Bring it to life

Day 25: Bring it to life

Welsh translation: Dod yn fyw

Hello! With the warmest of greetings. I’ve chosen today’s challenge because I was chosen to be one of eight artists who have experienced homelessness in the UK to work for Arts and Homeless international, I have thought a lot about objects I had whilst homeless – their semiotics, their meanings, usefulnesses and how they made me feel. I either needed them to survive, or they where so precious that they survived the high risk of getting lost or stolen. Objects that meant so much I managed to hang on to them and that somehow managed to dictate a part of who I am, or at least a part of my story. It’s an interesting journey and technique for anyone to look at the objects that are important to them. They have an excellent story because we all do and things do represent you.

My creative prompt is about objects. As someone who was chosen to be one of eight artists who have experienced homelessness in the UK to work for Arts and Homeless international, I have thought a lot about objects I had whilst homeless – their semiotics, their meanings, usefulnesses and how they made me feel. I either needed them to survive, or they where so precious that they survived the high risk of getting lost or stolen. Objects that meant so much I managed to hang on to them and that somehow managed to dictate a part of who I am, or at least a part of my story.

Helo! Cyfarchion cynhesaf. Dwi wedi dewis her heddiw gan i mi gael fy newis i fod yn un o wyth artist sydd wedi profi digartrefedd yn y DU i weithio i Arts and Homeless international. Dwi wedi meddwl llawer am wrthrychau oedd gen i pan oeddwn i’n ddigartref – eu semioteg, eu hystyron, defnyddioldeb a sut roedden nhw’n gwneud i fi deimlo. Roeddwn i naill ai eu hangen i oroesi, neu roedden nhw mor werthfawr fel y goroeson nhw’r risg uchel o fynd ar goll neu gael eu dwyn. Gwrthrychau oedd yn golygu cymaint i fi fel y llwyddais i ddal gafael ynddyn nhw a rhywsut ffurfiodd hynny ran o bwy ydw i, neu o leiaf ran o fy stori i. Mae’n daith ac yn dechneg ddiddorol i unrhyw un edrych ar y gwrthrychau sy’n bwysig iddyn nhw. Mae ganddyn nhw stori ragorol oherwydd bod un gan bawb, ac mae pethau yn eich cynrychioli chi.

Do

Choose an object that is important to you. It can be anything at all – something that has sentimental value, or something you use everyday. Begin free writing whilst thinking about the object and see where your words take you. Free writing is writing without thinking too much about the contents – just letting the words come as they pop into your thoughts. Some people find that this can help ‘creative block’. The prompts below might help get you started; Think about what you can See, Feel, Smell, Hear or Taste whilst holding the object. Think about how the object prompts additional feelings internally – your heartbeat, muscle tension, a spark in your brain… Spend up to 10 minutes writing. You can read your words back, or leave them there.

Dewiswch wrthrych sy’n bwysig i chi. Gall fod yn unrhyw beth o gwbl – rhywbeth sydd â gwerth sentimental, neu rywbeth rydych chi’n ei ddefnyddio bob dydd. Dechreuwch ysgrifennu’n rhydd wrth feddwl am y gwrthrych a gweld i ble mae’ch geiriau’n mynd â chi. Mae ysgrifennu rhydd yn ysgrifennu heb feddwl gormod am y cynnwys – dim ond gadael i’r geiriau ddod wrth iddynt bicio i mewn i’ch meddyliau. Mae rhai pobl yn gweld y gall hyn helpu ‘bloc creadigol’. Gallai’r awgrymiadau isod eich helpu i ddechrau; Meddyliwch am yr hyn y gallwch chi ei weld, ei deimlo, ei arogli, ei glywed neu ei flasu wrth ddal y gwrthrych. Meddyliwch sut mae’r gwrthrych yn ysgogi teimladau ychwanegol yn fewnol – curiad eich calon, tensiwn yn y cyhyrau, sbarc yn eich ymennydd… Treuliwch hyd at 10 munud yn ysgrifennu. Gallwch ddarllen eich geiriau yn ôl, neu eu gadael yno.

Think

Why did you chose it the object? What is its importance? What is its relationship to you and your story?

Pam ddewisoch chi’r gwrthrych, beth mae’n ei olygu i chi?

Share

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