A little grass on the mountain top can feel the wind ....and be able to get a glimpse of the earth in all her ephocs ...do you think that being a little grass, is a way to seem nearly timeless and not be destructive at times....perhaps ....being small and being not noticeable ...is a good thing, right ??
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?
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If i were the wind, then maybe i would like to be the grass on the mountain top :)....How about you, Anne ??....
Mountains are ancient, having seen the earth in all her ephocs. But they rarely move...it takes an earthquake. And then it can be destructive.
The wind can be gentle or destructive, too.
Is there a way to seem nearly timeless and not be destructive at times?
A little grass on the mountain top can feel the wind ....and be able to get a glimpse of the earth in all her ephocs ...do you think that being a little grass, is a way to seem nearly timeless and not be destructive at times....perhaps ....being small and being not noticeable ...is a good thing, right ??
Ahh, but the wind and the mountain both would know it is there.
And if rain did not come and the blade of grass went into hibernation, might the mountain and wind remember it?
I am wondering if memory contributes to timelessness.
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