Journey to the Edge of the Horizon (2024)

The work embodies the ideas of travelling to the sunrise to the magic place on the horizon where all he sounds of earth and the culture of my people are imbedded in my DNA, a direct connection to the feeling - we are here in this space because of thousands of years of ceremony.

Lullaby - Around the fire in the night the legacy of our people and the landscape is awakened within the glowing embers rising to the stars beyond embracing elemental change - the storms, clouds, the wind carrying the lullaby of our ancestors radiate with us, as the gentle rains pass through the landscape, the memories and spirit are suspended in the air singing with the song of the landscape - the songlines of our people.

The sacred spirit of our mother country gives breath to the life of the landscape as the dawn becomes day and the sun journeys across the sky, the rivers, the valleys, the many seas, acknowledging all existence of life -  the sacred waters of the native well where the memories of Everlast are a continuum  -   the waters flows from the sacred earth - a vessel within each rain drop - full circle of life.

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Reflections of light from the native well dances across the spinifex grass.

The sacred tree of life remembers those songs of the ancient on the wind as the energy of the evening wind gently travels upon the rocky outcrops of the rugged beauty in the Selwyn and Argylla ranges - the spirit flows to the many sacred waterholes connecting to the river ways and creeks, the songlines of our mother country.

The sun has travelied across the day sky ready to greet the evening star The spirit eagle takes flight, the small birds, insects and other animals follow -

The custodians of the land prepare the ceremony for the Journey to the Edge of the Horizon acknowledging those before us who have created a safe space of connection to our external and internal chant. We now journey together to the Edge of the Horizon where we find truth and honesty and the best of humanity where the view of our world is about understanding and caring and our lullaby will be carried on the wind to the Edge of the Horizon for many centuries to come.

That sacred magic place exist upon the horizon - we are already there, we just need to listen.

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William Barton

Kalkadungu

Mount Isa

Far North Western Queensland Australia

14th August 2024