connections with people, experiences and places we find a sense of identity through choices to belong and not to belong
Thank you so much, I really appreciate being invited to speak at this lunch. Through a connection with people, experiences and places we find a sense of identity through the choices to belong and not to belong. May, Magpie and Michael all share a hope in finding someone or somewhere to belong. Although there are pressures, problems and influences along the way they always seem to complete a full circle before understanding and finding their true self’s before realising their home.
May, Magpie and Michael all share a connection with people to find a sense of identity through the choices they make to belong and not to belong. May feels lost and disconnected with lose of her mother. Her mother gave May her sense of self through her aboriginal heritage but through her suffering and exhaustion it was time for her “pain to be freed from her wrists.” May’s brother, Billy grew a close connection together but “when they lost their mother, they lost themselves”.
This relationship slowly drifted apart. The character of Aunty takes on the role of mother. Aunty finds herself being addicted to alcohol and gambling very fast with the help of her new “boyfriend or what ever she confused him to be.” May felt like she didn’t belong in her own home all she had was her brother Billy who’s connection was strong until he left May with “ his heart bleeding before the world even got to him, before he could even swallow air.’
This use of a metaphor shows the heart being weakened by his mother’s death. May sees her brother once more taken over by drugs; she “did not know her brother.” May’s broken bond with Billy making her feel disconnected from her family and her culture. May meets different people along her journey to find her identity but it always leads her back to Billy. Billy eventually stops taking drugs and their bond is present once again.
Magpie feels this same connection with Dog as May feels with Billy. Magpie appears forgotten and isolated suffering from a burnt
May, Magpie and Michael all share a connection with people to find a sense of identity through the choices they make to belong and not to belong. May feels lost and disconnected with lose of her mother. Her mother gave May her sense of self through her aboriginal heritage but through her suffering and exhaustion it was time for her “pain to be freed from her wrists.” May’s brother, Billy grew a close connection together but “when they lost their mother, they lost themselves”.
This relationship slowly drifted apart. The character of Aunty takes on the role of mother. Aunty finds herself being addicted to alcohol and gambling very fast with the help of her new “boyfriend or what ever she confused him to be.” May felt like she didn’t belong in her own home all she had was her brother Billy who’s connection was strong until he left May with “ his heart bleeding before the world even got to him, before he could even swallow air.’
This use of a metaphor shows the heart being weakened by his mother’s death. May sees her brother once more taken over by drugs; she “did not know her brother.” May’s broken bond with Billy making her feel disconnected from her family and her culture. May meets different people along her journey to find her identity but it always leads her back to Billy. Billy eventually stops taking drugs and their bond is present once again.
Magpie feels this same connection with Dog as May feels with Billy. Magpie appears forgotten and isolated suffering from a burnt