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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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16 comments:
I would rather say that my intension was to sorprise you by not ringing the doorbell but, clearly, you'll be the one sorprising me with your green hair.
sara, very funny.........thank you for the opportunity to laugh..........
I did not ring the doorbell...maybe is because i did not want to come in....and,yes i will ask you why is your hair green...does it represents the leaves on the trees ??
Is your hair green? hehehe
no, anne artist's hair is not green, although the idea of it looking like the leaves on a tree is a charming one.
once, not long ago, i had blue hair.........a few strands here and there. so i guess my hair was like the sky on a partly cloudy day.
s.a., if you were outside my house, why would you not want to come in?
but yet, you would be curious about my hair.......
Because i couldn't know whether you will allow me to come in...just like seasons make the leaves drop from the tree ....i was curious of your hair as like the leaves on the tree ....was it the season...that you will invite me into your house :)
i do like this. there are seasons that have nothing to do with the calendar. and if my hair were green, then maybe i would be in a season of newness and eager to make contact.
s.a., now i am wondering if there are seasons to each day...........
Ya...haha....there are seconds to each day...just like there are seasons to each year ....there are moments we fear much, we rejoice much , we are in anger...so let's us make sure that in these moments we make good use of it to produce a good harvest to the society, to our nation or to ourselves :)
cycles of nature. cycles are our nature throughout the day....
each moment distinct yet part of a cycle that takes us into yet a different cycle. if we insist on sameness will the harvest fail?
Maybe in the "sameness"...there are twists and turns ...little changes that make it interesting ...maybe sameness may equate with boring ...but i always thought that in the sameness ...it brings about security thus ...progress becos of stability :)
so, within sameness there are "twists and turns" and so there is change within it. we might look at the overall picture and notice the sameness and disregard that which changes.
so what is continuity? is it the familiar that remains noticeable despite the change? or is it the constancy of change giving us new eyes with which to see?
Perhaps continuity...requires both element of what you mentions ...., perhaps it depends on the individual, organization or the government to realise what is the season it is in ...to apply of which element it should use ...perhaps it requires in what situation the reactor needs to continue from there ....perhaps continuity requires that commitment to sustains what that is present ...thus we have leaves that fall but the life of tree continues becos there is roots ...and remove the roots from the ground ....and it will not have life :)
and what do the leaves know of the roots? as well as the roots' understanding of what it is to be a leaf.........yet, all a part of the tree.
can the tree do other than produce new leaves in the spring? and let them fall softly to the ground when the wind blows cold..........
Ya...so that it is ...about tree...it never knows what the different parts is doing, but it is strongly standing firm on ground to grow and produce fruit ....thus we say knowledge puffs up....then again as human if we control and use our brain to invent, to rediscover every basics of creation and to improve on all aspects of health ...do you think it will better the lives of yours and others ...when there is no love being built up ....spring brought leaves to grow healthy and produce flowers ...and these flowers died ....to produce fruits :)....thus ...the trees do not only let leaves drop and blow by wind ....but it produce fruit ...btw i hope one of these days ...you will have the courage to dye your hair green :)
i guess i could dye my hair green and say it is lime green.........born of a fruit tree............
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