








I have wanted to draw Kylie Minogue for ages but struggled to decide what era to draw her from! I chose this iconic screenshot I took of her singing on TV at the AFL Grand Final on Saturday 26/09/2026. Kylie wearing a Kylie shirt! I drew her in my ByShi Original Rainbow Bubbles of Collective Effervescence portrait style. I grew up with Kylie and unashamedly fangirled her through every era – what a privilege to be alive at the same time and have her influence throughout it all!
I’ve loved Kylie since I danced to ‘The Locomotion’ and ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ as an 8 year old in modern dance class when it was released in 1988! Music and dance are in my blood. I passionately loved dancing and went to classes from ages 4 to 10. I left because of body shaming and teasing by my teacher and my peers, but I took up the flute instead, which became my soul instrument. It was my absolute vocation to transform flute music into popular music like Tori Amos and the piano. By age 14 I was so sick with Fibromyalgia that I had to give up flute, too. It was devastating. Now, even imagining dancing when listening to music hurts. However I found that if I move my eyes, it helps, so when I wholeHEARTedly rest, sometimes I can listen to music and dance with my eyes!
My ultifave Kylie song is ‘Confide In Me’. In 2005 I went to Melbourne and saw an exhibition of her costumes, and I especially remember seeing her tiny gold shorts from ‘Spinning Around!’
I’m no football fan, but I watched the last ten minutes of the AFL Grand Final and even I was riveted! The Lions were behind Fremantle by 2 points, then with four minutes to go Fremantle were ahead by 17. Then the Lions kicked 4 goals and won! Their fourth grand final, and their third win in a row, equalling their streak when my friend Alastair Lynch won three grand finals in the early 00’s! What an amazing day of entertainment! I’ll always remember this epic performance by Kylie.