Erasing a line does not reveal colour, only by using the paintbrush can we reveal a color ....what is the purpose of erasing the line ....was it to reveal colour or to make the space blank ??
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?
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Erasing a line does not reveal colour, only by using the paintbrush can we reveal a color ....what is the purpose of erasing the line ....was it to reveal colour or to make the space blank ??
what if the line had been on top of a thin area of color?
maybe the line no longer contributed to the whole image.
what does erasing accomplish, i wonder...
Then, the paintbrush would spread the thin area of colour :)
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