Unseen Borders

Day 19: Unseen Borders

Welsh translation: Ffiniau anweledig

“I wanted to create a prompt that specifically explores a moment of free movement outside of our daily routines, a protest to the policing of our bodies and a way to connect with and centre us in our bodies with music as an aid. I asked participants to create something that reminds them of this in order for us to have a reminder of what we can do to recenter in our bodies!”

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“Roeddwn eisiau mireinio fy sgiliau dod â phobl at ei gilydd ac fe fydd y cyfle a’r platfform hwn hefyd yn wych i wireddu fy ngweledigaeth o greu gofodau diogel a chynhwysol ar gyfer grwpiau cwiar ymylol i ddod at ei gilydd a mynegi eu hunain mewn gweithgaredd creadigol a hwyliog.”

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Do

Pick a song that makes you feel like moving. It can be slow and soothing or fast and upbeat, whatever resonates with, or means something to you.

As the music plays, allow your body to respond instinctively. This can be subtle movements like stretching, swaying, or moving just your hands, waist, or feet. The key is to move in a way that feels natural and freeing for you, without thinking too much about it. Let the rhythm guide you and focus on the sensations in your body.

If you like, try doing the same prompt but with a peer or another person in the space. You could try to mirror each others movements.

Move in a way that’s comfortable and accessible to you – as big, small, slow, fast as you like.

Dewiswch gân sydd yn gwneud i chi deimlo fel symud – gall fod yn araf a thawel neu’n hapus a chyflym, beth bynnag sy’n apelio.

Wrth wrando ar y gerddoriaeth gadwech i’ch corff ymateb yn reddfol. Gall hyn fod yn fân symudiadau fel ymestyn, siglo, neu symud eich dwylo, eich gwasg neu eich traed yn unig. Y peth pwysig yw symud mewn ffordd sydd yn teimlo’n naturiol ac yn rhydd i chi, heb feddwl gormod am y peth.

Gadewch i’r rhythm eich arwain a chanolbwyntiwch ar y teimladau yn eich corff. Os nad yw symud yn bosib, dychmygwch symud o fewn y gofod, gan deimlo’r rhythm a dychmygu eich corff yn ymateb ym mha bynnag ffordd mae o eisiau.

Ceisiwch wneud yr un anogwr ond gyda chyfoed neu berson arall yn y gofod. Gallech geisio adlewyrchu symudiadau eich gilydd.

Think

Reflect on how it felt to move your body freely to the music, first alone and then with someone else. Were there moments where you felt hesitation or restraint in either setting? How did the presence of another person affect the way you moved or felt? Consider how external forces-such as societal expectations, or even your own self-perception-may have influenced your movement. How do these forces impact your relationship with your body in everyday life? What would it look like to move, exist, and express yourself without these restrictions?

Ystyriwch sut deimlad oedd symud eich corff yn rhydd i’r miwsig, ar ben eich hun i ddechrau ac yna gyda rhywun arall. A oedd yna adegau pan oeddech yn teimlo’n betrus neu’n gaeth yn un achos neu’r llall? Sut oedd presenoldeb rhywun arall yn effeithio ar y ffordd yr oeddech yn symud neu sut yr oeddech yn teimlo?

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