Aesthetic expression transforms something to represent it and to do that one use symbols and metaphors. Aesthetic forms play a crucial role in people's commentary about their social structure. It is shared by all Aboriginal groups in Australia. The Warlpiri term Jukurrpa is often translated as Dreaming or Dreamtime. Jukurrpa is composed of myths or sacred stories.
Myths are sacred stories about past events or about events in the future.
Jukurrpa refers to an ancestral period during which the world was shaped by the emergence of Ancestral Beings and social and moral orders were instituted. Warlpiri Ancestral Beings usually have both human and non-human forms. Each Ancestral Being is associated with a territory. Each individual has rights and obligations over territories. These rights will be shared with other kin.