Generally believed to be influenced by seasonal migratory instincts, and exposure to the earth’s local magnetic fields, many bird species have an endogenous sense of their migratory homes even without having a clear view of the sky. In a similar vein, studies have shown that birds in captivity experience this longing-ness, too.
It is a deep, authentic and absolute longing-ness for a return home, when you feel it. It can refer also to a whisper in your heart, or a feeling that you are being pulled back to place, a time, or a memory. Within this cultural, ontological context, a whisper can refer to a low frequency verbal form of communication, but additionally, it can be much more than that. Most can’t describe what it is, but in my language of K/Gamilaroi, it is called ‘ Maaya-li’ which means ‘to whisper’. These people all share something in common, and that is that they feel the ‘song’ of Country singing them back to their natural human pattern. From Intentional Communities, permaculture groups, rewilding projects, and more. While there is much to be concerned about, I have found inspiration recently in human communities answering a call back to the land. Increased deforestation and ongoing risk of species decline across the globe. Regions now shrouded in fire and flood almost annually. The sounds of the local garbage trucks roaring up and down the streets, feasting on the waste and entrails of commercialisation. Now, in devastating contrast, there are more recent indicators which signify not so much the connection to land as it once was, but rather, the changes that have taken place in those human communities which have consequently led to a mass upheaval and dislocation. There was a time in our collective history, not so long ago, when all humans took part in these processes singing the songs of the seasons, which were gifted to their ancestors by all of Country and creation itself. The Kurrawongs sing-in the winter time where frost covers the ground and the bark peels from the gum trees, until the seven sisters return to clothe the Country with wildflowers and the sounds of native bees. Dew drops clinging tightly to the long grass, as the light beams dance and jolt to the sounds of the magpie larks in the morning signals the arrival of autumn. In the most general sense, warmer and longer days where the kookaburras call on the easterly winds, as the evening star hovers above the south-west horizon before descending into the darkness can indicate the warmer months of summer. There are many indicators on the land which can signify the transition from one season into another.
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