Who are the Tiny People of your World?
open for a tiny story contest!
Dear reader,
In my upcoming book - Make (Sneaky) Art - I write:
Tiny People are the countless, anonymous people of your world... You see them on the bus, and on the trains, and outside your window. You may not recognize them as individuals—you may not even notice them at all. To notice tiny people is a revolutionary act in distracted times.
Do you see the tiny people of your world? In today’s post, we write tiny stories for some tiny people. By doing this, we notice them a little better, and give them tiny purpose, a tiny life, and a tiny world. 🏆 Best stories (in the comments) win free drawings in their mail.
The SneakyArt Post is a newsletter of secretly drawn art of the world.
✍🏼 Tiny Stories for Tiny People
This is how it works:
Pick a tiny person from the options below.
Bring them into your world.
Write a tiny story for your tiny person in the comments.
Read and cheer the tiny stories of others.
#43: He had come to the library to work on his novel in peace and quiet. So what had led him down this YouTube rabbit-hole? If being in public was not enough to stop him procrastinating … [tap] [tap] [tap] … okay, last song, definitely the last one!
#83: Bloody cars!
#95: Person 1 - Is that? Should I …? No, uhh… wait … damn, I was so sure. Was he…?
Person 2 - Why was he staring at me?
Visit the comments to share a story and read those written by others!
Reader, I started my art journey with a curiosity for the people of my new world. I was new to Chicago, to the US, to an environment very different from everywhere else I had been. I was looking for clues - how to visit the cafes, how to use the parks, how to sit on the bus and, thus, how to live in this world. This story of my life featured many questions, and few answers. It was a joy to share it in my book. I hope it will help you better understand my art. Beyond that, I hope it will help you notice the tiny people of your world.
We are tied together in a mutual coexistence, and it is a more beautiful world thanks to the presence of other tiny people in it.
Thank you for reading. I am glad to have a share of your time and attention this week.
I love this, noticing the tiny people of my world! I was taking a walk in my neighborhood near sunset and saw a mother pushing a toddler in her stroller on the other side of the street. The mom was totally distracted talking on her phone while the little girl was pointing to the sky and saying, "Mommy Mommy look! The sky is pink now, it's pink! Look!" The Mommy was too busy but I waved at the little girl and said, "I see it too, isn't it pretty?!" She clapped and it made me happy.
#76 He looked around, surprised once again by how much there was to see when he'd forgotten and left his phone at home.