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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:
The truth is when you were all you had left in the world ...is it necessary to still believe in addition....then if you could not believe in addition do you think that addition is not there ?? The case, is, addition will always be there ...but becos you are all that is left ...addition couldn't or is not able to freely let you believe in it :)
if i am all there is left in the world, would i then be addition?
Yes, the addition of the things you can do to know the world, an enormous number of possibilities to learn...
Hey, Anne...i discovered i like this picture you draw ...is there anyway i can print it out ...or can you actually give it to me in any ways ....what is the blue blanks on top means ??This figure is in purple ...and at the back there is a little green "harvestbag"...i can easily call it a green "burden" ....Well, to your question i think you couldn't be the addition ...becos addition is a "activity"...word that produces another object...and only trinity God,could do creation of when all i were all i had left in the world...a single object or a single person wouldn't be the addition :)
sylvie, it sounds like addition is not so much about the sum itself, but about the process of combining.......
s.a., i think you can simply print out the image. i appreciate your asking first. as i am sure you know, these images are copyrighted. i am glad that you like this image, by the way.
it is interesting the the green shape appears both to be a harvest bag and a burden....
if addition is an activity, would my life be about what i do.........if all i had left was my own self........or would it be about something else?
as for the blue, well, it could be the sky or it could be................whatever you think it is. which is........?
Maybe the addition is the things that do ...thus you are carrying the green burden, or the harvest bag ...so whatever you are doing ...decide that are you adding comfort to people's lives so that the burdens could turn into harvest :)...
As for the blue "sky"...lines...blanks ...i have a word for it "DEAREST"...seven lines...or blanks ....because you were all that is left in the world ....you must be the "costliest"...the most precious...so the word should be dearest :)
how difficult is it for us to simply not do? or not carry with us the framework of activity. if i simply "be", can that become an activity?
what is the opposite of "active"? i am not sure it is "passive".
so, s.a., the blue lines could be symbols........of validation.......even if i do not see them. if i do not add them one by one until a total is reached...........
nor if i do not understand addition at all. even if think it is simply an activity............
why not.. You are so productive, and you keep questioning; is that not an effort at addition?
r, an interesting question. is a question addition or subtraction.........maybe even a geometric process........?
call it multiplication if you like, but i do think it adds up or atleast attempts to add up!
so, r, no matter what i call it..........addition remains addition...............
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