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Lift Education
2023—11, NZ

It begins with a buzzing in his ears. The edges of his vision blur as the world reduces.
Then the dust is back. Columns of it. And the smell of petrol. A woman running.
He sees himself winding up the window, his mother gripping the steering wheel …


Working with Lift Education’s, Simon Wakefield we illustrated a poignant story written by Sarah Penwarden about a boy struggling with PTSD from the Christchurch Earthquakes of 2011