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Jennifer Hathorn on Wednesday, 14 May 2025
On the 9th month since Tim Minchin saved my life in Portland... It is 2am in my city. And although I should be fast asleep, I am awake and in awe of Him yet again. Tim is a wizard. He wields words like spells, the air vibrating under the power of his lips forming… endless forms most beautiful. Despite my efforts to resume the normal functions of my own existence, I find myself lost in his song. Mr Minchin, how do you see so deeply? I must know the mechanism. My naturalist brain searches for a concrete answer, but finds none. It’s like your music pulls at something ancient and unexplainable, and I can’t help but wonder: How are you possible? Your songs have wrapped around my sorrow, my joy, and my endless questions. I just wanted you to know that, for at least one wandering soul in Portland, your voice has made the road feel a little less lonely in the year of my greatest grief. Thank you for sharing your magic with the world.