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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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I would, because I know you would do so for me. Even after counting, you would multiply for me because you are a good and giving person.
I shouldn't ask you to multiply. it's selfish of me to expect such math from somebody who has already counted for me. But alas, we take for granted the ones who willingly give so much.
so if i gave simplicity, would you ask for complexity?
just because you knew i would give you what you ask?
but if i am one who counts, am i also one who multiplies?
Counting is recording the amount that is there....whereas multiplying is to grow the amount ....if you are to count to ten, would you be thinking of growing it to mulitples of ten, or would you just to it becos you are asked to ?? So it depends...on whether you choose to be the one who counts or multiplys or both ....sometimes counting the numbers make us realise that numbers in itself got it's wonderful aspects of giving us the signifiance of things that we never expect would happen ;)...the good of both mulitplying and counting ....
s.a., this is interesting.........counting is recording what is there. what i see and touch. yet, there are times in which multiplying involves imagining.....imagining what multiples of what i am seeing would be like.
so i wonder, if you ask me to multiply, are you inviting me to go beyond the day to day?
Guess....ya i am ....wonderful multiplying ....imagine and invent ....for the good of mankind ;)
s.a, i do like that.........multiplying seen as imaging and inventing.....mankind does deserve higher math!
But in the process of getting a higher Math we also need to count the costs involved through learning from history mistakes ...that takes ....a lot of patience in learning ...a lot of applying wisdom and knowledge ....and we need to unite our hearts to go for the goals ;)
yes, subtraction, division can come into the picture.
but then, there is the equal sign. or the line drawn, under which a total appears. no matter what the mathematical process, the end product is a solution. sometimes, we have to start over or ask for help. yet, we are not alone, for the world is full of people counting the days as the world spins and spins.
so if i count my heartbeats, will you ask me to multiply them by all the people with whom i share this earth?
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