Exhibition Planning Event; ‘Private Stories/Public Spaces’ with Clare Patey from the Empathy Museum11/11/2019 A Mile in My Shoes, the Empathy MuseumI slipped my feet into a pair of size three trainers and went for a walk; black canvas with white laces, a perfect fit. They could have been mine, but they weren’t. They once belonged to a woman just a year younger than me, just an inch taller, the same colour hair and seemingly the same sized feet – but with a radically different story to tell. She utters “how have I let this happen again?” when she finds herself in an abusive relationship, after having been made homeless with her baby a few years previous – I want to tell her to stop blaming herself…
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