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?
8 comments:
A recipe is make up of both list of ingredients and that of the instructions ...so i would rather be both :)
then would you rather be the recipe or the item cooked from it?
Choose to be the recipe ...becos without it ...the item couldn't be cooked :)
and the ingredients would be potential meals only..........
Anne,if the ingredients are the potential meals ...how about the instructions ??
what a good question!
would the instructions be a bridge?
what do you think?
The instructions ...are the methods of consuming :)...what does your bridge means ??
i do like that...instructions lead us to consuming.
bridge as in something that connects.
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