Today we're celebrating how an image can inspire different people to write different things. In our recent workshop, we experimented with using images as the starting point to prompt writing. Below are some responses to this photo - what would you write? When I look at this photo of the tree and sun picture it … Continue reading One picture, many words
Author: Kirsten Luckins
Director - Tees Women Poets
Project Manager - Rebecca Swift Foundation #WomenPoetsPrize
Co-Director - Celebrating Change
Co-Ordinator - Crossing the Tees Book Festival
Collection 'Passerine' available from Bad Betty Press
Growing Old Disgracefully by Sandra Falconer and Joyce Skinn
We leave you for now with this delightful film, featuring an interview with friends Sandra and Joyce, and their haiku collaboration. We love it because it shows what can happen *after* people take part in Celebrating Change - how they take their skills, confidence, and new-found creativity out into the world. https://videopress.com/v/ELXagkXo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Swans by Geoff-kerr Morgan
Another short memoir from Geoff, showing how swans have been a thread of pleasure and meaning in his life from childhood onwards. https://videopress.com/v/eh8J64GV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Karma Cry-Sis by Nick Smith
An epic poem of social commentary today from Nick Smith, matched by his ambitious use of captured and vintage footage in a powerfully-paced montage. https://videopress.com/v/GvlF5LhN?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
The Lost Child by Helen Anderson
In this short film Helen takes us back to the 90's and a small rescue that changed a little something in her heart. Watch out for the way she's used objects to signify the main characters in the story and how they feel - especially the brand name of the shoes!! https://videopress.com/v/q2BVjH4A?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Great-Grandmother Lala by Geoff Kerr-Morgan
In this short film, Geoff tells us about his family roots and gives us a window into so much of Middlesbrough's history - how we welcomed economic migrants all the way back into the 19th Century, the relationship between the church and their congregations, the economies of poverty, traditional crafts...It's all in here. https://videopress.com/v/MPjLiCm3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Pools of Reflected Light by Joyce Skinn
Please take just a few quiet minutes out of your day to have a 'mindful moment' on the beach with Joyce. This beautiful film makes use of split screen to double up your viewing pleasure! https://videopress.com/v/ee7LStR0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
‘Til DEath Do Us Join by Allan Rodgers
The poem that forms the foundation of this digital story is really from the heart. Watch out for the very simple, yet very effective visual device Allan uses in the film to symbolise the impact of huge emotions on the self - even without a big film budget, it's possible to create powerful imagery. https://videopress.com/v/mPsSeSGo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Cycles by Ailsa Falconer
This film by Ailsa makes use of typography on screen instead of a voice-over, and features Ailsa herself creating the theme music on her guitar. We hope you enjoy and share her love of nature. https://videopress.com/v/M1N0YqI5?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
On A day Like This by Fran Edwards
In this digital story, Fran tells us a little about how she came to live in Redcar, and shares beautiful reflections on the circularity and layering of time and familial relationships. https://videopress.com/v/KqFotemA?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
Erimus by Sandra Falconer
Sandra has been part of Celebrating Change for a couple of years now, making beautiful films about her family and community. In this latest digital story she combines film, photos, archive material and original stop-motion to celebrate the history of her beloved Middlesbrough - from dinosaurs to strikers! https://videopress.com/v/04hLXAlp?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata
For My Mother by Atainu Mbikan
Like so many of us, Ati's year has been marked by great loss and bereavement. Although she was unable to participate directly in most of our workshops, the video resources we made for this third year of the project, plus the year-long use of our iPad, meant Ati could write and film at her own … Continue reading For My Mother by Atainu Mbikan
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