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:
If the feather float in the wind, then maybe it feels that is like a bird ....question : Does a bird feels as light as a feather ??
i guess only the bird can tell us...i do like the question, though.
is flying...feeling light as a feather?
when the bird is on the ground, then what?
Is the bird searching for food ?? Or is it gunned down ??...if flying is feeling light as a feather ....perhaps ....being a kite knows that ....
so is a kite one big feather?
interesting question......when we feed ourselves, can we connect to flying? but if we have been attacked, what then?
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