Sarah Bray

Joy in the Smallest Things

It's incredible how much joy small things can bring when you pay attention to them. For as long as I can remember, tiny things have always fascinated me. What I loved most about them were the many beautiful things I could create. Growing up, since I couldn't buy miniature toys myself, I would collect anything I thought I could use to create a small world of my own; bottle caps, beads, rocks, berries, sticks, leaves, flowers, whatever I could find, and I was off to find a bare patch of dirt or a flower pot to start building my little place. I'd begin drawing outlines in the earth where everything would be, whether it was a lake or a road or a house; I was excited to bring to life the picture I had painted in my mind.