Artist Rene Magritte once said his goal was to “breathe new life into the way we look at ordinary things around us.”
Photographer Sally Mann said it’s always been her philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and the ordinary.
“It never occurred to me to leave home to make art.”
Author, storyteller, teacher, and improving golfer, Matthew Dicks says, “The best storytellers don’t wait for extraordinary moments. They find storyworthy moments in the small, everyday details of life.”
Add to this list people like Annie Dillard, Raymond Carver, Marcel Proust, Georgia O’Keeffe, David Hockney, Joni Mitchell, and Henry David Thoreau.
Many others, too.
We all agree.
Small things make for great stories.
Please don’t think you need to live an extraordinary life to tell great stories. Your life is already extraordinary, even if it sometimes or often feels small.
You’re just not looking hard enough. Not seeing what’s important. Not recognizing the singularly remarkable person that you are.
Look harder. Pay attention to your heart and mind. Listen carefully to what you think and feel.
That is where all great stories reside.
René Magritte, Sally Mann, Matthew Dicks, and many others concur on this subject.
