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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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Since you knock, and did not ring the doorbell ...therefore i will not hear the doorbell....
question : Do you then heard the knocks on your door when i knock at your door ?? Will you open it ?? Or would you insist that you want to hear the doorbell ??
since i assume you will ring the doorbell, i might not listen for your knock at the door. even if you do knock, i might not hear it since the sound would not be what i was expecting.
and why would you choose to knock at the door rather than ring the doorbell?
I can't hear the doorbell...i hear the knocks ....haha....
if you listen for the knocks only then the doorbell ceases to have meaning........
If I keep the doors open as a sign of an open invitation, would you still ring the doorbell, still knock on the door?
what if my intention of leaving the doors open was a sign of friendship and care, would you still follow the courtesy measures and ring the bell or knock on the door?
Why don't you just walk in?
bh, is what looks like an open door always an open door?
An open door is not exciting ...guess a closed door brings more mystery....and when is opened with warmth....the delight would be much more :)....
to discover warmth expectedly, then brings more delight? does it take us beyond what we expected and so we more easily get caught up in the joy?
Well...depends ...unexpectedly is surprise ...expectedly is growing...perhaps....well...openingdoors bring everyone....closed doors open to someone who knocks or ring the doorbell...Anne, which kind of doors would you like ??
i would like a door with a window in it so that i could see you as you walk toward my house. then i could open the door and stand in my doorway and welcome you to my home.
and you, s.a.? what kind of door would you prefer?
Actually, i dun know which kind of doors i like ....but guess i dun like the kind of doors you said ...cos ...what you do inside the room...would be seen by the people outside the door ...but then again i see your point of wanting a window on the door :)...guess haha...i remove the door and have seamless opening ...no...no...guess i am flexible ...if there is wind and i would like the wind to blow ...i open the door, and if i feel unsafe or wanted more privacy ...or to block out sounds and distractions ...i closed the door ...until i hear the doorbell....or knocks ....but i got no hearing illness ...so i will definitely open the door :)
if the door is solid, then i cannot see out of it. the information about the outside world comes to me through my sense of hearing. my ears then become my eyes.
i wonder, how often do we close the doors to our hearts and no longer see what is beyond them? and if that happens, when we hear our hearts beating, what do we see?
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