Folke Hagen
Ergotherapeutin und Yogalehrerin BYV
This is probably the greatest thing that’s ever happened in my life. Happy painting, God bless. If it’s not what you want – stop and change it. Don’t just keep going and expect it will get better. Trees live in your fan brush, but you have to scare them out. We’ll do another happy little painting. There he comes.
It’s all a game of angles. If you don’t think every day is a good day – try missing a few. You’ll see. If you’ve been in Alaska less than a year you’re a Cheechako. Didn’t you know you had that much power? You can move mountains. You can do anything. You got your heavy coat out yet? It’s getting colder. That easy.
The light is your friend. Preserve it. Work that paint. By now you should be quite happy about what’s happening here.
This is the fun part Nature is so fantastic, enjoy it. Let it make you happy. For the lack of a better word I call them hangy downs. We don’t make mistakes we just have happy little accidents. Maybe he has a little friend that lives right over here. Automatically, all of these beautiful, beautiful things will happen.
There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend. You need the dark in order to show the light. Get away from those little Christmas tree things we used to make in school. It’s amazing what you can do with a little love in your heart.
We’re not trying to teach you a thing to copy. We’re just here to teach you a technique, then let you loose into the world. Trees grow in all kinds of ways. They’re not all perfectly straight. Not every limb is perfect. I’m a water fanatic. I love water.
You can’t have light without dark. You can’t know happiness unless you’ve known sorrow. It’s a very cold picture, I may have to go get my coat. It’s about to freeze me to death. In this world, everything can be happy.
Absolutely no pressure. You are just a whisper floating across a mountain. That’s why I paint – because I can create the kind of world I want – and I can make this world as happy as I want it. That’s a son of a gun of a cloud. Everyone needs a friend. Friends are the most valuable things in the world.