Sublime

stick with our practice.

Her posture and the way she speaks embody the message behind her talk: you don’t have to pretend to be someone you’re not; you don’t have to ‘pass’ as an extrovert. You can be who you are. But you need to be fully present.

While creating a buzz with her wild outfits and crazy performance art, she is methodically building a grassroots base of passionate fans for the long term.

Damien and Dee had both appeared on BBC Three’s Killer Magic, a British competition show, which aired in 2015.

You are not what you can objectify.

With each new adherent I am crossing the line from unclubbable fruitcake to tolerated eccentric.

But she too ‘allows’ herself to make mistakes, to say ‘um’, to let some of her anecdotes look spontaneous and under-rehearsed.

And I thought: I’ll never be happy!