Jillian Richards
'Are you somebody?'I was asked again and againin the glamorous city of angels,Los Angeles.Was I unseen as I was,and seenonly for who I might be?Life had been filledwith challengesand change,dangerous, glorious, absurd and terrifying.Trained to conform,I navigatedwith well-practiced denialand a good dose of Aussie humor.A photographof my nosewas taken beside Charlton Heston.Constantly surprised by lifeI was humbledby the courage of others.I learnedthat it is possible to love a fish.Following a near death experience,hundreds of cardsadmonished methat it was ’Time for me to look after myself,'I thought I was.
