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From Danai’s Reflections
As Danai expresses this experience: “We started off with
… seeing the horrors that are the water works and for me
that was very alarming. You know it. This is what
happens. This is what needs to be done so that we have
clean water, but when you see it, and when you smell it,
when you are there, and you experience it… for me it was
very alarming.” Then, she adds: “In the midst of that
overwhelming experience, as we were heading back to
the cars, I spotted a pretty pink flower in the grass and I
had to stop and take a picture of it. I was so shocked that
something so beautiful was growing in a place … well …
not so beautiful. After that I started to spot beautiful
things all around me, even with the overwhelming
amount of trash, and I made a point of capturing all of it
in polaroid photographs. Seeing the beauty in between
the trash inspired my work. Flowers are associated with
beauty, so I used some of the trash I encountered to
make the flowers and used some of the pictures to add to
the bouquet. I chose my favourite pictures from the
experience; ones that were the most beautiful for me.”
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