“Dickie Minyintiri proudly spoke of the Tjukurpa in his paintings. He began by naming the places in his country, his ngura walytja - places of his spirit, places created by his totemic ancestors in the custodianship of his extended family. The birth place names of his grandfathers and grandmothers, fathers and mothers, aunts and uncles– Arangna, Utjuri, Kalka, Pipalyatjara, Nyumpantja, Yalta Yalta, Puta Puta, Malara, Kinanarna, Ilitjata, Mspanpa, Kunatjara. Minyintiri knew this country intimately and sensually through the soles of his bare feet from walking hundreds of kilometers as a child and young man guided by the unerring visual spatial knowledge and mnemonic songlines taught to him by his kinsmen.” (Dr Diana James, Minyintiri: Life in Layered Time, 2021, p. 10)