Teague Leigh, The Heart of Bunjil (B&W 2023)

In country Victoria, Australia, there is a geoglyph of Bunjil, known as the creator spirit in Wathaurong lore. My intention when visiting this site was to focus on the "body" of Bunjil: white minerals in the boulders look like stretch marks, deep cracks look like veins, the curve of stacked rocks looking like bleached bones stretching towards the mountains, a fallen shrub the very heart of Bunjil, its beat echoing across millions of years, thudding inside my own chest.

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