
26/07/2025
Story-drawing. A typical way that First Nations communities across the globe tell stories, connect with country and their history is through songlines. These can be pieces of music, dances, ritual practices, visual art. This is mindfulness practice of connection and deep listening that is 65.000 years old. It differs from eastern meditation by connecting outward to understand the self, as opposed to withdrawing inward. We are not unaware of the world, we are immersed in it. A different way of practicing “mindfulness” called Dadirri (Ungunmerr-Baumann, 2021). This is my story hearing response to an old Norse songline, Helvegen.