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Origins of Astonishment (circa, 1997). Digital-medium

ruins of St Andrews Cathedral in Fife, Scotland

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atlinmerrick

I literally said, "Are you kidding me?" IN THE GASPED ADMIRING WAY.

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when a foxgirl unleashes a tinyyy fraction of her true power

dzamie

cocking her ears to prime a powerful scream

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katherynefromphilly

As someone who was alive when Bob Ross (and William Alexander before him — that’s where the approach is from) was on PBS, I can 100% testify that you can paint along with him.

You may need to learn how to set up your paints and such… but this is what people did, live, while the show aired. That’s what the show was for. I had family members create lovely works of art they enjoyed, which I still have on my walls, because William Alexander and Bob Ross both said:

SCREW METICULOUS CLASSICAL ART PRACTICES — JUST GRAB A PALETTE KNIFE AND BIG OLD BRUSH AND PAINT!

They freed a whole generation of people who were taught to paint detail and realism and exact representation of reality — people who largely gave up this kind of thing because it got tedious.

I watched the joy of family members as they rediscovered art as a messy fun spontaneous half hour activity.

Give it a try.