“The inspiration for ‘Questioned’ was a woman I know who is mentally ill and at one time was homeless. In telling her story to me, she said she had five sons. She told me they want nothing to do with her. It is hard to know if this is true. It is hard to know if much of what she told me is true. In knowing her I questioned my beliefs about who is the abuser and who is the abused when it comes to a parent with mental illness who appears to have failed her children. Where does responsibility lie: parent, child, family, society? The perceptions of all involved are shadowed in intense feelings.” |
