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one of my paintings done with watercolor crayons
celebrating the art of 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.
About Me
- 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.
you can find my cartoons in this online magazine!
http://thoughtsonsale.com/
here is the link to my photography blog about simplicity:
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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4 comments:
Why do you draw a purple potta dots shirt, yellow belt and a yellow potta dots dress ???....Maybe progress, is constant action with stillness :)...
on my computer the skirt is green...i wish it came across that way on yours.
what is progress? i like your definition of it.
when i studied aikido, i was told that there is activity within stillness.
and so it makes sense that within activity there is stillness....
Ya green...sorry...couldn't remember clearly, had a glance of your pic and directly went to answer the question...What is aikido ??
colors do show up differently on different monitors...
aikido is a martial art. one day we were paracticing being balanced while standing still and the teacher pointed out that we could also notice the motion that was still a part of the stillness.
i wonder if at least sometimes it is easier to notice the activity, the motion when we are still...
i wonder also if when we feel very busy if that is because, at least in part, that we are not noticing the stillness....
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