Artist Brian Robinson explores everyday magic in

Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson creates multilayered work drawing on Indigenous storytelling, biblical narratives, pop culture, and cosmology. His practice spans illustration, printmaking, sculpture, and large public installations, often blending traditional Torres Strait motifs with everyday objects and science references. Robinson sees magic in ordinary lifeu2014from light bulbs to traditional charmsu2014and layers personal history and humor into each piece.

Teaching:
• Use 'everyday magic' as a lens for students to notice small shifts in practiceu2014how a cue that once seemed impossible now feels accessible, or how breath creates space where there was none
• Frame asana as a layered system: anatomical foundation, energetic pattern, personal history, collective traditionu2014all present simultaneously in a single posture
• Encourage students to find their own 'multiverse' in practice: what pop culture, family stories, or scientific curiosities inform how they meet their mat each day
• Teach that attention itself is magicu2014the ordinary act of noticing breath or alignment transforms the body's relationship to gravity and effort

Writing seeds:
• Essay on practice as cosmology: how looking up at the night sky and looking inward at the breath are both acts of orientation within vast systems
• Post on the 'shelves' of practiceu2014what objects, metaphors, and reference points each practitioner collects over time to make sense of the method
• Piece exploring how asana is both ancient tradition and pop culture artifact, constantly remixed and reinterpreted across contexts
• Short reflection on the 'magic' of the light bulb moment in practiceu2014when a posture or principle suddenly makes sense after years of confusion

Idea map:
• Robinson's layering method mirrors systems literacy: Indigenous base + biblical + pop culture = recognizing multiple operating systems at once in any practice
• His 'everyday magic' aligns with MJH's embodiment worku2014ordinary objects (breath, alignment, gravity) become portals to deeper understanding through sustained attention
• The multiverse concept reflects how practice is never just one thing: it's anatomy, lineage, personal history, and present-moment sensation all at once
• Robinson's cosmology focus connects to MJH's interest in practice as orientationu2014both are methods for locating oneself within larger patterns and systems

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/brian-robinson-multiverse-newcastle-art-gallery/106722446