The Theme: "Home makes you feel ..."
I think the organizers were quite cheeky in their presentation of the theme because you would expect such an easy task to elicit a typical range of responses.
When I first looked at the theme in late March, I instantly thought of memory, home, and a location that carried a sense of place because of who had lived there. I thought I would simply re-create that place and submit it, but something didn’t sit well with me. I knew I had to consider the theme as an extension of parts of my life that were neither enjoyable nor safe.
I felt I needed to create a world that was fun, yet grounded in an aspirational vision: a story that everyone could relate to.
