Perhaps part of the calming effect was being alone with Bob Ross. Adding human characters to the scene might invite people to project their stressful relationsh

Perhaps part of the calming effect was being alone with Bob Ross. Adding human characters to the scene might invite people to project their stressful relationships or lack of relationships. Not quite the same thing, but I do have vague memories of him sometimes adding wildlife--a squirrel here, a fawn there. Am I misremembering? Or maybe he talked about how an animal might enjoy a space, but didn't often actually paint them?