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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore how Marique discovers the power
Speaker 3: of inner inspiration amidst the colorful celebration of Cooning's Dag
Speaker 3: guided by the wisdom of a fellow artist.
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Speaker 1: Marie Cahilippe Dor de Druka Stratofrom, Amsterdam, harschritzpuk Stay for
Speaker 1: arm glems hetvos Stra and stvos hadwas coningstach and darchfol
Speaker 1: Clere and faced Marmareika fold Sironseacre the vildezograchte erschief on
Speaker 1: the land of Fostlech in harschild Reye Martelken's lake at
Speaker 1: nthelug daarum Ringsen either worts Botanicus. The botanis a town
Speaker 1: obsugna in Spirazzi. The town was pract bloomer bluidy in
Speaker 1: Alla Cleura from the Railboo de Leechtos revealed mat Sudhurre
Speaker 1: and Etzarchtre flowed from Vorhos Mareka von the lustre plequy
Speaker 1: bade a waver and slacked in deep assurt the open
Speaker 1: the harsh reds book and bahon mad Taken slid the
Speaker 1: Laynevorsichtre over a papier dance toch telkns vaniers and stopped
Speaker 1: rutate foolsidotat nitrod re nuchros har roaft filled as if
Speaker 1: met twafols plotzeling worders and fling the lacustem darmareg got
Speaker 1: the moy plaque on the setz hadas Austrid thetalantie the
Speaker 1: kunstenares di marek zobe wumleder Astrid come nast hearzitten and
Speaker 1: rim lacht the lens is so inspirent sizer marsoums full
Speaker 1: the drug on a perfect faster lector d marek cake
Speaker 1: p zuerte ig bembaum that ignored the sprunkling conformers, sautier
Speaker 1: ed dude Astrid Astrid left and hunt of Harshauder either
Speaker 1: kunstenar heaved tho saint wafeles Marret had a room that
Speaker 1: she derve the pobred yer full outrookt ob jaumannir ostrich
Speaker 1: it packed her eh has heads book and lad mareka
Speaker 1: taken in a zin barob oxpot cake selves it been
Speaker 1: knit outdsacre her inspired door ostrich irlacate and bermudahingk fool
Speaker 1: the maraka and new armed in her heart. The beslowed
Speaker 1: her taifles lost the latter and ravonta knitava tretse, the
Speaker 1: cake narm patre toup he in, the zachte, wind vichte
Speaker 1: and bahon via the taken len a fluent as, the
Speaker 1: steenele clear stak as, the bloom likees, harsh heads bluid
Speaker 1: as the lena's elf to Maraka latter did d'arta town
Speaker 1: fried cakes and arras heads and hrimlacht te Frede sahat
Speaker 1: knit alein and moys heads remarked Sarhatan stuck you from
Speaker 1: harzel or but papier jasette Marika with I knew dot
Speaker 1: Inspirazi from bidd an outcome met niomut and plana on
Speaker 1: deesis hetz ontezette in en sildrey free leads to the
Speaker 1: orts de virot lake plotzling full more legide.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Marie Klip toward the Drucus strata from Amsterdam, her Schretz
Speaker 1: book stay on her arm reclaimed.
Speaker 3: Marik walked through the busy streets of Amsterdam, her sketch
Speaker 3: book clutched tightly under her arm.
Speaker 1: Hetlass and stral and de Lentida and the statoslaf in
Speaker 1: the metoorneflach and clagious falsepull.
Speaker 3: It was a radiant spring day, and the city was
Speaker 3: lively with orange flags and stalls, teeming with goods.
Speaker 1: Hetvos coningstach and duch ful cleure and faced marmreek fol
Speaker 1: de zironseecre.
Speaker 3: It was Koening's dag, a day full of color and celebration,
Speaker 3: but Marique felt uncertain.
Speaker 1: Seville de zoograchte eschi from the lente faustle in arsfield
Speaker 1: re martel consel ket nitelug.
Speaker 3: She so desperately wanted to capture the energy of spring
Speaker 3: in her paintings, but it never seemed to work out.
Speaker 1: Da rum ringsenard the Hortis botanicus, the botanisitwn opsukna in spirazi.
Speaker 3: That's why she went to the Hortus botanicus the botanical garden,
Speaker 3: in search of inspiration.
Speaker 1: The town vos prate. The garden was beautiful, bloomerbluid in
Speaker 1: a la cleura fronderabo flowers bloomed in all the colors
Speaker 1: of the rainbow de l'utos filled metsu toure and zartre
Speaker 1: flout tranforos.
Speaker 3: The air was filled with sweet scents and the soft
Speaker 3: chirping of birds.
Speaker 1: Marie ca fond rustre Brichi, made a vafer and slacked
Speaker 1: in deep bassurt.
Speaker 3: Marik found a quiet spot by the pond and let
Speaker 3: out a deep sigh.
Speaker 1: So open her schritz book embohol metaiken.
Speaker 3: She opened her sketchbook and began drawing celite de lay.
Speaker 1: Ne furzichtre overt papier dunce.
Speaker 3: She let the lines gently dance across the paper.
Speaker 1: To Dilkin's varniers and stopped trugtate fool nitro tr nuos.
Speaker 3: Yet every time she took a step back, she felt
Speaker 3: it wasn't good enough. Her hooft fools metreefals, her mind
Speaker 3: filled with doubts, ploutzling hoardism and freeing de le gustem.
Speaker 3: Suddenly she heard a friendly voice.
Speaker 1: D'r Marik, for the more you plek um deezretz.
Speaker 3: Eh hallo Marik. What a lovely place to sketch, isn't.
Speaker 1: It hetlas ostrich de talentie de kunstenares y marey couisou beavummerde.
Speaker 3: It was Astrid, the talented artist whom Marique admired so much.
Speaker 1: Ostricht com nast hearzeiten e riim lochte.
Speaker 3: Astrid sat down beside her and smiled.
Speaker 1: De linte is so inspirent.
Speaker 3: Jaise spring is so inspiring, she said.
Speaker 1: Marson's fool to drug ohme perfect fauste lech tread.
Speaker 3: But sometimes the pressure to capture it perfectly feels overwhelming.
Speaker 1: Marie co cake op zurcht.
Speaker 3: Marik looked up and sighed, ike.
Speaker 1: Ben bum they'll ignored these sprunkling conformers. Au sier del
Speaker 1: dut Astrid.
Speaker 3: I'm afraid I'll never capture that sparkle like you do, Astrid.
Speaker 1: Astrid lecht and hunt or Parshouder.
Speaker 3: Astrid placed a hand on her shoulder.
Speaker 1: Id ru kunstenar heaved thou sentrefels.
Speaker 3: Every artist has their doubts.
Speaker 1: Maret has a room that you duve to pobre that
Speaker 1: she full out rooked Opiao mannier.
Speaker 3: But it's about daring to try about expressing your feelings
Speaker 3: in your own way.
Speaker 1: Alstrit Bach to her eh has heads book elite. Marie
Speaker 1: ku takening is z Jean Barbarpot.
Speaker 3: Astred took out her own sketch book and showed Marique
Speaker 3: drawings where she too had searched for her path.
Speaker 1: Keike zelves igbnit alta t seker look even I'm not
Speaker 1: always sure, Inspired door ostrichs irlocate embumude ring fool the
Speaker 1: Marik and new of armed in her heart.
Speaker 3: Inspired by Astrid's honesty and encouragement, Marique felt a new
Speaker 3: warmth in her heart.
Speaker 1: To beslowed tartifles lost the lads vont for tritz.
Speaker 3: She decided to let go of her doubts and simply
Speaker 3: enjoy sketching.
Speaker 1: Sgeik narm pottulp the in desartevintvichte em bahomvia to taken.
Speaker 3: She looked at a beautiful tulip swaying in the gentle
Speaker 3: wind and began to draw again.
Speaker 1: Leine a fluent ost stingle, clear steak ostebloom.
Speaker 3: Like yes, lines flowing like the stem, color strong like
Speaker 3: the petals.
Speaker 1: Hars Hitz, bluid olstere leni's elf.
Speaker 3: Her sketch blossomed like spring itself.
Speaker 1: To Mareeke latter didacht town fried cakes in ars Hitz
Speaker 1: and himlach Tetefred.
Speaker 3: When Marik left the garden later that day, she looked
Speaker 3: at her sketch and smiled contentedly.
Speaker 1: Sahtnit a leine. Mois Hitz remarked, sa hatl stuck you
Speaker 1: from herzil or put papierre is it.
Speaker 3: She had not only created a beautiful sketch, she had
Speaker 3: placed a piece of her soul on the paper.
Speaker 1: Marie Kevist knew dot inspirazi from bidden outcome.
Speaker 3: Marik now knew that inspiration came from within.
Speaker 1: Matniu mout mplana Ondes's retz umtezette eschilder freely to do hortoise.
Speaker 3: With renewed courage and plans to turn this sketch into
Speaker 3: a painting. She left the Hortis de villete lake plotseling
Speaker 3: full more legade. The world suddenly seemed full of possibilities.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in.
Speaker 1: English, uklemt, clemt, uklempt, clutched, straland stralland stralland radiant, lavender, lavender, lavender, lively, bluid, bluid, bluid, bloomed,
Speaker 1: re flout, rehe flout, re flout, chirping, swretz book, swrets
Speaker 1: book swretz book, sketchbook favor favor favor pond rooster, rooster, rooster, quiet, sprinkling, sprinkling, sprinkling,
Speaker 1: sparkle over veldernd over welderhund over veldernd overwhelming, durft, durft, durft, daring,
Speaker 1: the mudening, the mudehing, the mudering, encouragement, Sritz, sritz, sritz, sketching,
Speaker 1: stingle stingle, stingle, stemp, bloomblatches, bloomblaches, bloomblaches, petals, t frede
Speaker 1: de fraide to frede, contentedly bevunderde belvunderde bevunderde admired in
Speaker 1: spirazzi in spirrazi in spirazi inspiration onseeger onnseiger onzeger, uncertain faslech,
Speaker 1: faslech faslech capture perfect, perfect, perfect, perfectly rueful, rufoul, ruful
Speaker 1: feelings veisen theisenveisen gestured angremudercht anghremudercht anghremudcht, encouraged, zarchte zorchte
Speaker 1: zorcht soft forzicht, forziecht, forzicht, gentle deep azurt deep azurt
Speaker 1: deep azurt, deep sigh outroucht out, rouged out rouched expressing
Speaker 1: more luquid, more licked, more lucid possibilities. Huttalentierde hutalentierde huttalentierde talented.
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