Sturt's Desert Pea kakadu NP and embracing life’s cycles of

and embracing life’s cycles of change with grace and courage

this artwork speaks to the balance between fierceness and tenderness

Northern Territory

persistence

A gentle reminder that softness can still hold strength

Sturt's Desert Pea kakadu NP and embracing life’s cycles ofNGOORINGA Sturts Desert Pea ~~~ Flower of blood Symbolizing pain and endings, used for sorrows. Derived from the aboriginal tale of doomed lovers, struck down by the womans former betrothed, spilling not only their blood but that of their young son. Their pain staining the ground red, transforming and immortalizing the boys body into the first Sturts Desert Pea. A season later, the man returns to gloat and finds instead the flowers growing abundantly.