"You walk on the hard ground, yes, but you don’t feel it. You wear the rubber coffins on your feet and wonder why your spirit is dead."
Jinjarli is a painter of ochre and light, but his latest canvas is the land itself. In a world suffocating under the weight of artificial noise, he offers a radical invitation: take off your shoes.
What begins as a local artistic statement spirals into a national movement when Jinjarli demonstrates the "sickness of disconnection" using a multimeter to measure the human body's voltage. His truth resonates with the weary and the broken, sparking a quiet revolution of bare feet on wet grass.
But silence is expensive. As corporate forces move to weaponise his message and sanitise the soil, Jinjarli must defend the oldest story on earth. Barefoot Mud on the Marble is a testament to the resilience of the Gundarra people and a reminder that the strongest current isn't in the wires above our heads, but in the ground beneath us.
Details
- Publication Date
- Feb 2, 2026
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781764056540
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Nikkie Maud
Specifications
- Pages
- 330
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Digest (5.5 x 8.5 in / 140 x 216 mm)
Keywords
Barefoot Mud on the MarbleNikkie MaudAustralian FictionIndigenous storiesearthinggroundingnatural healingSonglinesconnection to CountryAboriginal WisdomBio-connectivityBig PharmaGundijtmaraancient knowledgeelectron flowawakeninggrassrootsmodern scienceancient wisdomactivismmultimeterimmflamationmental healthcorporate greed