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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:
Burning fireplace consists of logs burning together ...while a match is a small stick burning by itself ....hmmmm....but the match do somehow ....start the fire by lighting the logs :)...haha....i would rather choose to be burning fireplace ...as it encompasses the warmth of the many logs :)
where would the logs be without the "small stick"?
me too--I'd rather be the fireplace basking in the gathering of people around to get warm, the glow and crackle, the focus of the room. The match is a one second flare of ignition. Yes, there would be no fire without the match and that has real significance, but so short-lived.
Rosemary
so the match only experiences the few moments of the flame. and something has to cause it to ignite. otherwise,it is simply a small stick.
and the fire in the fireplace depends on the match. otherwise, it is simply a collection of logs.
so the match without the fireplace...and the fireplace without the match...not very enlightening....
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