Healing Waters Story
Artwork by local Wonnarua Woman, Ann McSweeney
The song line stories of this art show how the indigenous people worked and lived on this land, how they help people of all walks of life, to heal the pain and the loss of what was taken from them; they help you find YOU again.
This is how the story of this art goes. The people gather around in a circle to work out what to do, to discuss a plan for healing the people that have lost their way, to become one with the animals that walk the land.
We walk the path and the tears fall with every step we take, then we are stopped by a big old tree. We may feel sad because this tree looks like it has no life left in it, when it use to stand tall and proud.
We are told to look a little closer, to see the new shoots, the leaves growing, the bees buzzing around and little bugs climbing the tree.
So there is still life in this tree yet. As a soft breeze is blowing, she drops her leaves as if talking to us; a smile comes across our faces, a word of wisdom written on them. Like as love and hope, we pick each one up; it gives us courage. In the sky above Kwal (wedge tail eagle) is above showing us the way to the soul tree as white as can be. Just the pure soul of this tree and the road we have taken has opened something up inside of us, so we danced the song of the happiest; we have found the friends we made on the way. That part of us that was once lost is now found by walking this road of Healing Waters. We found new friends along the way; the people, animals, water and this land have all had a part in our healing journey.
