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:
A roof has to weather storms, sun shine and hail stones. The window lets in some of it. It can also be shut. So what would you choose?
I would rather be a window. That way I could see what was happening inside. However, when the moon is full, I would change my mind.
And you?
We never become what we want to be...I am kind of a roof already, although I would just like to let the breeze in, like the window
Yes, to let the breeze in...
But the roof would have the wider view.
A difficult choice.
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