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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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If i were a guitar, i feel controlled by the strings but is only because i am controlled by the strings, i will be who i am ...the guitar that produces music,that smoothes the feelings of people....a question, would the guitar feels liberated by the strings ...since it helps the guitar to fulfill it's usefulness...then if a guitar lost it's strings, what would it be ?? Is it still a guitar ??
We are controlled by the limitations of our parts, but feel them only at times. May be , may be not..
i like that, r. "we are controlled by the limitations of our parts."
there are times when are one with our parts, with our strings, and other times not. as you say.
and s.a., i like your question, is it still a guitar if it has lost its strings?
guitar strings wear out. and restringing can take time. there is the wear and tear. the newness. yet, if i tap on the guitar, another sound springs forth. the guitar as drum, perhaps.
is a guitar a guitar only if music comes of it? it is a guitar simply because of it shape, its design?
what impact does what i write or speak have on me? does it control me in any way? am i a guitar that is sometimes a drum? a guitar that has lost its strings and so perhaps not seen as a guitar by others?
In the first place,guess it's shape and design gives us the idea that it is a guitar, if, it is used as a drum, should it take the shape of a drum ??...what you wrote ...may influence how you think and act...perhaps being a drum sometimes and a guitar without strings frees us up to be the original design and shape intended for it, by the one who create you.
to be freed to move beyond the expected shape. beyond labels.
if wonder if that works with something like dusting........if i call it "dancing" would it change the experience?
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