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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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12 comments:
Maybe what you left behind doesn't matter at all, becos, perhaps ...being "straightforward" living ...you are just living life as useful, and as practical as it should be according to your convictions in life....thus no regrets whatsoever, or things to held you back :)....
if i don't see what i left behind, would i notice what i brought with me?
Guess...yes...you will notice...but if you had notice, what would you do about it ??
if i notice, hsve i brought it with me?
haha...what is hsve??...Was it have ?? i had notised :) Did you noticed mine ??
very funny...i cannot " tpye" on this ipad. a new wireless keyboard is on its way to me. . . .
i wonder if i notise what i hsve, will i notice what i have not? and if i do, will i be traveling in a straightforward way or spiralling.?
What do you fancy....a "straightforward" way or a "spiralling" way ??....what you noticed you have, you need to perfect it ....what you noticed you dun have....do you want it badly ?? If you do ...do you want to get it, learn how to do it or let it be in your life ....:)
are you talking in a spiral?
i like it....
i lost your comment, s.a., so have cut and pasted it...
:)...perhaps...dun really know what is spiral in your context means....only know how a spiral staircase looks like...and the design of "spiral cut " of dresses :)...."commenting" can used spiral, meh?? "Meh"...is singlish used in singapore by common folks who does not speak very good english :)...is a word we use loosely for a friendly comment at the end of a sentence :)
cool...i learned a new word, thanks to you!
to me, spiral is circular in a looping way. i do appreciate a good loop....
so if i am straightforward, what happens to the loop?
you will feel it more and more as you age and see those who were not as straightforward go senile or insane.
so, r, there iis an art to finding the loop in the straightforward....
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