Bob Ross Quotes

[likethebeer]

The man who taught painting on PBS.

People look at me like I'm a little strange, when I go around talking to squirrels and rabbits and stuff. That's ok. Thaaaat's just ok.

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I have a Bob Ross t-shirt.

This is funny:
When I was teaching my son Steve to paint, I used to tell him, just pretend he was a whisper, and he floated right across the mountain, that easy, gentle, make love to it, caress it.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

You are way ahead on style than I've ever thought to be.

I'm trying to figure out how he fits in to latter 20th C discourse. And why there's been this interest in him after he was more-or-less buried as a figure for 15 years.

buried

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Well, it's kinda like any pop culture. People see it and like it. But it doesn't become a thing until people discover that other people like it. Then they're like OMG, you too!" But their enthusiasm builds on each other's. And of course - the internet.

Not only that, but I think a certain amount of time had to pass before he went from a painter on public television, to... remember that guy? Pure nostalgia.

Re: buried

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Nostalgia - I bet that's true. And the knowledge that "you like that too!" I had never thought much about him until a friend in college told me how funny she thought he was.

Re: buried

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

My sister and I used to see him occasionally, when we were teenagers. And after a while we would laugh about him. She and I never quite outgrew that, so we never had to "come back" with the nostalgia. She's the one who got me the t-shirt, of course.