This painting was inspired by a road trip I took to the desert with my partner in 2021. It was a life changing and heart opening journey, which I’ve attempted to encapsulate the magic that was experienced.
This is a poem I wrote while on that journey.
Rich red earth
Anangu country we walk on
Inviting me deeper into the heart
Meeting grief, sorrow, shame
For the unjust acts of the white people that came.
It is difficult to know what to do
What to say
How to be...
The land she reminds me to soften,
Tenderising my bare feet
And drawing out what I do not need.
But leaving it up to me ~
To breathe into my heart
Forgive and heal my ancestry
For we have a choice
To see beyond duality
And the illusion that came to be
That you are you
And I am me.
🖤💛❤️