I go to the San Francisco Herb Company for my spices. Not only do they sell their products in bulk, but the store manager, Greg High, has been a friend for many years. I like to visit Greg at his store.
Greg plays the didjeridu and is an avid painter. He had brought a book to Clarion once to share it with me. It was an art book of Australian Aboriginal paintings. When I leaved through the book I marveled at the brilliant colors and lines. Some of the paintings look impressionistic, all of them were bold departure from the traditional dot paintings. The style varied: a Jackson Pollock here, a Monet there.
“All by one woman.’ Greg told me. “And she had never left her aboriginal community nor was she influenced by the European masters.”
Her name was Emily Kame Kngwarreye. And on that day I realized how vast a universe we have inside the mind.
