TRAVERSE Issue 15 - December 2019 | Page 37

soccer and motor racing are my games … I’m dismissed as being cra- zy, perhaps a heretic. We all laugh as they go about their work, creating art in various forms. Perhaps art is God. The art of Injalak mirrors what I’ve just been taught; a melding of old and new. Traditional techniques embrace images of the past, modern images constructed through techniques thou- sands of years in age. Artists create while sat in circles; explaining, helping, laughing. The sense of community is warming, there’s a feeling of hierarchy yet no one seems to be dictating or delegat- ing, everyone is working towards a TRAVERSE 37