Loribelle Spirovski

Everything was shrouded in darkness and you get all of these herbal smells and, of course, the feeling of having to remove your clothes in front of a stranger.

I mean, I was like five at this time, so I was still very young, but just the feeling of exposure.

And I think because the Philippines is such a hot country, any time I would feel cold, I'd really remember that.

So that was one of my first memories of feeling cold was in that man's hut.

Did it help?

I have no idea.

I have no idea.

I think it helped my mum.

I think it helped to ease her...

Her feeling of not being able to control the situation.

I think she thought she was doing something about it.

Not that she really understood what was going on.

I certainly didn't understand what was going on.

But now that I am looking back on my childhood, I really had terrible anxiety.

It was just panic attacks.

I think I was suffering from panic attacks as a child.

Interestingly, in the Philippines, I didn't make art as much as when I came to Australia, partly because we didn't have many materials or toys.

So the closest I came to creative play was Play-Doh.

That was the only art I remember making as a child.

And I had a cousin who was pretty good at drawing.