The memoirsand paintings that Rod Moss has produced during the last 35 years are unique intheir dramatisation of the lives of his trusting Aboriginal family and havebeen critically acclaimed nationally and internationally. In his third memoirwe follow the nurturing of the curiosity and openness that has fastened him tothe luminous power of Central Australia and its First Peoples. From thefoothills of Victoria's Dandenong Ranges and his city-based art education, weare taken to the Mallee where he first embraces the climate most conducive tohis wellbeing. He returns to the city and is invited to participate inMelbourne's dynamic experimental small school movement. A year is spent in theUSA studying the  teachings of Armenianphilosopher George Gurdjieff in a rural community 'Shenandoah' farm setting.Travel widens Moss' perceptions and continues to pique his curiosity. A trip toa Pilbra Indigenous community opens the door on the Aboriginal world that hewill spend the rest of his life coming to terms with.

In Crossing the Great Divide, Rod Mossshows the reader through his formative years in 1950s and 1960s Victoria, andthrough young adulthood in the 1970s. He weaves his experiences together withsensitivity and a painterly eye.