"As I drove up into Highgate Hill, the sun was just coming up. Ahead of me I saw Patty leaning against a yellow ute wearing a striped '70s men's T-shirt, a rat's tail catching the light. She looked electric. I remember thinking: Uh oh. This person is literally shining. I felt something inside me when I spotted her. My stomach turned, and I knew something big was about to happen, almost like a premonition."
"We bonded over music Patty is a drummer and producer, I'm a songwriter and guitarist and our shared belief in art as a force for social change. I had recently returned from working in East Timor, and Patty was working in youth transitional housing programs. Months later, Patty invited me to a gig she was playing in Lismore with her queer band Bertha Control. That night, our crush just opened up. We ended up pashing in a tree in a nearby park."
An encounter at a 2007 regional Indigenous arts festival sparks immediate attraction between two arts workers. One sees Patty in dawn light and experiences a visceral premonition of something big. Initial nerves about cabin-sharing give way to an easy connection rooted in shared music interests and belief in art as social change. Both bring distinct practice backgrounds — drumming and production, songwriting and guitar — and community-focused work. Months later a gig leads to a kiss in a park and an exchanged confession from a payphone. The relationship grows through adventures, music, and moments that feel like time stopping.
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