A Word Walk
Day 6: A Word Walk
Welsh translation: Tro geiriau
“I’m Rachel and I run boom saloon, a global media movement to democratise creativity for good. Boom Saloon work in collaboration with STAND, a peer support group for people living with young onset dementia – that is people who are diagnosed with dementia under the age of 65 – and their families and friends in Fife, Scotland. Boom Saloon have been working with STAND since 2019 to support them tell the true story of those living with young onset dementia, in their own words .”
A Word walk is a perfect excuse to combine your creativity with some fresh air or the chance to look at an often familiar scene with new eyes – it can be refreshing to recognise the potential which sits on our very doorstep but which we may tend to overlook in the busyness of normal life.
To find out more about boom saloon visit: https://64millionartists.com/boom-saloon
“Mae creadigrwydd wedi’i weu i mewn i gymaint o’n bywydau bob dydd – o gynllun caead y past dannedd yr agorwn bob bore i ddefnydd y cas gobennydd y gorffwyswn ein pen arno yn y nos. Mae fy ngwaith yn fy ngalluogi i sylweddoli hyn ac i ddychmygu cymaint gwell fyddai’n byd petaem yn grymuso eraill i adnabod eu potensial creadigol.”
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Do
Go for a word walk! If you’re unable to go for a walk, find a window and look outside or sit outdoors. Notice how many words you can see, from those on signs to flags to buses, as you either walk or look around. Select your favourites and write them down, or record them by reading aloud.
Use the words you found to write a poem.
You may want to gather your words first and then re-order to make your poem – there is no right or wrong! If you wish, add in any additional words for context and look back over your word walk poem.
Dewch am dro i ddarganfod cerdd. Mae tro geiriau yn ein hannog i gerdded i ddarganfod y geiriau sydd o’n hamgylch bob dydd – a’u ‘casglu’ i greu darn o farddoniaeth. Mae’n tynnu sylw at y potensial sydd o’n hamgylch ac yn ein hannog i weld y byd trwy lygaid mwy creadigol.
Cerwch am dro! Os na allwch fynd am dro edrychwch trwy ffenestr neu eistedd tu allan. Sylwch faint o eiriau y gallwch eu gweld wrth i chi gerdded neu edrych – o’r rhai ar arwyddion i’r rhai ar faneri neu fysiau. Dewiswch eich hoff rai a’u hysgrifennu, neu eu recordio trwy eu darllen yn uchel. Os dymunwch, ychwanegwch eiriau ychwanegol i roi cyd-destun ac yna edrych eto ar eich cerdd mynd am dro.
Efallai yr hoffech gasglu eich geiriau i ddechrau ac yna eu haildrefnu i greu cerdd – does dim ffordd iawn neu ffordd anghywir o wneud hyn!
Think
Terms such as poetry and creative writing can feel incredibly daunting – they are filled with stanzas and haikus and villanelles, written by people such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Yeats. And yet… at their core, they are nothing more than the words we each use day in, day out. These three Word Play prompts encourage and guide you to think about the words that surround us each day and how we can play with them to discover that, in fact – we are all poets, even if we didn’t know it!
Mae termau megis barddoniaeth ac ysgrifennu creadigol yn gallu bod yn frawychus – yn llawn o englynion a chywyddau a chynganeddion, ac wedi’u hysgrifennu gan bobl fel Gerallt Lloyd Owen, Mererid Hopwood a Cynan. Ac eto… yn y bôn, tydyn nhw’n ddim byd ond y geiriau rydym yn eu defnyddio bob dydd. Mae’r tair her Chwarae efo Geiriau hyn yn eich annog a’ch arwain i feddwl am y geiriau sydd yn ein hamgylchynu bob dydd a sut y gallwn chwarae â hwy er mwyn darganfod ein bod i gyd, go iawn, yn feirdd o ryw fath!
Share
You can share today’s journey with creativity on social media by tagging us or using the hashtag #TheJanuaryChallenge Encourage your friends and family to join in to take the conversation further! Read our top tips for accessible sharing on social media.
Rhannwch eich campau creadigol gyda ni ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol trwy ein tagio neu ddefnyddio’r hashnod #HerIonawr
Beth am annog ffrindiau a theulu i ymuno fel gall y sgwrs fynd ymhellach!
Darllenwch ein hawgrymiadau gwych er mwyn rhannu mewn modd hygyrch.
