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give the emperor some clothes, please

celebrating the art of paradox

Sunday, January 29, 2012

if an unknown fruit fell from a tree, would the tree forget its name?


Posted by anne artist at 8:24 AM 5 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

if i spoke to you, would you ask me to repeat the silence in between my words?


Posted by anne artist at 10:30 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, January 22, 2012

if i run away from the present, will my past know where to find me?


Posted by anne artist at 7:34 AM 10 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

if i were a bowl, would i rather be a knife and fork?


Posted by anne artist at 9:43 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox, psychology

Sunday, January 15, 2012

if i planted a tree, would i appreciate my own roots?


Posted by anne artist at 7:30 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

if i erased a line only to reveal color, would you give me a paintbrush?


Posted by anne artist at 10:00 AM 3 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, January 8, 2012

if the sun shone behind me, would i believe i was a shadow?

Posted by anne artist at 8:00 AM 6 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

if life were an abstract painting, would i see it as realism?


Posted by anne artist at 9:41 AM 8 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, paradox

Sunday, January 1, 2012

if i freed a bird from its cage, would it lose its sense of direction?


Posted by anne artist at 7:30 AM 13 comments:
Labels: art, cartoon, humor, 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.

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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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