Homelands began 2011 with a false start. The workshop which was schedule for mid January was cancelled due to a wedding, the week after also another wedding. You just can’t control love it seems. I did meet with the Werribee group that Saturday which consisted of the community host and her family/network. There were four at this meeting. Three of them had just recently returned from a visit to Thailand where they met and spent time with friends and family. I wanted to spend time looking over the footage they took. But alas they had not brought their cameras along. I wondered how they were processing their experiences. For some of them it was the first time they’ve returned to their homeland. Was it just a holiday? I encouraged them to look over the footage. Create a visual memory of their trip, show it to us. I’m not sure if they will. I think they are still processing it. Maybe they don’t know what to feel. It’s a large thing to know what and how an experience like returning to your homeland means. Everyone tells you it will be huge, but what if it’s not? What if you can’t explain it? Is it a disappointment?
David
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