"My little worries revealed," continued「小さな悩み、はじめました。」を、続けました。

Cases of child abuse in the home are rising year on year. To understand the reality and learn about the lives of children in care, we visited the Chiba City Child Support Centre, which also incorporates a children’s home. They receive a range of enquiries, from those that refer to cases of life-threatening child abuse, to others that concern minor worries related to child rearing. One of the staff said something that left an impression on us: “If they come to us while it’s still a little worry, things are unlikely to become more serious.” This made us think that the ability for anyone to air any worry they may have is connected to SDGs concerning children and their environment.

“Little worries” that aren’t worth talking to anyone about. Pointless photos stored on our phone that we don’t remember taking. Both are things that everyone has, but that no one thinks of as useful. We saw them as a valuable resource, and produced a small book entitled “My little worries revealed.” For this project, “ ‘My little worries revealed,’ continued” we ran a series of sustainable workshops that bring participants together via Zoom to empathize with one another, and positioned it as an art project. Precisely because worries are universal, they contain the potential to become a common language.