Monday, July 6, 2015
The Answer Lies in the Soil
Ochres, linseed oil, siccative drier. on paper.
Original no longer exists.
Photo only.
Lines were drawn with the left hand (heart side).
A pendulum was used to dowse where to put colours.
Interesting- the "heads" could also be trees in a landscape.
Australian aboriginal People, traditional owners, cared for their Country. Exquisitely. For tens of thousands of years. We European invaders imposed European values and feral plants and animals (ourselves includes) and have ruined the land in a short 100 to 200 years.
Remnants of pristine land remain. Heroic efforts by Bob Brown's Bush Heritage Trust are saveing precious areas.
Bush Regenerators are weeding the Bush ( I used to).
Dr Germaine Greer has valiantly restored the rainforest at Cave's Creek, Queensland AND she has written a brilliant and scholarly Book about it. 10 years work, and some millions of dollars.. "The White Beech".... I need to check more info.....
Our Prime Minister Mr Malcolm Turnbull made his millions of $ investing in the cutting down of rainforests in the SolomonIslands, Vella Lavella has only one rainforest area remaining: the Elders want to keep it but Westpac Bank is keen to have it cut down! My hope is that maybe Mr Turnbull might feel it in his heart to repair some of the damage.....I shall write to him.
David Suzuki wrote of a forest owner who never cut into the Capital, only harvesting the extra. That is a great example of true Stewardship. Only when we have pure air and water and living environment can we have happy families. Transformation seems to be impossibe- but the possible might happen by some miracle!....
There can be no true Apology until All has been Restored to its Original Design. There exists a Celestial Realm where the original blueprint (Hinagata, in Japanese) still exists. Michael J. Roads, in his books of his metaphysical travelling tells us that the forests that have been cut down STILL EXIST in another dimension. My guess is that if our consciousness changes for the better, it might be possible for us to inhabit such a realm - or a miracle might bring Heaven to Earth. One might say "wishful thinking" but I say that our hearts may wish for it- and re manifest it. One can Dream........the Dreaming.....
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The Answer Lies in the Family
Natural ochres, linseed oil and siccative drier.
Original was on masonite. 1980s.
Size about 45 x 60 cm.
my own work.
Only a photo exists today.
A pendulum was used to help choose where to put colour. Eyes are so accurate! I could not do it consciously!
Inside corners are painted with a brush made of a single human hair. The eye can see to a hair's breadth. Aboriginal bark painters used brushes made of a single hair. You can only use oil paint with such a brush. It seems that aboriginal artists used goanna oil to mix their ochre paints.
**** If you shift your gaze, you might see a child looking up at a woman screaming!
Mother cross eyed with anguish!
It reminds me of a story of a young mother saying "Why can no-one hear me screaming?"
Life can be tough for young families. Everything is so expensive! Especially the roof over one's head. Cruel societies force the mother to work and her children are neglected. By rights we should help our families, not only give pensions for old people who do not need so much money any more.....
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