I Feel Like I Belong
'Circle of Life' by Dylan, $350, #4959, 60cm x 75cm, acrylic on canvas, available to purchase at https://www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/boom-gate-gallery
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Mob
I am back in jail once again. I’m no stranger to jail. It would be my seventh or eighth sentence in ten years. I identify as an Indigenous man. I have since I was twenty, when my mother did the family tree. I never felt like I belonged until after following my family tree up and finding out I was from a mob in central NSW, Barkindji. I have never felt like I am where I am meant to be.
When I go to art and meet with all the other brothers, now I have started painting, I love to feel like I belong with the Koori Boys.
Moving forward, I am part of the Torch Program. I can't wait to be released and start doing art on the outside with my son. He is always wanting to do what I am doing. I would love to have a shared piece with my son.
I am back in jail once again. I’m no stranger to jail. It would be my seventh or eighth sentence in ten years. I identify as an Indigenous man. I have since I was twenty, when my mother did the family tree. I never felt like I belonged until after following my family tree up and finding out I was from a mob in central NSW, Barkindji. I have never felt like I am where I am meant to be.
When I go to art and meet with all the other brothers, now I have started painting, I love to feel like I belong with the Koori Boys.
Moving forward, I am part of the Torch Program. I can't wait to be released and start doing art on the outside with my son. He is always wanting to do what I am doing. I would love to have a shared piece with my son.
Date Published
March 12, 2025
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