Wandjina rock art

The Aboriginal people of Australia had been creating rock art for millennia. Okra paint was used to paint on rocks, and so archeologists have been able to date some of the oldest rock art to as far back as 60,000 years ago. The caves in the Kimberly hold some of the...

The Great Barrier Reef

While I was making this charming postcard of our adventure on the Great Barrier Reef, Padma and I realized that, to be honest, we had to show you one more illustration… Yes, but how was I supposed to do it? How do you show the impact of global warming, man-made...

On holidays, 2023

As Australia is now open from lockdowns, we are going for the summer holidays. Padma and I are hitting the road and heading north to the Great Barrier Reef. From there, we plan to travel through the “Red Centre” south to Tasmania. We can put aside five months to...

Bench design for Christa

Last night I dreamed that I was in Sopot walking in a park. A large stone lay in the shade of the old trees. I saw that someone had carved a comfortable seat into it. But the most surprising sight was the two-dimensional copper contour of my favorite four heroes...

Happy 88th birthday Mr. Christa!

Dear readers of “The Spirit Journey”! For several years I have been trying to prepare something special for Christy’s birthday. Three years ago, on his 85th anniversary, I began publishing The Spirit Journey comic book. Two years ago, I celebrated...

Old Crow

The remote village of Old Crow is the only community inside the Arctic Circle (in the Yukon and North West Territories of Canada). It was established in the early 1900s when some families permanently settled there. It was named after Chief Deetru’...