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.
"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?
6 comments:
Standing on the edge,
I will see the world round,
I will see whatever my eyes can take,
and I won't leave my mind in a corner.
s, thank you for this!
i will remember not to leave my mind in a corner..........
Maybe i would not like the idea of standing on the edge ....becos if i see below the surface ...what would i see ??
the edge of a surface?
Perhaps...a face ...i could not recognize ...the edge of the surface ???
s.a., i do like that image.
perhaps it is the edge of a face of a version of me that has yet to surface................
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