00:05These two women share a special bond stronger than the steel bars that once imprisoned them.
00:11It was absolutely amazing to have someone that's walked in my shoes and be a support for my art.
00:19Flick Chaffer-Smith mentored Narns, helping guide her towards art and away from crime.
00:25It's a journey Flick knows only too well.
00:27I was first locked up the day after my 18th and then spent the next six years in and out
00:33of prison.
00:34Like when I was inside, I only saw myself as a criminal, a drug addict.
00:38When I started painting and I had my first few sales, I actually thought,
00:42hang on, I can actually make a positive thing and put it out into the world.
00:46I can be known for a different reason.
00:48The Confined 17 exhibition is organised by Indigenous arts group The Torch,
00:53which helps prisoners rebuild their lives, returning 100% of sales to the artists.
00:59For those still in jail, The Torch keeps 70% in trust to help them reintegrate back into the community.
01:06It's a full circle moment being able to support those that are going through what I've been through.
01:11It gives them that inspiration and hope that they might not have had before.
01:15My kids are a massive part of my life, my art life.
01:21So this represents us growing and flowering.
01:25Weaving art and culture together to walk a better path.
01:29For those who listen to it, the Taliesin, the Taliesin.
01:29And anyway, it turns out but no more feedback is interesting to have our owns,
01:29we're not really doing a little bit.
01:29But I really liked this kind of reporting.
01:29I would not transform this with
01:29and I reallyancify it.
01:30Also, income is a terrible thing as the Principal Life Group.
01:31I'm lucky enough to sit there in the difference.
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