{"product_id":"i-think-i-can-i-thought-i-could","title":"I THINK I CAN I THOUGHT I COULD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eI THINK I CAN I THOUGHT I COULD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs children, many in Hubby’s generation first encountered the power of positive thought through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Engine That Could\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In the story, a small blue engine pulls a broken-down train filled with toys and food for children over a mountain, after several larger and more capable engines refuse to help. Despite her size, she perseveres with the repeated phrase “I think I can,” ultimately delivering the cargo and discovering that she is capable of far more than she imagined. Her optimism, effort, and perspective transform impossibility into triumph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting channels that lesson into a visual incantation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI THINK I CAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marches in yellow across raw linen like a steady climb, until it resolves into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI THOUGHT I COULD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the arrival at accomplishment. The rhythm of the words echoes persistence, determination, and the golden magic of self-belief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy painting the mantra at human scale, Hubby turns a children’s parable into an adult reminder. To stand before it is to be nudged out of doubt and back into motion—toward yes, toward focus, toward success. Placed in a home, studio, or office, it becomes a companion presence: an engine of encouragement humming on your walls, reminding you that momentum is built thought by thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003ePart of the series \"Inside Job\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2020–2023 The series Inside Job was completed over the pandemic when we all were separated and had the opportunity to look inside our homes and our heads. Hubby sought out some mind release (from the Sanskrit, mantra translates into man, meaning mind, and tra, meaning release). “Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.” is a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh, which aims to keep one in the present moment. “Every Day in every way I’m getting better and better” is the famous phrase from French psychologist, Émile Coué, who changed the face of psychotherapy with the Coué Method of Autosuggestion. Coué stated: “Whenever attention is concentrated on an idea over and over again, it spontaneously tends to realize itself.” Another painting reads: “May we be happy, may we be well, may we be safe, may we be peaceful and at ease,” which is the traditional Buddhist Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta Prayer). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"These paintings are on canvases that are my exact width and height, further underscoring Mahatma Gandhi’s message, that when you want to change the world, start with yourself.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Bettina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginal artwork by Bettina Hubby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eGouache on Linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e64\" x 17\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INWORDOUT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49867742019885,"sku":"","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/1548\/6765\/files\/20__ITHINKICANITHOUGHTICOULD.jpg?v=1724793241","url":"https:\/\/inwordout.com\/products\/i-think-i-can-i-thought-i-could","provider":"INWORDOUT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}