Noli has depicted country around the significant site of Kamanti situated in the north of traditional Spinifex lands. This site holds s the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line)...
Noli has depicted country around the significant site of Kamanti situated in the north of traditional Spinifex lands. This site holds s the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line) and is an epic narrative following the movement of a father and son water serpent who traverse the Spinifex Lands on ceremonial business. Noli depicts country he was born into and which formed his religious upbringing. This arid but spiritual environment was the birthplace of the creation beings who shaped the landscape as they moved through it, leaving indelible physical reminders of their power and presence in the form of creeks or rocky ridges or a type of tree. But mostly they left their place of abode: the life giving sought after source of precious water in some form of catchment This water source is the embodiment of survival within the remote desert extremes with the sites being venerated as such and usually guarded by powerful beings who readily shifted through the realms. These are the characters who dramatised the landscape and gave rise to the physical formations through their movements. They left behind an intricate mapped moral landscape that holds the elaborate oral religion of song and performance that still permeates Noli's daily life.
"Kapi rockhole kutjara, tali all around" - Noli Rictor