If you had a magical chair to sit in and dream your future, what would that future be? At the HIV/AIDS Centre where Paula works as Craft Co-ordinator, a group of women crafters was inspired to create a chair of dreams. Little did they know how much attention it would get and how far it would travel.
The Chair wove its own magic. Everyone we met and who sat in it – we invited them to dream. Some dreams were both simple and shocking at the same time. Lunati, a mother, dreamt of clean water for her children to drink. Dora dreamt of being able to return home to Zimbabwe.
There were dreams of a better future, a cure for AIDS, a day in South Africa with no crime. There were dreams that made us laugh – like dreaming of a husband with plenty of money in his pockets! Even Desmond Tutu who was a hero to all of us honoured us with his time.
Written by
Laura Counsell
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Writing
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