Bob Ross’s fame manifests in his incredibly influential and wide-reaching television show, “The Joy Of Painting” in which he instructed viewers on painting techniques they could attempt in their very own home. Beyond the base knowledge of learning to paint beautiful landscapes, Ross’s teachings expanded to reaching an audience’s psyche through the artistic process. With his accessible program, plenty of people were learning to paint, and through the same instruction, those viewers were learning through artistic expression how to accept themselves. Here are 13 moments when Bob Ross’s understanding of creativity could be applied to the improvement of the lives of the viewers.
1. Channeling our creative energy can lighten our hearts.
2. When we find freedom on the canvas, we can find freedom on the canvas that is our life and paint our story on it.
3. We should not bar ourselves from what we truly want because we find them unreachable.
4. This positive outlook can save us from a life of looking down on our actions and decisions.
6. It’s okay to perceive the world differently that it is laid out for us. We can view it in whatever light that makes us happy or excited.
7. We don’t have to follow a straight path laid out for us. As human beings, we plant ourselves where we choose and grow strongly from there.
8. Somewhere along the line, we must learn to live with who we are. We can do this by believing that who we are and what we put out to the world is someone beautiful.
9. There isn’t anything mystical about those who succeed. The self-fulfilling prophecy shows us that we can become whoever we are willing to put the effort into being.
10. There are times when things that happen in life are out of our control, but remember that sometimes it’s best to sit back and be along for the ride that life takes you on.
11. Even the best of us have our moments of insecurity and plenty of happy accidents. The best we can do is to admit them and move forward from there.
12. Sometimes we really have to put the work in to get the outcome we desire.
13. In art, as in life, the lens through which we see the world has an incredible and often wonderful effect on what we see.
