Monuments for Small Things

About this activity

We create monuments to things we want to uplift and immortalize. What do we choose celebrate and remember forever? What or who do we leave out?

By honoring a small thing, like a fly or an ant, we consider what everyone’s purpose is in our shared community or ecosystem. We might even change our perspective about sharing space with these creatures that might give us the creeps sometimes. Let’s take a moment to practice gratitude and honor even the smallest things as necessary to our survival.

Take inspiration from artworks in The Long Dream and the MCA Collection and rethink what monuments can look like.