Saturday, August 21, 2010

the world could use more bob


in a conversation last week, vincent & i began extolling the virtues of bob ross to kyra. how we would come home from school and eagerly plop ourselves down to watch him paint a happy little cloud, or giggle while he "beat the devil" out of his brush, or whisper when his instructions were to be gentle....not to mention our open mouth astonishment at the end of 24 min when he had a glorious canvass filled with the beauty of nature!

all this led to bob being added to our netflix queue. we have devoured the dvd, but what i really wish i could capture sufficiently in words is what i see when i look around the room during the episode.

last night, we watched a couple seascape episodes with the girls & josh and mamie - happy birthday, josh! :) and as i looked around the room, i couldn't help but laugh to myself, particularly at us "grown ups"... absolutely frozen still, eyes glued to the screen, with various looks of concentration, awe & wonder. no one moved a muscle! we were all so drawn into his happy world, and his soothing voice... forget anti-anxiety pills. start prescribing an hour of bob ross every time you feel stressed and the world will make itself right again!

so...we decided that we want to have a 'bob ross painting party'! $20 a head to cover art supplies, and we can paint our own happy worlds, with prizes for the most bob ross like, and wine and laughter and tiny pigs-in-blanket appetizers! how fun would that be? who wants to come? :)


7 comments:

Krissi said...

Wish I could come! Paint one for me:)

Cynthia said...

I DO! I DO! You have no idea how much I do!

Mamie Hall said...

I'm in...I swear I may take a portable DVD of Bob into the labor and delivery room to help me relax!

Johnny D. said...

I would like to come paint a happy little tree...may want to hit up my brother on that as well. We were actually talking about Bob on our way to the airport.

Mark said...

I look forward to viewing your seascapes/pizza thrown at the wall paintings!

Curtis Mulder said...

Do we have a date set for this yet? This has GOT to happen.

Jamie said...

I'm so in for this.