most people have lived in the same house, or at least the same area for their whole lives. i however, have moved around since i was a child, for reasons both known and unknown to me. i moved around when i was a child, but most of them i donāt remember, so i have only added my significant houses to this book.
since i was about 9, i have had many issues with people at my schools and in my life, never having long term friends, or long term relationships, this caused me to change schools many times and eventually we moved houses a few times too. I still had the issues and never found my place in the world. all of these places that i have illustrated have been important to me, and have helped me grow into the person i am today.
Home is where my mum was. home was where i was safe. safe from the mean people at school, calling me names and telling me iām a weirdo. a place where people were forced to live and be around me, and while not always acting like it, I was surrounded by unconditional love. maybe thatās why when i moved to sydney in 2022 to pursue my art, i felt so sad and lonely within my new places, despite having people around me. i used to go crazy waiting to come home every second weekend to see my mum and my penny girl š and my dad and my brothers. Nowadays since my mum passed, it has been different. i now dislike going home, as it isnāt mine anymore. my favourite person isnāt there to keep the family together and give me a hug. i donāt have my closest confidant with me, and it hurts to see the way my dad and brothers now live. i feel like a gigantic piece of my life and home is missing, and it is.