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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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8 comments:
Would we then burst the balloon ?? Or would we wait for the balloon to float upwards into sky ...thus able to look at one another ??Why did we forget to look at one another ??Was the balloon the cause ??....
what does distract us from seeing one another?
would we want to burst the balloon?
Does the floating balloon distract us from seeing one another ....floating balloon means ?? If we burst the balloon does that means that we will remember to look at one another ?? Or there will be other colours of balloon floated in between us again??
interesting questions, s.a.
the balloon could be anything that comes between us. and often it could be something as unimportant as a balloon. what causes us to look away from another person? what distracts us?
and if we do burst the balloon, as you ask, will we simply look at another one?
maybe we just like seeing our reflections in the balloons.........
May be the reflections we see in the balloons ...are like the balloons (that are blow up)....haha....so maybe we can ....each hold a balloon and let it loose and letting it float into the sky....and we could enjoy each other :)
so, s.a, if we no longer hold onto that which separates us (balloons), then they can fly and become things of beauty.........and perhaps reflect that back to us.
Perhaps...we can fly and float with the balloons ...without caring much ... but knowing that our presence will be with each other :)
i like this...........being with the balloons in their own space and without expectations. letting balloons be balloons, realizing we can still float together with them present.
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