What it is that makes us who we are? Once little blue and little yellow are green, are they no longer blue and yellow? Can something change and still remain the same? If you change, are you still the same person? Is the way things appear to us a good basis for believing something? Do … Little Blue and Little Yellow
What do we mean when we say we are doing nothing? Is there a difference between doing nothing and not doing something? What would it mean to do nothing? Is it impossible to do nothing if you’re alive? What exactly is nothing? Can “nothing” exist? Contributed by Gobe Hirata
What makes something beautiful? A painting. A smile. A sunset. A story. A lamp. A spider. A flower. A horse. A potato. A baby. A cloud. Music. A tree. A person. Can we have different ideas about what beauty is? What does something have to have to be beautiful? Anything? What does it feel like … Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
What will happen if you give a mouse a cookie? What will happen if you do anything? How do you know what’s going to happen? Can we predict the future? What is the difference between the past and the future? What is it like to be a mouse? Could you be friends with a mouse? … If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Is the hermit crab a hero? Is he responsible for saving the flounder, even if he didn’t mean to? Do we sometimes get credit for doing things that are really more lucky than intended? Should we? Are we only responsible for the things that we control, or can we be responsible for other things as … Hermit Crab
Why do we perceive colors the way we do? Why is red red? Green? Yellow? Black? White? Who do you think is seeing the party guests correctly, Mama Frog or Little Frog? Why? How can we be sure that the colors that we are seeing are the correct ones? How can we be sure that … Hello, Red Fox
What is an emotion? Are emotions and feelings the same? Do the illustrations represent the feelings corresponding to them on the page? Do our expressions always indicate our feelings? Can we have more than one of these feelings simultaneously? If we’re brave, can we also be shocked? If we’re angry, can we also be delighted? … Happy
Do you think that there was a time when there was no color in the world? How did color come to be? Is color real? Do we see the same colors? Does the color red look the same to everyone? How would we know? If something is red, can it also be blue? Can it … Great Blueness and Other Predicaments
Why does the tree give so much to the boy? Is the boy right to keep asking for me? What should the tree give to the boy? What should the boy ask of the tree? What is love? Can a tree love a boy? Can a boy love a tree? Why do we change as … Giving Tree
Do dreams sometimes seem very realistic? When you are in the middle of such a dream, can you tell that it is only a dream? Can you be sure that you are not dreaming right now? Where do you think your dreams come from? When you remember your dreams, do they sometimes affect what you … Frog and Toad Together – “The Dream”
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