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give the emperor some clothes, please

celebrating the art of paradox

Thursday, April 2, 2009

if i'm all i've got, will i ever need to have an estate sale?

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

if i walk a straight line, how will i learn to bend?

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

how is it that i can taste my tears and not my laughter?

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Monday, March 30, 2009

is the early stage alzheimer's patient asking, "will you love me when i no longer know who you are?"

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

if i go to bed with the chickens, will i arise to lay a golden egg?

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Monday, March 23, 2009

if all else fails, does that mean no other kind of failure remains?

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

if what i have to give you is kindness and what you have for me is anger, will we be like strangers to one another?

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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.

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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.
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you can find my cartoons in this online magazine!

http://thoughtsonsale.com/

here is the link to my photography blog about simplicity:

  • before leaving the house

on a clear day she could see forever

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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