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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 race the sun, will i become the moon?
- if i fell into a raindrop, would i know the cloud?
- if i were a television, would i rather be a radio?
- if i live a straightforward life, will i see what ...
- if i jumped for joy, would my shadow walk alone?
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- if i were a number, would i rather be a word?
- if i were an apple, would i rather be a daisy?
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I would be an apple...becos apple is a healthy fruit...an apple a day, keeps the doctor away :)....a daisy would only be able to let you look at , and just being a nice flower...:)...Anne, which would you like to be ??
for me, an apple is also a seed, a beginning. the flower is what a seed is all about.
would i rather be the potential for a new tree as well as a source of nourishment? or would i prefer to be fragile, colorful beauty, speaking to that part of life?
well, if i were an apple i might be curious about the delicate vibrancy of a daisy....
How did the daisy grow to display that ??....maybe if the seed is not planted , and not being the nourishment...will the daisy ever develop it's beauty ....:)....perhaps we are both the apple and the daisy somehow :)....
s.a., i like this! how would an apple express its inner daisy?
I rarely comment, but always look and read. I love your work and your posts. Always intriguing and interesting
leo, thank you so much...you words are a gift!
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