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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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I would be a fork...haha...got four,or five "legs"...more stable...i dun want to scoop to travel the road ....but i want to "walk"...along the way :)
a fork, you could just sip your soup.
a fork in the road is another way of talking about a road that turns and choices emerge as a result of it. which way do i go? a spoon, well a spoon is something i can use to sip my soup.
a warm comforting soup, perhaps..........i can linger over the soup and postpone decisions for another day. or what if it was a dessert type soup?
if the road forks, i cannot go on as it has. as s.a. says......the road has developed its own legs.......
would i wish to be a place where decisions are made or a tool to enable me to sip life, to nourish myself?
hmmm....Anne, see what you mean...hope someone would invent something that can be spoon and fork ....well, i think it in the way as in ...in this journey of life ...we should not "scoop low" for living life ....and well, guess when i am eating rice ...i need the spoon more than i need it when i am drinking soup ...rice ...people becos of "rice bowl"...can do lots of things that is "unimaginable"....
then, fork is what you should be...
then i will be not which is familiar but that which takes me away from it.
then, s.a., if we had a combination fork/spoon, would we use our knives differently?
Knifes ...will never go with spoon ....becos logically knifes is used to cut ...and once in piece it is the fork that is in partner to bring the food to your mouth ....so ...guess ...knifes are pair up with forks more than spoons are ....well, anyway thanks Anne for letting me see spoon in a different light :)
s.a., we learn from each other.........
if i were a knife in the road, would it cut through all the traffic?
haha...what does the traffic and road means here ?? Knife ...is used to cut things ...cut through traffic and roads ...gives me an idea of a speeding vehicle :)
knives separate...they make things into bite sized pieces.......
perhaps a knife in the road would enable the traveler to separate the noise from the quiet, the sensory overload from the simplicity so that stillness could be found in the midst of traveling. one step at a time.......movement in the midst of stillness.......if i travel that way, will i become the road itself?
May be in beoming the road ....you will need to put up sign boards to give directions ....and when you put it up...do consider whether the persons on the road understand, use the signs in a correct way and perhaps ...when the knife is alone ....dun forget that there is a fork lieing around ....partner with it ...to enjoy the way :)
ah, yes, we are back to the fork..............full circle..........
and if i make signs to tell travelers about myself, who will read them? will they be so caught up in their journeys that they will not notice the marks i make.........? until perhaps a fork appears........and suddenly then the travelers will look for signs...
if i am a road, then when i sleep, i will dream of knives cutting through the noise. forks opening new ways to reach out across the land. and maybe even a spoon to sip each moment until i awaken.
when i open my eyes, i will realize i am a person dreaming i am a road. i will letter a sign with my name. and walk into the new day.
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