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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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15 comments:
Hmmm...that caught me ...what is the difference between a number and a word....if a number gives the value and the count of a quanity, then what does a word gives ??...meaning and purpose behind the quality ???...:)...just my simple thoughts :)...
miranda, i lost your comment so have cut and pasted it back in:
Maybe not. Numbers are universal and understood around the world. Words have to be translated.
so, m. numbers are less than universal when combined with a word...or not?
s.a., how is value different from meaning?
Value is different with meaning ....in different degrees and context ....if you mean...having nothing is zero(as a word)...then do you then value
"0" as nothing too ...i must agreed with Miranda that numbers are universal ...well ...the word "zero"...with a "changed" first letter ....could be "hero" and means everything to alot of people .... thus ....hmmm that is guess the difference between words and numbers :)
Then...again..."0"...represents nothing ...but what does represents means to you ....presenting means you present to someone ...thus what are the values ...that "0" represent ??
interesting questions, s.a. i am going to think about them until tomorrow....
can i understand a number without words?
And the beat goes on. This post is really provocative in the mind. Love it.
leo, thank you! please help me spread the word. i love posting this blog and i thrive on any discussion that comes of them.
Maybe we understand numbers ...by giving it a meaning ...just like 25/12 is Christmas Day :)... and perhaps :)...25 divide 12 gives us ...2.083....hmmmm :)
so a number can be a symbol...or part of a process....words simplified.....
Perhaps by being a number ...we get to know the simplied meaning which will be able ...to thus gives us the value and count...and when combined usage with words ...we will be able develop and evolve the technology world ...and contain the historical world ...:)
a number is also a word, isn't it?
both words and numbers can be part of a language. a 1 and a 0 form a computer language that enables us to type words into a keyboard.
i wonder, is a number a word if we do not translate it? i mean....words are born of an alphabet. if i see a "1" do i translate it into "one"?
the word "one" could refer to another person and not a number. can a number refer to something other than itself?
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