into the water started the process?

Posted by anne artist at 7:39 AM 16 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, philosophy, psychology
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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

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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.
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you can find my cartoons in this online magazine!

http://thoughtsonsale.com/

here is the link to my photography blog about simplicity:

  • before leaving the house

on a clear day she could see forever

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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