Aug 19, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
“Belonging is just a state of being comfortable so it’s not necessarily a physical place.” I find the concept of belonging really interesting. I recently moved here from New Zealand and I often get people asking me where I’m from and I find it really hard...
May 20, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
“fear is the biggest barrier to belonging” I think the concept of belonging and the word itself go two ways: there is always something you do feel you belong to and there are things that you don’t feel you belong to. I moved here when I was studying. I...
May 20, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
Aloha: My family are both foreign. We moved over here when I was about six. I’ve never really – my mum’s Maori and my dad’s Austrian – but they’ve never really taught me much of history or of family. So I’ve never really had a connection to that. I find...
May 20, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
I was born in Amsterdam and I always considered myself a citizen of the world. In the 1950s there was a guy who demonstrated in the United States. He wanted to get rid of all the borders, pull them down. I can’t remember his name. I’ll have to look him up. So I’ve...
May 20, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
My children are my life. They’re my belonging. I don’t get to see them. Except sometimes I’ll get a photo. I’ve got four kids. I’m going to try and go for access or supervised access and go from there. I’m pretty much being FLY now: First Love Yourself. I’m getting...
May 9, 2016 | Belonging, Your Stories
“I moved to Brisbane yesterday. I’m an artist in American Traditional. I’m considered a flash painter.” What’s a flash painter? “Where you paint several designs over each other on one piece of paper. I use water colours.” “I’m living with...
