This perspective rests on the belief that the fabric of ordinary life is already rich with conflict, hope, loss, and renewal. A bus ride, a dinner table conversation, or a walk in the rain can all carry emotional undercurrents. Much like James Joyce’s *Dubliners* (1914), where seemingly small incidents reveal entire inner worlds, Heaney’s advice reminds us that significance rarely arrives pre-packaged as spectacle; it must be uncovered. [...]
