Hi amazing ladies of the Hive community. I am privileged to share my thoughts and experiences here again in yet another interesting 233rd edition of the @ladiesofhive community contest, with questions this week from the awesome judge @amberkashif. Thanks for being here.
Below is my response to this week's Loh contest #233:
Option number one especially captivated me
which focuses on admiring specific traits or habits, how captivating they are, embracing them, and how we were able to maneuver our way as we work through the journey.
My Humble Review on Admiring a habit
I actually taught myself how to make art from discarded items—what everyone called "disgusting trash," so to speak, I now see as a raw material. This includes pure water nylons, polythene bags, broken jewelry, bottle caps, old newspapers, and wires—anything that is possibly overlooked has actually become part of my creative art.
It all started around late December of last year, 2024. While engaging in a community cleanup in Hive called @cleanplanet, you can check this out here in this link below, as well as many other projects I have done there.
@happy080/another-pleasantly-remarkable-cleaning-experience
After that day's environmental sanitation, just as I was about to discard the trash collected, I immediately felt the urge to retain some. However, I opened my trash bag and started selecting items I needed for a particular art project, I have made quite a few items; I started with a plastic spoon that I twisted into a flower. Actually, my son loved it so much that he sleeps with it every night, and he felt really bad when his baby sister spoiled it. I did not learn this in a class; I learned it from paying keen attention to what other people have thrown away and to my environment.
On one occasion, while engaging in yet another cleanup with my son, this time together, Link found the following:
@happy080/enjoyable-and-pleasant-cleaning-with
He actually picked up a very colorful polythene bag. He asked if I could create something with it in place of the spoon flower his baby sister had spoiled. I agreed. When we got home and freshened up. I cleaned and dried the polythene bag, then cut it into a rectangle shape. I cut about eight layers of the polythene bag into sheets and placed them on top of each other for a firm texture and applied glue on them. After ironing it, I placed a plain white paper underneath and ironed again. Then, I decorated it with a poster color, crayons, water colors and markers. Finally, my son's colorful placemat was ready, designed to be waterproof, easy to clean, and durable enough for his mealtime messes.
Embracing The Habit
Soon, I was making wall art from soda cans and decorating notebooks with textured scrap pieces. A lot of people were amazed at how I turned trash into beautiful items. This skill taught me to look twice at every thing—objects, moments, and even human beings in general.
My Journey So Far
The journey was not a smooth or neat one. I cut myself on several occasions, ruined good glue, and spent countless hours trying to figure out how to make something stick or stand straight. However, each creation carried a story. And now, I'm known not only for creating or drawing artworks but also for making meaning out of the unwanted.
ALL THE IMAGES ARE MINE.
