"THE POWER OF SMALL THINGS" ARCHIVAL PRINT ON COLD PRESS COTTON PAPER
“The Power of Small Things”, Medium Format
Fine Art Print on 100% cotton archival paper. Signed by Hayley Dayis.
Numbered edition of 100. Original work is natural hand-foraged pigment on canvas. Print comes with certificate of authenticity.
Artist’s description:
Lately I’ve been noticing just how small we all are in the grand scheme of things; how small our bodies and buildings are on the Earth, how small our civilizations are on the great Timeline. I don’t think that smallness means insignificance, though. Being small is a super power! Like the beetle who keeps the forest clean by keeping populations of insects in check and helping things decompose. Some people might say that’s insignificant but if we lived in a world without beetles I bet we’d be begging for them back real quick. So much of the time I find myself focusing on BIG—making a BIG difference, having a BIG impact with my work, or a BIG amount of credit or money for my accomplishments. But that path is exhausting and built on a bunch of lies. I want to be more like the beetle—crucial, beautiful, temporary, slow going, and working for something bigger. We don’t have to BE bigger, or have bigger things, to matter. I think the worthiest job there is on Earth is to make the world a little cleaner, lighter and loved. That’s what the beetles do, and it takes a lifetime of worthy yet small choices.
“The Power of Small Things”, Medium Format
Fine Art Print on 100% cotton archival paper. Signed by Hayley Dayis.
Numbered edition of 100. Original work is natural hand-foraged pigment on canvas. Print comes with certificate of authenticity.
Artist’s description:
Lately I’ve been noticing just how small we all are in the grand scheme of things; how small our bodies and buildings are on the Earth, how small our civilizations are on the great Timeline. I don’t think that smallness means insignificance, though. Being small is a super power! Like the beetle who keeps the forest clean by keeping populations of insects in check and helping things decompose. Some people might say that’s insignificant but if we lived in a world without beetles I bet we’d be begging for them back real quick. So much of the time I find myself focusing on BIG—making a BIG difference, having a BIG impact with my work, or a BIG amount of credit or money for my accomplishments. But that path is exhausting and built on a bunch of lies. I want to be more like the beetle—crucial, beautiful, temporary, slow going, and working for something bigger. We don’t have to BE bigger, or have bigger things, to matter. I think the worthiest job there is on Earth is to make the world a little cleaner, lighter and loved. That’s what the beetles do, and it takes a lifetime of worthy yet small choices.