Tjinpun talks of his childhood wanderings throughout his country to the north of traditional Spinifex Lands. 'No clothes. No blankets' he says. He describes the daily ritual of collecting foods...
Tjinpun talks of his childhood wanderings throughout his country to the north of traditional Spinifex Lands. 'No clothes. No blankets' he says. He describes the daily ritual of collecting foods over vast distances such was the scope of sustenance needed within this arid environment. Tjinpun paints the familiar country of his upbringing when he walked with his immediate family through vast tracts of country. The area he depicts is to the north of traditional Spinifex Country as the sandhills meet the rocky outcrops that begin to form the Hinkley Ranges. it is here that Tjinpun spent his formative years between the significant sites of Mamutjara, Katala, Kunmanara Bore and Kampura Piti and he reflects those within his compositions. Here he speaks of the significant site of Katala, a permanent water source that consists of three soakage’s that must be dug for the water to be collected. Katala holds the Tjulpu Tjuta Tjukurpa (Many Birds Creation Line) and is a highly sensitive narrative that sees a group of Wati Nyii-Nyii (Zebra Finch Men) travel to the southern coast and the Great Australian Bight, to save the world from rising seas.