Diane Goldie is a painter and textile artist, proud ( self diagnosed) Audhd neurodivergent, too honest, chaotic creative, mother, grandmother and former Jezebel. Born in Mansfield, UK in the mid 60s, she spent her adolescence in Apartheid South Africa until she could earn her own money to return to grey skies and daisies in the grass that she called home. She has lived in Brixton, South London since the mid 80s, following creative insistence from the Mystery and alchemising challenging experiences into art . This is her first book.