"Untrained in elbowing my way stiff-necked through the crowd, I became a street savvy Good Samaritan. The two that were mutually exclusive dwelled in me coexisting, without needing more elbowroom. Magdalene was different. She was a Greenpeace role model. A positive change through action. All about defending the natural world and peace, saving African penguins, still needing her elbowroom. It turned out to be an essential Dutch complex about seeking to claim more land from the sea. It supplemented their blood diamond trade. I was yet to discover that beauty comes from inside and that some...