El Mauger
Tell us a little about who you are and what brought you here.
Supporting Marliyn’s vision of what people struggle with medically and physically every day by providing an insight into what the reality of live is, was extremely important to me.
What invisible or visible part of your story do you wish more people understood?
Mental health issues is a big one and the other is how much harder it is to live with a disability and the limitations of it.
How did it feel to be photographed as part of Desire Lines?
Very freeing and also emotional. A lot of the time people give a quick glance or just give you a shallow sympathetic look or words but don’t really understand or try to understand what it like. Put it in photos for people to see and get a look inside your life was very touching.
Do you have anything else you would like to add?
I hope that those who look at this exhibition take the time to understand and also support those around them that may be in these circumstances as the smiles on people’s faces don’t always portray what is going on inside.
This art is not for sale.
People’s pain and hardship cannot be commodified in this space. This space exists simply to inspire anyone who is struggling to cope or searching for a way through.
The art is a gift from myself and every participant. These images capture a moment in time that allowed us to realise that our pain has given us something priceless:
Wisdom and resilience.
They form the desire lines we walk as we move through each new storm we face, again and again.
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