Collection Thirteen — Belonging

MMM collaborated with Auckland's Central City Library at their Speak Auckland event in June 2021 to engage the community with our MMM Post-box, Tell-a-phone and creative workshops, asking them to share their stories about community and belonging. The submissions you see here are a collection of these stories, visualised by Bianca and Andrea Mendoza.

Contributors responded to the prompts "What makes Auckland so special to you?", "When or where do you feel you belong?" and "What matters to you right now?"

"The tunnel vision of perfectionism whenever I'm doing something, even if I don't want to."

Perfectionist

"The diversity of people, struggles we all share and go through.."

Not Alone

"I love all the trees, the cafes, the many beautiful places..."

Quiet Moments

"Having something you've said be misinterpreted"

Misinterpreted

"The sunlight coming through closed eyes. Deep rest and warmth"

Sunlight

"I was feeling really upset the other night and my partner made me laugh and smile..."

Understood

Insignificance

"A moment on the bus this week when I looked out the window and was astounded..."

Perfect Cloud Moment

"A person chewing a carrot loudly next to me while I tried to work"

Carrot

"This is a painting of the mood that I have when my cat run into me"

Cat

"Windy beach. Walking along with friends. Smellof the salty air"

Beach

"What comfort means to me is? Having Accomodation food and water..."

Comfort

"I connect my object to the idea of passion because it's bright, halfway to being symmetrical but mainly abstract and also looks like a sleepy dragon..."

Sleepy dragon

"The temporary, moody & tropical seasons"

Tropical Seasons

""Self is an idea that develops on previous versions of me..."

Self Knowledge

""My object looks like a vertebrae like a spine chunk..."

Vertebrae

"Chemist Warehouse Newmarket. Where we get free prescriptions"

Chemist Warehouse

Baby Love

""What makes Auckland so special to me is because, um, all the fun things and that my dad lives with me..."

Special

"Hello. I think Auckland is special because it's full of happenings..."

Fun Things

Collection Thirteen — Belonging

Needing to belong is part of being human. The last year of social isolation for communities around the world has had a significant impact on the way we connect with our whānau and friends. We got our community to share their stories about a time or place they felt they belonged.

MMM collaborated with Auckland's Central City Library at their Speak Auckland event in June 2021 to engage the community with our MMM Post-box, Tell-a-phone and creative workshops, asking them to share their stories about community and belonging. The submissions you see here are a collection of these stories, visualised by Bianca and Andrea Mendoza.

Belonging is part of the Community Series.

Contributors responded to the prompts "What makes Auckland so special to you?", "When or where do you feel you belong?" and "What matters to you right now?"

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