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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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9 comments:
i'm not sure, but it would have lost it's affect.
Perhaps maybe when we ask the questions, we will have in mind how the persons we pose our questions to... will answer the questions ...guess, thus knowing the answer, will let the question lost its meaning ...but if we dun ask questions ...do you think we will get to understand the subject more deeply...if we had not really know the subject well ....and it doesn't matter if you know the answers (becos there is no standard answers to questions)....but guess the affords and effects of asking questions is a necessary skills to expand a ever growing mind, heart and life :)
so, to question, in and of itself, has meaning...........aside from that of being the catalyst to an answer........
and yes, how often do we ask a question when we already believe we have an answer?
which brings me to ask..........when is a question not a question?
Sometimes questions are asked to build a bridge between the persons...dun you think...the world will be very dull if there is no questions ....question marks "?" hooked signs ...is to get your attention ...to catch you ....on whatever awareness or unawareness you are having ....when question is not a question ...is when you are stating a fact ...just like God is love ....is fact...and what you accept as facts are not facts ....unless you understand the questions ask and be able to deliver a conclusion that makes sense and create a non existence into an existence....aren't the inventors and sciencists the most intellgient questions "askers"....well ...i am not a sciencist ....nor an artist ...i studied engineering during my teritary education :)
so, s.a., an answer is not necessarily a fact. but can be a way of bringing something new into existence.
something that might enable me to ask more questions and be a part of the process of birthing newness.
and that newness can be like a bridge on which to travel and discover other people along the way..........
i like that........thanks!
Anne, i enjoy answering your questions and looking at your drawing ...btw why did you draw an eye with red colour ....are you looking for an answer ...passionately?? ...haha
s.a., i love this!
red for me is a color representing life...........
is there life within a question?
the question is just part of the answer after that
r, i like it! thanks.
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