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The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and water holes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin. The Aborigines called this potency the “Dreaming” of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming of the Earth. (*Note: I did not write the above text. Inaccurate, generalised, distorted. Slabbb-)

The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and water holes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin.

The Aborigines called this potency the “Dreaming” of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming of the Earth.

(*Note: I did not write the above text. Inaccurate, generalised, distorted. Slabbb-)

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Utopia, Australia

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Utopia, Australia The region of Utopia is approximately 270 km north east of Alice Springs, NT. Within its boundaries are; Atneltye Boundary Bore, Lyentye Mosquito Bore, Atnarare Soakage Bore, Arawerre Soapy Bore, Irrweltyr, Ingkwelaye Kurrajong Bore, Ahalpere Store, Ankerrapwe Utopia Homestead and Artekerre three Bores. Indigenous peoples presence in this country goes back long before recorded history. No one is certain how old Indigenous people’s history is but a conservative educated guess would make it more than forty thousand years (or for at least an ice age or two)! The name Utopia was attached to the region when European immigrants began settling the Northern Territory. The Indigenous groups in the region were utilised by the settlers as housemaids, farm hands and stock hands for little or no pay. The debate amongst scholars and politicians about native title rights for the traditional owners continues though it is more than probably accurate to refer to the Indigenous people of the Utopia region as the descendants of the first inhabitants of this continent. Although to this day a definite divide exists between the descendants of the European immigrants and the Indigenous people, considerable efforts are being made towards reconciliation. Indigenous groups from Utopia as well as many other regions in the country are able to keep their culture alive through their painting. Recognition for their unequivocally sophisticated culture has come from all corners of the world through contact with the artworks.

Utopia, Australia

The region of Utopia is approximately 270 km north east of Alice Springs, NT.

Within its boundaries are; Atneltye Boundary Bore, Lyentye Mosquito Bore, Atnarare Soakage Bore, Arawerre Soapy Bore, Irrweltyr, Ingkwelaye Kurrajong Bore, Ahalpere Store, Ankerrapwe Utopia Homestead and Artekerre three Bores.

Indigenous peoples presence in this country goes back long before recorded history. No one is certain how old Indigenous people’s history is but a conservative educated guess would make it more than forty thousand years (or for at least an ice age or two)!

The name Utopia was attached to the region when European immigrants began settling the Northern Territory. The Indigenous groups in the region were utilised by the settlers as housemaids, farm hands and stock hands for little or no pay.

The debate amongst scholars and politicians about native title rights for the traditional owners continues though it is more than probably accurate to refer to the Indigenous people of the Utopia region as the descendants of the first inhabitants of this continent.

Although to this day a definite divide exists between the descendants of the European immigrants and the Indigenous people, considerable efforts are being made towards reconciliation.

Indigenous groups from Utopia as well as many other regions in the country are able to keep their culture alive through their painting. Recognition for their unequivocally sophisticated culture has come from all corners of the world through contact with the artworks.

skibinskipedia:cordisre: The black brown line is the edge of the lake, miles away from where I was standing. Working in such a space, I was keenly aware of variations in hue. In this shot, taken just after dusk, I was fixated on the subtle transition of orange to deep blue. [by Murray Fredericks] The entire gallery is stunning.

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The black brown line is the edge of the lake, miles away from where I was standing. Working in such a space, I was keenly aware of variations in hue. In this shot, taken just after dusk, I was fixated on the subtle transition of orange to deep blue. [by Murray Fredericks]

The entire gallery is stunning.