Vali Myers

Vali Myers was an absolute goddess.
Reasons why I like her:
Was a dancer Australia’s Modern Ballet Company after working full time since the age of 14 to afford dance classes.
She'd catch the bus to rehearsals in her dance get up in a time when it was unacceptable to have hem line higher than a lady's knee.
She hiked it to Paris in the1950's, wondered the streets, danced in cabarets became a vagabond  with the Parisian beets.
Lived in a gypsy caravan in a valley in Italy with an Italian lover and a heap of animals.
Had a pet fox called foxy.
Tattooed a lightning bolt on Patti Smith's knee while she was staying in the Chelsea Hotel selling her paintings.
Lived with the Wodabe tribe in Niger.
She tattooed her own face!
Retained her unapologetic Australian accent and turn of phrase
Had awesome fire red hair.