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Mieke WA Minkjan | all galleries >> Photo a day gallery >> April2011 > Imagination
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20-APR-2011 © MiekeWAMinkjan

Imagination

Melbourne, Australia

the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.

In the animist framework of Australian Aboriginal mythology,
The Dreaming is a sacred era in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation.
Dreamtime or Creation Time is the period when Baayama) and his ancestral Spirit Deity
created and helps to shape the world we know today.

Dreamtime Stories are unique to an individual area describing
the creation of the land its geographic conjures and waterways.
These stories also tell of the creation of all living creatures.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
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Date/Time20-Apr-2011 13:57:33
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ModelCanon PowerShot SX20 IS
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Exposure Time1/20 sec
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Kerry Tingley23-Apr-2011 14:34
A beautiful explanation of the dream times and as always, I LOVE the turtles! Kerry
Guest 22-Apr-2011 22:28
Wonderful artwork and history!
Marielou Dhumez22-Apr-2011 16:57
Yes, I can imagine these lovely little turtles swimming in a real blue deep sea !
borisalex22-Apr-2011 14:22
So artful and open to an imaginary world, love the colors and work!V.
Cindi Smith22-Apr-2011 02:46
I can imagine them being real. Lovely dream image of these turtles.
Guest 22-Apr-2011 01:19
I imagine myself swimming with these in some tropical sea.
Karen Stuebing21-Apr-2011 22:07
Almost mystical in the ambiguity. Beautiful really. Love the turtles, shapes and color.
J. Scott Coile21-Apr-2011 20:08
Well represented pictorial story.
LynnH21-Apr-2011 16:13
Oh, it is like a beautiful dream! Lovely turquoise scene!
laine21-Apr-2011 14:01
A beautiful work of art, Mieke
Stephanie21-Apr-2011 11:55
Super turtles and an interesting story!
Yvonne21-Apr-2011 11:11
A good idea for Imagination Mieke. Some of their artwork has to be seen to be believed it is so intricate!
Guest 21-Apr-2011 10:29
wonderful and thanks for the story behind.
John King21-Apr-2011 09:09
Excellent image for this theme.
Janice Dunn21-Apr-2011 08:41
From Dreamtime in the Aborigine culture - good to see the turtles swimming along
j>a>e>17 :):):)21-Apr-2011 07:16
AWEsome aboriginal ancient spirituALLL KNOWledge that will NEVER BE destroyed by colonial genocide!!!! purest beauty THRIVES!!!! :):):):)