The Cartography of Survival Nora Wompi’s work functions as a visual record of a life lived in motion. Born in 1935, she spent her early years navigating the Great Sandy Desert, moving through the landscape as part of a nomadic lifestyle. This was not a choice of leisure but a necessity of survival in a harsh environment. Her early existence was defined by the physical realities of the desert—the sand dunes, the rockholes, and the seas…