Callum Mintzis is a composer, performer, writer and psychotherapist based in Melbourne, Australia.

His work is informed by a deep passion for the nature of life itself, and the integral value of each human being’s individual experience. What is this process of life we find ourselves in? What connections can be made between each of us as human beings? How has the rejection of nature led to landscapes of conflict and division, even within ourselves? What can childhood tell us about ourselves?

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A crop of wheat lies naked to the sun, her gentle eyes conversing with the hills and the birds. Children ride bicycles, as bells ring for the cattle calling home. Laughter sings to the rivers, and the sweet breeze replies. The cobbles lay in rows, holding up the carts and animals, peoples and their pride. There, a sparrow walks and sees that here, there is no time.

Two birds play as lovers to the paddocks, their eyes met by the same green in which they fall, dancing to the dreaming of the winds. Clouds elope with the seasons. They travel together, pouring themselves for the birth of trees, birds, and rivers. Bowing humbly in apology, the clouds move on. A court of foxes’ wade through thickets of long, green grass, with their heads sorely higher than the grass itself. Here, there is no time.