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?
6 comments:
Maybe i will choose to believe all the parts of the tree :)....What about you, Annie ???
I wonder...if I see no other leaves like me on the tree...how would I regard the tree....
the roots send you the sap that you live on...how would you not believe?
Perhaps since I was no longer in the company of other leaves, I might have forgotten what it is to be a leaf.....
Then, is the time for fall...and you should fell gracefully ...and the tree will refresh itself with many new yous'....:)
I wonder, if I fall will I become nourishment for the roots over time?
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