I Forgive You

Bindi Cole, a Melbourne based artist of Wathaurung heritage, has produced a short video clip called 'Seventy times Seven' in 2011. The video shares the idea of forgiveness by having members of Aboriginal community chanting 'I forgive You' and as they repeat the words, their focus turns inwards: they find within themselves the sources of their hurt and the reasons for its forgiveness. Then there is a shift: the frowns turns to smiles, then to tears- as they begin to free themselves of their internalised pain.

Cole has named her work 'Seventy times seven' which is referenced from the Bible, Matthew chapter 18. It is the number of times Jesus tells his disciples that one should forgive his brothers' and sisters' sins.

Cole continued to explore forgiveness in her latest work 'I Forgive You (2012)'.