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Because inner peace and happy little trees don't actually pay the rent. The soft-spoken artist did The Joy of Painting for free, using the television broadcasts strictly as a genius promotional tool for his line of branded art supplies and instructional classes. He essentially tricked millions of people into watching a peaceful, thirty-minute infomercial, proving that true zen can coexist perfectly with cutthroat corporate synergy.
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