and if stillness is timeless then a movie is made up of millions of photographs of timelessness....which we watch while having a good time eating popcorn.
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?
4 comments:
Since you were a movie ...then let it be ...but perhaps being a photograph you will always remain "motionless"..."timeless" ....
what, if snything, would make a movie seem timeless?
you are also a photographer...even a movie is made up of millions of photographs
and if stillness is timeless then a movie is made up of millions of photographs of timelessness....which we watch while having a good time eating popcorn.
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