[ WP ] You live inside a Bob Ross painting

Not really happy with how it turned out. Please be kind! 
 
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 At first, there was nothing. Or, maybe there was nothing. My perception does not begin until the very first line appeared – it was simple; elegant. It cleaved my nothingness in two, gave me something upon which to gaze, but it also took away the first degree of my unhindered freedom. When there was nothingness, I did not think, I did not feel. I did not exist. 
 
 The second, third, and forth movements came shortly thereafter, bringing more shapes and colors into my once empty world. The first line morphed into a horizon, while the following strokes brought with it mountains and snow. It all happened so quickly; life! I was being given life. 
 
 Below the mountains a lake was born; a beautiful, gently churning mass of water that reflected the rays of a newly born sun that shown radiantly down upon it. From the slopes of the mountains forest began to appear – a forest full of wonderful, charming, happy little trees! 
 
 I thirsted for more. My freedom was gone, but I didn ’ t care – land, air, trees, water; more, I wanted more! Sure, I now had boundaries, but that didn ’ t matter. More trees, more sky, more sun! I wanted to see it all. With every passing moment more of these newfound glories continued filled my vision. 
 
 And then it stopped, just as quickly as it began. The final strokes brought with them snow to my glorious mountaintops. The whiteness reminded me of before, but now that it had shape, that it had purpose, I found it marvelous. Then came nothing more – my vision, it seemed, was complete. At first I was happy. I gazed upon it all, taking it in. But as time passed, I began to realize - abandoned. I had been abandoned by my creator. 
 
 Now I just sit here and stare. At the water, the air, the snow, the happy little trees. And in my ever dying enthusiasm, I think back to the nothingness, and wonder. It could have become anything. Absolutely anything. And now, it will forever be what it is, unchanging, limited. 
 
 So now I wonder - was it worth it? 

