Seeing The Forest For The Happy Trees: Five Life Lessons I Learned From Watching Bob Ross Paint

Hallie Lyons
Nov 2 · 6 min read
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

Like so many other people, The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross has long been a beloved respite for me, first as a child sprawled out on the carpet in my pajamas watching PBS and then later as an adult winding down after a stressful day of work. Ross’ soothing cadence, the gentle scrape of his knife on a canvas — it’s both…

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Hallie Lyons

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I write about my ongoing journey from domestic violence victim to survivor.

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