Tiny Stories

"I've been waiting for this day!" he said, towering over me. 

I gasped for air. "You finally got an A!"

"Please, no!" I begged as she raised the knife above her head.

"I want the last piece of cake!"

Looking back he let out a great sigh.

Things will never be the same.

Hello Mac, goodbye PC.

Looking into my eyes he spoke softly,

"I'm gonna have to let you go..."

Emotion coursed through my veins.

My first party will be so fun!

This can't be happening to me.

Of all the people in the world, how could this happen to me?!

I won the lottery!

Artist Statement

          Our world is full of seemingly insignificant moments that make our lives to be a wonderful array of joy and excitement. In my tiny stories I attempted to capture those little moments in life that are dramatic, yet are things that are relatively insignificant. Just like the reading we took from the “Tiny Stories” Twitter page, I did my best to capture a small course of action using a minimal amount of words. I felt that I was able to do so and that the different stories were effective in portraying a certain scenario. One example of this can be seen in the first story I shared. We understand that the person who is being spoken to has just done something they have never done before. In their moment of excitement they let out a gust of air and are told how great their accomplishment was. From the reading of Tim Burton’s tiny stories, he conveyed very small information to us and gave us a big story. When my own stories are compared to his, there is a slight difference between the delivery of the two, but they are both attempting to give the same effect. What I really loved with his stories is how powerful they were with such a small amount of words. One great example of this was “The Boy with Nails in His Eyes.” It simply states what has happened, and in doing so it has a comedic effect on the viewer. My own stories are short and I also attempted to put somewhat of a comedic effect upon my viewers. Another interesting thing to notice about these stories is the medium I used to create them. I drew all of the pictures exclusively in pencil, and the pictures are nothing close to a work of art. But that is exactly how I wanted it to be. The simple colors of grey and white help us to feel the dullness of everyday life hat is supposed to be going on in these stories, and the imperfect drawings help us to remember that we live in an imperfect world. I have never drawn pictures to fulfill an assignment that gave me the option of other mediums, but I felt that in the spirit of the dull and imperfect world we live, I would give it a go. Although we can learn much from many large and voluminous texts, there is a large amount of power that can come from a small amount of words. These tiny stories were meant to show that, and I feel that they really did.