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give the emperor some clothes, please

celebrating the art of paradox

Sunday, December 30, 2012

if there is no way out, is there no way in?


Posted by anne artist at 7:32 AM 16 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

if i sculpted a statue of you, would you say it was a poem?


Posted by anne artist at 8:46 AM 10 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Monday, December 17, 2012

If i am thinking about working, am i working?


Posted by anne artist at 4:37 PM 14 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

If i were a measuring tape, how would i feel about miles?


Posted by anne artist at 4:34 PM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, December 16, 2012

If i cannot explain myself, will you say that is an explanation?


Posted by anne artist at 9:07 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

If i were tomorrow, who would I be today?


Posted by anne artist at 7:42 AM 10 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Will a blade of grass look the same if i uncover the roots?


Posted by anne artist at 6:43 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, nature, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

if i eat your meal as well as my own, will i forget how to cook?


Posted by anne artist at 11:41 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, narrative drawing, paradox, psychology

Sunday, December 2, 2012

if a book is edited, will the original have less meaning?


Posted by anne artist at 8:06 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, expressive drawing, humor, narrative drawing, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

if i had nowhere to go, would i already be there?


Posted by anne artist at 8:32 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, November 25, 2012

if i were a solid line, would i rather be the outline of a shape?


Posted by anne artist at 7:24 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

if i burn with curiosity, will the fire produce ashes?


Posted by anne artist at 7:15 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, curiosity, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, November 18, 2012

if the journey is too long, how will i travel?


Posted by anne artist at 8:02 AM 1 comment:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

if i were a cloud, how would i feel about rain?


Posted by anne artist at 8:45 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, November 11, 2012

if a solar eclipse happened every day, how would i feel about night?


Posted by anne artist at 9:06 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, astronomy, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

if i were a sigh, would i rather be tears?


Posted by anne artist at 8:38 AM 2 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, November 4, 2012

if space/time is bent and warped, what shape am i?


Posted by anne artist at 8:37 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, astronomy, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, physics.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

if i were a cactus, would i rather be a water lily?


Posted by anne artist at 8:24 AM 12 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, October 28, 2012

if i were a planet, would i rather be its star?


Posted by anne artist at 9:48 AM 12 comments:
Labels: art, astronomy, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

if i forget who i am, will i remember who i am not?


Posted by anne artist at 8:02 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing., humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, October 21, 2012

if life were a sunset, what would the stars be?


Posted by anne artist at 9:34 AM 10 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

if i were my own avatar, how would i regard reality?


Posted by anne artist at 8:33 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, avatars, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology, reality

Sunday, October 14, 2012

if i hold a rock in my hand, will i know a mountain?


Posted by anne artist at 8:49 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

if i were a tightrope walker, would i rather be a juggler?


Posted by anne artist at 8:26 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology, whimsy

Sunday, October 7, 2012

if i were a pair of eyeglasses, would i rather be a telescope?


Posted by anne artist at 8:17 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

if i were a sand dune, would i rather be a sandcastle?


Posted by anne artist at 7:55 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing., humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, September 30, 2012

if i were a nonconformist, would i also be independent?


Posted by anne artist at 9:31 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

if i focus on the map, how will i regard the actual street?


Posted by anne artist at 9:09 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, September 23, 2012

if i feel enchanted by you, how would i regard magic?


Posted by anne artist at 9:42 AM 9 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

if i dreamed i was awake, could i have a nightmare?


Posted by anne artist at 8:10 AM 2 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawings., humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, September 16, 2012

if Time flies, what walks?


Posted by anne artist at 9:50 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

in order to progress, must i also stand still?


Posted by anne artist at 8:27 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawings, humor, paradox, philosophy, psychology

Sunday, September 9, 2012

if i were a feather, would i think i was a bird?


Posted by anne artist at 9:46 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

if i were a comic book, how would i feel about ancient cave paintings?


Posted by anne artist at 8:23 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, September 2, 2012

if you could read my mind, would i become your literacy test?


Posted by anne artist at 9:46 AM 5 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psycholgoy

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

am i wrong if i don't have to be right?


Posted by anne artist at 7:54 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, August 26, 2012

if time were a series of lines, what shape would it be?


Posted by anne artist at 8:32 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, time

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

if i told you i was hungry, would you reply that i was the meal?


Posted by anne artist at 5:45 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, August 19, 2012

if i were a rose petal, how would i feel about the thorn?


Posted by anne artist at 7:34 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

if i were the last raindrop to fall from a cloud, how would i feel about the storm?


Posted by anne artist at 8:31 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, August 12, 2012

if i were far away from home, what would i be near?


Posted by anne artist at 7:58 AM 7 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, paradox, psychology

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

if i were a tablecloth, would i rather be a rug?


Posted by anne artist at 9:00 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, August 5, 2012

if i were an ancient cave drawing, how would i feel about the alphabet?


Posted by anne artist at 9:33 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

if life were a chicken salad sandwich, what would the lettuce be?


Posted by anne artist at 8:29 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, July 29, 2012

if i were a snake, would i rather be a snail?


Posted by anne artist at 7:51 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

if i were a treasure chest, would i rather be a forest?


Posted by anne artist at 7:53 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, July 22, 2012

if i were a light switch, would i rather be a window?


Posted by anne artist at 8:04 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

if i were the last page of a book, would i rather be the first note of a symphony?


Posted by anne artist at 10:10 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, paradox, psychology

Sunday, July 15, 2012

if i were only a memory, how would i feel about today?


Posted by anne artist at 8:30 AM 4 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

if i am myself around you, would you know who i am when i'm alone?


Posted by anne artist at 10:35 AM 10 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, drawing, humor, paradox, psychology
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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

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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.
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you can find my cartoons in this online magazine!

http://thoughtsonsale.com/

here is the link to my photography blog about simplicity:

  • before leaving the house

on a clear day she could see forever

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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