Images ARE stories. Stories are paintings. Every word is a color waiting to be splashed on the blank canvas of your journal. Adjectives are vivid colors. Verbs are streaks of paint that add motion to the story.
Nouns are dashes of light and dark making forms emerge.
A star silently hung to sigh. In the purple sky. Close your eyes and imagine it. Use the words to paint an image. I have asked young writers to do this and all their eyes go shut for a few moments.