Tiny Worlds, Big Perspective

Stole this idea from a gallery and now I can't stop making tiny worlds in my living room.

I bought miniature figures online for like three dollars and started painting abstract blobs on

canvas boards. The first one was this chaotic purple and green mountain with two tiny people

on top just staring at nothing. My roommate walked in and asked if I was okay.

But here's the thing. When you place those little figures on something massive and unpredictable,

it suddenly feels like every overwhelming moment in your life. That hiker climbing the orange and blue

swirl became me trying to finish my thesis. Those three people sitting on the wavy

shape were my friends and me processing a breakup. The couple on the dark glacier with