Shop visitors were offered a range of participatory invitations to reflect on and express personal stories, feelings and aspirations.
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Dewsbury Stories
An invitation to write down a personal memory or story on a postcard
and pin it up on a map of Dewsbury, linking it to the place the story
happened.
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Weekly Blackboard Question
An invitation to chalk your answer to a changing mix of reflective,
seasonally-linked and aspirational questions on a giant wall-sized
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Sowing Seeds for the Future
An invitation to sow a seed in the shop and write down on a stick
something you'd like to change in your life while the seed grows. The
stick went in the pot alongside the seed.
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I Told A Story About
An invitation to take a seat on the sofa and tell your friend or one of the shop hosts a personal story inspired by one of our themes including celebration, hurt, change, faith, rain, home.
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Anyone Who’s
An invitation to unravel a ball of string around a selection of
everyday or landmark things you've done, felt or thought in your life.
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Family Portraits
An invitation to draw your own family portrait. |
Dewsbury Tree of Life
An invitation to reflect on what makes you who you are. Your sources of strength and joy, achievements and projects in the pipeline - tied to the roots of the tree, written on a bench and hung with knitted fruits and buds on a tree.
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Stepping Stones
An invitation to to reflect on how you see yourself in relation to
different parts of your life and the world - from you on your own, to
you as part of Dewsbury, to you as part of the universe.
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Layers of Identity
An invitation to make up a self portrait using a photo of yourself and
layering it with maps and images of the wider world.
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Recipes for working across cultural divides
An invitation to write down your personal recipe for working across cultural divides.
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