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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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13 comments:
The reason you are a lightbulb is because you feel inadequate in comparison to the sun. You wear this glow, but it really isn't a true glow. It's one created in a factory, that can be bought and sold.
Now the sun, that's the real deal. No one can create the sun. So trying to be the sun is a vain endeavour. No one can ever be what the sun is.
You should lose that lightbulb and be what you really are.
Miranda<3
How do you come up with this stuff? I really like it.
thanks, bee. it just comes to me in quiet moments.
as for light bulb inadequacy, well, in comparison to the sun, it would lose out in terms of brightness. but, when night comes..........the light bulb just might move into its own.
so maybe there are times to express one's inner lightbulb.......
Will the lightbulb fill itself to be a part of the sun?Feel honored that a part of light resides in him, and that he is just a child for the sun,when sun is gone to spread light to the other part of the world he is given the job to light our selves..'how would the lightbulb feel? proud to be the child of the light giver!!
BH
so would a lightbulb, created by a factory, feel related to the sun? or separate from it. and how would that impact on how the lightbulb feels about the sun?
would it represent something the light bulb can never be?
or, as you say bh, would it be wise enough to see itself as a child of the sun, with a task of its own, a light of its own?
You know the quote where it says we all come on this earth with a mission,so maybe the lightbulb's mission,destiny,job is to spread that light..and how we perceive a situation depends on us..
the lightbulb can feel inferior,left out or plain bad for believe sun to be different from him,for sun to outshine him..
or he can see sun as a part of him,as his successor for the night,as two bodies with the same surface, and feel happy, secure, belonged and proud..
depends on the lightbulb's perception..
so, what you are saying, bh, is that if we feel like we belong, then that changes everything. we find ways to connect, to see value in ourselves and those around us.
...and to feel separate from creates even more isolation......which is not as simplistic as it might sound.
If i were a lightbulb, i know my place,to be used in the dark....so when i see the sun ....i become small....and the sun take over ...guess everyone of us plays our individual part in this world ....whether you are invented or happen to be a part of nature .....and when you take up your role willingly ....everything will falls into place ....i will be a humble lightbulb :)
as will the sun be an humble sun, perhaps?
The Sun is indeed a humble sun....it has been doing it's duty for the past thousands of years till now ....daily rising and setting ....never miss his part in providing ....that i called humble ...doing it's part faithfully :)Will the sun ever get tired ??
sa., the humility of providing......i had not thought of it that way.....
Hey! you and the sun would probably never shine at the same time!!!! YOu would probably say, Here he comes :) and take rest.
raj......i like that! i could collaborate with the sun, if i were a lightbulb........
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