WINDOW 45: Lee Lai - This Far

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Window Bannatyne at Arthur (sidewalk level), Winnipeg, Manitoba

This piece is more or less an expression of love to my mum, who's pushed herself for years to try and arrive at a place of understanding of how I'm moving through the world. In this story, the child is leaving home and transitioning into a tree– something intended to nod to both humour / parody, and spirituality. It's also an attempt to emotionally connect with the pure feelings of fear and strangeness felt by a parent who, new to these concepts and language, is watching her flesh and blood embark on a journey that is so far from what she thought was real or possible. 

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About the artist:

Lee Lai is from Naarm (Melbourne), Australia, and currently makes comics and illustrations in Tio’tia:ke (known as Montreal, Quebec). Her work is part memoir, part fiction– stories about intimacy, families and food – and has been featured in The New Yorker, The Lifted Brow, Room Magazine, and Everyday Feminism. 

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Window Bannatyne at Arthur (sidewalk level), Winnipeg, Manitoba
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