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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 look at it as an opportunity to come to myself and then, at dawn, rise again.
stephanie
s, sunset as time to "come to myself". i like that image. thanks..........
hey you are in a sari!
r, my other self.....perhaps???
You look half cat and half woman :)....but most importantly you are the shadow of your former self :)
s.a., as a shadow of my former self, would my present self be shadow-less? what is a self without a shadow?
How do you form shadow ?? Perhaps to be a shadowless...self...is that light is emitting from you, and not light casting on you :)...
This makes me think of Peter Pan trying to sew his shadow on with soap...
s.a., interesting........to have a shadow involves an interaction with the sun...........or maybe a bright full moon...........as you point out, it is about the light outside of me. and i might be curious as to what differences a moon shadow brings.........
yet, if i find myself without that source, then i might discover that i am my own star............ah..........we are back to the question about being made of stardust...........
i wonder, is there really only one question?
and if so, did i just ask it?
however, i enjoy an abundance of answers, so i will continue asking questions simply for the pleasure of the insights that follow..........
h, even if the soap does not work out, like peter pan, i never want to grow up............
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