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Born on an aeroplane. I was taught to speak in schools, in those same schools, I was taught to not speak. I learnt more lessons in the streets, forests, books and airport terminals of my childhood than from any Nintendo or television programme. School for me was black and white. Everyone was new and doing something, but no one knew what they were doing, except something. I always felt I was too old to be at school, yet I knew I was too young to be on the doll or get a job. I never wanted to sign up anyway so I got at job as soon as I could. At 16 I found myself in New York City. I was sleeping on a floor in Brooklyn with eight other people, exploring the diamond lit tornado of the city night, then surfing the hazy subway chaos of the day. New York changed everything for me as it gave me the key to possibility. New York presented the idea that I could be anyone or anything I wanted to be. I was 16 in New York City, I loved New York. I found myself on a bus heading south to