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Dreaming in Aboriginal Australia


Dreaming in Aboriginal Australia
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Copyright: Cordelia Gee (chocolate29) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 388 W: 35 N: 610] (2697)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-01-06
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Friday theme 2008/10/24 Dream, Dreamy, Dreaming [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-10-23 2:39
Viewed: 334
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
David (“Refugee”) and I obviously had the same idea of posting an image referring to the Aboriginal understanding of "Dreaming" for this Friday's theme. Mine shows parts of Western and Northern Australia from the sky. The relevance of my contribution is that Aboriginals, e.g. in the Western Desert, have traditionally been painting images of their country/area from a bird's eye perspective.

Aboriginal "dreaming" includes their mythology - their stories about where they came from, where they belong, who created the earth and how this happened. They believe in them as firmly as as members of religions faiths believe in their faiths

Until Aboriginal painting was discovered by the international artmarket some 10 or 20 years ago, desert images - made in dirt or sand - were used as maps and for ceremonies and were not made to last. Aborignals did not have the notion of "art" as people in the occident have. That has, of course, changed and the Aboriginal paintings sold in art galleries have been produced with both the idea of earning money and communicating with us.

PP: Collage (in Picasa) of four images, framed and signed

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M_A_C_R_O, Margy, Juliet, Jonela, willie, Refugee has marked this note useful
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This is good idea, I like this a lot. Excellent collage and composition.
Best wishes,
Achim

Very effective and I like it.

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  • Juliet Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 875 W: 64 N: 1969] (13538)
  • [2008-10-23 3:46]

Hi Cordelia,
Well done on this collage and nice contribution. A beautiful place. TFS Julie

a good collage of aerial scenery of australia.
very nicely done. different assortment.
well done. TFS
y2koSan

Hi Cordelia,
This is a great collage that shows a lot of the Australian Outback. Well done and tfs

Regards
Jon

a very original idea. I've been twice to australia and when you look out of the planewindow its amazing what you see......
it brings back memories for me so right now i'm DREAMING about Australia again. tfs

willemien

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1368 W: 0 N: 1670] (13539)
  • [2008-10-23 13:49]

Really nice Cordelia,at home I have several good picture books with this kind of work,it looks great!
jan

Effective idea here Cordelia, great note as well

Thanks for joining the theme
regards
Tracey

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3265 W: 267 N: 7730] (32968)
  • [2008-10-23 23:58]

Gidday Cordelia - that's real Australian talk!!
What a super collage showing your wonderful photos of Australia from the sky. Good Dreamtime images - and all so different
TFS
Janice

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  • Margy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 111 W: 6 N: 227] (2512)
  • [2008-10-24 2:01]

Hi Cordella,

Very nice collage af a dream.
Excellent shots, good contribution to the theme!

Best Regards, Marga

Hallo Cordelia,
Weißt du was das schönste an diesen (sowieso genialen und tollen) Aufnahmen ist?
Es ist weit und breit keine Spur von 'Zivilisation' zu entdecken.
Die Aborigines habe es - soweit ich weiß - als einige Vertreter ihrer Spezies 10tausende von Jahren geschafft, den Teil der Erde auf dem sie lebten nicht zu zerstören.
Gruß aus dem Süden Deutschlands,
Thomas

hi CORDELIA
very nicely composed shots here looking at each ones tell the story of the lay of the land realy nice work
regards bryan

Very nicely done Cordelia, the true colours of those parts of Australia very well captured. Good detail from that height especially the lower two images. Oh for an Albert Namatjira original, you can keep your Pro Harts. TFS,
David

This what one would see for hours while flying over Downunder :)) I like your collage Cordelia.. I still can not see any D90 shots yet :(
cheers

aK

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