Small Things: Take a Deep Breath and Notice
Small Things: Take a Deep Breath and Notice
There is a teacup in this painting. Around it, yellow flowers have just been noticed for the first time. The words on the cup say it: it's the small things.
That is the whole instruction.
The Work
Small Things is a 3D painting on glass from Jean-Pierre Weill Studios. A teacup sits at the center, surrounded by yellow flowers and green leaves, the background a soft wash of blue and newsprint. Built in layers behind the glass, the flowers sit at different depths, some closer, some further, the kind of layering that rewards you for looking carefully. The painting says: pause. Take a deep breath, and notice how the sunshine lights up the world. You bend over and inhale the scent of the yellow flowers that you have just noticed for the first time.
The Small Things Are the Things
Most people know this and still forget it every day. The cup of tea. The light through the window. The flower that was there the whole time. Small Things does its job quietly, every time you walk past it.
A Mindfulness Gift That Actually Works
Small Things works as a mindfulness gift, a self-care gift, or nature-inspired wall art for anyone who needs a gentle nudge to slow down and pay attention to what is already there.
Collectors drawn to the spirit of Small Things may also find that quality in Water Yourself, a reminder that when we take care of ourselves the world becomes more beautiful, and in Nature is a Temple, a Grand Collection painting where an autumn forest sings with the words of King David and the fields are jubilant with everything in them.
More about Jean-Pierre Weill's philosophy in his book The Well of Being, and behind the scenes from our family studio on Instagram.
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