Hello again, Instagram! Here are some new pics by my incredible friend and iconic queen of headshots @fayethomasphoto 📸 It’s Spring so I thought time for a revamp, and to reset the energy on here… 🌅 I am officially entering a new era with my instagram page and my relationship to you all! With Intention, Purpose and Boundaries. 😌 ✍️ 🙅🏻♀️ When I started this page, I treated it so casually. I’d post a picture of a cake, my cat, a campaign for ending something terrible, etc etc. It was 5 minutes of reckless expression at the end of a busy day. 🤪 In recent times it just got all too overwhelming. Constant, constant asks. This campaign, that brand, that mission, this person and their mother who is dying of an incredibly rare and painful disease who you ought to help, you monster!! As a people pleaser, it’s very hard to say no to people I like/admire. You have to watch the disappointment meet their eyes or witness the abrupt coldness of their replies, which hurts. You wonder what are any relationships based on, if not a cheerful readiness to intuit and respond to needs. Who sticks around if you stop being nice and say what you think? Who is pleased when you stop people-pleasing? I wasn’t! 😢 I withdrew from this space because it’s easier to just say ‘I don’t do that anymore’ and not give an opportunity to ask. However, behind this boundary is the fear of expressing myself because I feel it is not as worthy. That old familiar battle of justifying the space I take up and not just giving it away. I have been cowardly in my self-expression, not sticking up to that voice that says ‘best do nothing and quietly disappear’. And what’s more, I feel sad to have lost my connection to you all. Connection is a core value to me and something I’d like to reclaim. So I’m going to show up more, sharing my life and work, while keeping my boundaries tight. I’ll be sharing my writing process, acting projects, and my love of animals, crafts and aerial, and that’s about it for now. I am keen to connect in a more meaningful way but for now I’m focused on Self-Expression 🗣️ 🎨 ❤️🔥 Here’s to a colourful and expressive Spring. 🌳🪺🌱
Hello again, Instagram! Here are some new pics by my incredible friend and iconic queen of headshots @fayethomasphoto 📸 It’s Spring so I thought time for a revamp, and to reset the energy on here… 🌅 I am officially entering a new era with my instagram page and my relationship to you all! With Intention, Purpose and Boundaries. 😌 ✍️ 🙅🏻♀️ When I started this page, I treated it so casually. I’d post a picture of a cake, my cat, a campaign for ending something terrible, etc etc. It was 5 minutes of reckless expression at the end of a busy day. 🤪 In recent times it just got all too overwhelming. Constant, constant asks. This campaign, that brand, that mission, this person and their mother who is dying of an incredibly rare and painful disease who you ought to help, you monster!! As a people pleaser, it’s very hard to say no to people I like/admire. You have to watch the disappointment meet their eyes or witness the abrupt coldness of their replies, which hurts. You wonder what are any relationships based on, if not a cheerful readiness to intuit and respond to needs. Who sticks around if you stop being nice and say what you think? Who is pleased when you stop people-pleasing? I wasn’t! 😢 I withdrew from this space because it’s easier to just say ‘I don’t do that anymore’ and not give an opportunity to ask. However, behind this boundary is the fear of expressing myself because I feel it is not as worthy. That old familiar battle of justifying the space I take up and not just giving it away. I have been cowardly in my self-expression, not sticking up to that voice that says ‘best do nothing and quietly disappear’. And what’s more, I feel sad to have lost my connection to you all. Connection is a core value to me and something I’d like to reclaim. So I’m going to show up more, sharing my life and work, while keeping my boundaries tight. I’ll be sharing my writing process, acting projects, and my love of animals, crafts and aerial, and that’s about it for now. I am keen to connect in a more meaningful way but for now I’m focused on Self-Expression 🗣️ 🎨 ❤️🔥 Here’s to a colourful and expressive Spring. 🌳🪺🌱
Hello again, Instagram! Here are some new pics by my incredible friend and iconic queen of headshots @fayethomasphoto 📸 It’s Spring so I thought time for a revamp, and to reset the energy on here… 🌅 I am officially entering a new era with my instagram page and my relationship to you all! With Intention, Purpose and Boundaries. 😌 ✍️ 🙅🏻♀️ When I started this page, I treated it so casually. I’d post a picture of a cake, my cat, a campaign for ending something terrible, etc etc. It was 5 minutes of reckless expression at the end of a busy day. 🤪 In recent times it just got all too overwhelming. Constant, constant asks. This campaign, that brand, that mission, this person and their mother who is dying of an incredibly rare and painful disease who you ought to help, you monster!! As a people pleaser, it’s very hard to say no to people I like/admire. You have to watch the disappointment meet their eyes or witness the abrupt coldness of their replies, which hurts. You wonder what are any relationships based on, if not a cheerful readiness to intuit and respond to needs. Who sticks around if you stop being nice and say what you think? Who is pleased when you stop people-pleasing? I wasn’t! 😢 I withdrew from this space because it’s easier to just say ‘I don’t do that anymore’ and not give an opportunity to ask. However, behind this boundary is the fear of expressing myself because I feel it is not as worthy. That old familiar battle of justifying the space I take up and not just giving it away. I have been cowardly in my self-expression, not sticking up to that voice that says ‘best do nothing and quietly disappear’. And what’s more, I feel sad to have lost my connection to you all. Connection is a core value to me and something I’d like to reclaim. So I’m going to show up more, sharing my life and work, while keeping my boundaries tight. I’ll be sharing my writing process, acting projects, and my love of animals, crafts and aerial, and that’s about it for now. I am keen to connect in a more meaningful way but for now I’m focused on Self-Expression 🗣️ 🎨 ❤️🔥 Here’s to a colourful and expressive Spring. 🌳🪺🌱
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
🌷 March bits n bobs🌷 – Got to experience the beautiful city of Porto 🇵🇹 I’ve been twice to Portugal in the past year and I just LOVE IT. The Portuguese are only here for DEEP spiritual conversations!! Thank you for those! ❤️🔥 Walked all over the city in my leopard print @veerahofficial shoes and my feet didn’t hurt once. Oh but my calves did, turns out it is a city of literal slippery slopes 🙃 Found a fab vegan bakery @odetebakery and stocked up on pastries. I am not a fan of the disorientation of traveling but finding the local vegan spots in a new city centres me. – Watched the very disturbing documentary Pignorant by @joey_carbstrong You can watch it on Amazon prime. I have nothing but respect and awe for dedicated activists like @joey_carbstrong & @tarionp . They pay such a huge price to shed light on the darkest places for animals. That society largely accepts gassing pigs as humane is insanity, that footage showed some of the most violent scenes I’ve ever watched. – Speaking of activists who pay a high price to tell the truth, I watched the new documentary @christspiracy by Kip Anderson and Kameron Waters. The film was a fascinating exploration of religious teachings on humanity’s relationship with animals. My favourite thing about it was the sheer wealth of spiritual perspectives. So many diverse interpretations of what it is to live an ethical life. It was also extremely funny to be in a roomful of vegans listening to Buddhists explain that buying dead animals is grand as long as you didn’t kill them bb… unanimous chortling and even some hysterical shrieking. But it was a reminder to leave the bubble more. Styled by @bertie_ts Ty Mithridate for the dress and @retrochicitaly for the earrings! And my 🌽 bag by @miomojo_italia – Moments of pure beauty! I want to cry when I look at that picture with 🧑🏼🌾 & 🐶 in the sunlight 🥹 I’m on the road/in the skies a lot in April ✈️ anxious but am going to use the opportunity to get out there and meet people!! 🌞 🌎 Then I’m going to squirrel myself away for the summer and write like a madwoman ✍️😡 Anywayyy, looking forward to seeing some of you this weekend for @supanovaexpo 🇦🇺 😘
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Allo allo, I am breaking my Instagram silence to thank 2023! I’m sorry I have withdrawn so much from sharing things online, I just so often peer into the gram and feel like nothing I have to say merits a post and then I overthink and now I’m out of the habit. Am turning off comments while I find my mojo again. Here’s what I loved about 2023: Pablo! Thank you to The Arc sanctuary and Sally for him! ♥️ and Hazel at @pawswithclaws_fundraising for connecting us! The friends I made and challenges faced on Under The Black Rock. Thank you @timedge44 for the opportunity and @mr_bkav_ for your persistence. You changed my whole approach to acting, I wish I’d met you sooner. I knit and crocheted everything!! I have reclaimed my love of crafts! I get such satisfaction from making things with my hands. To me it is alchemy. I’m going to start a crafts channel in 2024 🤞🏻 Took a @school_of_hoop course! @benbrowncirque & @jonifinch you are so kind and bendy and fabulous 🎪 Got a fucking dreadful ladybird tattoo with my boyfriend on my actual HAND. I thought he’d chicken out first 💀🐞 Went to Colombia, Argentina & Japan in the space of 2 weeks 😵💫 but it was worth it as you all were SO welcoming and warm. I’m still reading the letters! I met @danielmoncada & @luis_moncada from Better Call Saul/BB my favourite tv shows. Such gentlemen, I was shook! Special thanks to the fan in Colombia who gifted me with these Luna Lovegood pajamas which my boyfriend stole and literally wears everyday. ‘Where’s my Lunas?’ is a daily refrain. It took us 2 months to notice they actually say Luna LovegGOD. LOLZ. Embraced my dark side! The old Taylor can’t come to the phone no more, sorry!!! 👩🏻 Got an original @turningorange mural in my back garden! Such an explosion of joy, colour, vibrancy, beauty every time I look out the kitchen window. This pic doesn’t do it justice 🧡 And then not a highlight but the knickers drying on the Van Gogh pictures are a typical example of the absurd imagery I return home to after my travels. The gall and irreverence of my bf to dry knickers on Van Gogh pictures!! But it’s touches like this that bring me back to earth, remind me to laugh at life ♥️
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and mother figures!! ♥️ (U.K. & Ireland Mother’s Day, don’t panic…) In light of ALL the beautiful messages I’ve been receiving (wow!) from people who recognised themselves in the struggle of people pleasing and who cheered me on saying ‘yay, boundaries’, I wanted to share a story from last week about my mum. She came to visit me for a few days in London, which, as 1 of her 4 children, is a treat to have her to myself, and an opportunity to notice things about her that I don’t get to see when she’s constantly buzzing around mothering everyone in sight. Anyways, I got home one evening from a class to find her tucked up in bed with our cat, Pablo, sat beside her. My mum is not a cat person. She’s a Dubliner, a townie, so had a very different relationship to animals than my siblings and I (us culchies 🌳👩🌾 ). But I assured her Pablo would be a pleasure to sleep next to, a comfort, a joy! She looked disturbed but I insisted. To my mind, a purring cat is a divine experience. I feel SO special – SO chosen – when a cat shares my bed. 😇 The next morning she confesses she “didn’t get to sleep til 5am because I was quite afraid of Pablo, even though he was very good”. I literally stopped what I was doing and turned to ask her: “why did you not just…put him out of your room????” 🤨 “Oh no”, she replied. “I couldn’t. I didn’t want to… hurt his feelings.” 😳😳😳 My point being there are people in this world SO empathetic and so reluctant to enforce their boundaries that they will let cats they don’t even like have the peaceful night’s sleep they deny themselves!! I mean, for god’s sake! We must protect these people, particularly when they’re our mothers! These people who routinely put their feelings aside for the wellbeing of others, and don’t know how to be selfish and insist on their own needs being met first. I feel this so strongly at the moment, that I just want to protect this hyper sensitivity & empathy in people 🤍 💪🏻 Happy Mother’s Day Mama, and I promise never to force you to sleep with my cats again 🐱 ❌ 🛌
My BFF keeping me honest with my writing days… ✍️ ‘How is the writing going?’ you ask. Hmmmm! I’m finding the transition from writing non-fiction to fiction c h a l l e n g i n g. Some days, it feels dizzylingly fun to decide all the rules of a story. But other days I am overcome by the absolute absurdity of writing fiction, the ludicrous pursuit of a career of making EVERYTHING up. After years of being handed scripts and learning to interpret them, this process feels unsettling and hideously self indulgent. I wonder a lot about full-time novelists. What quality have they cultivated in themselves to commit themselves wholeheartedly to an imaginary realm?? Are they free spirited rebels who refuse to adhere to the limits of reality, or autocratic megalomaniacs who have to control every detail of their surroundings in order to be happy? I admire them…. but (I say this with the deepest respect) what nutters. 🙃 The more I work on my book, the more real it becomes and the more excited I feel about it. But there are so many days where I hit walls and find myself questioning ‘what is this SHIT?! What is the point? Wait, hang on, why am I here again?’ It would be nice to learn to write without finding myself in this deep dark hole so often! I’m still waiting for that moment where I’m so into the story that the drive to write overpowers all the negative thoughts, and where I am writing furiously every day. I know that’s what it will take. Less thinking, more writing. 📖 Anyway, I will get there. I am stubborn and optimistic. And I always remember a moment several years ago on stage when I’d got a bit bored of a play I was working on. There was a line that just didn’t make sense to me, I could never make it feel truthful. And always speaking that line, I dropped out of the play, thinking about the writer, hundreds of miles away, already several projects on while I was stuck in a daily loop trying to make sense of that stupid line. I felt so envious of the writer moving from story to story and not looking back. So however much I gripe about writing, that itch to do it endures. Soooo, back to it… 📃
My BFF keeping me honest with my writing days… ✍️ ‘How is the writing going?’ you ask. Hmmmm! I’m finding the transition from writing non-fiction to fiction c h a l l e n g i n g. Some days, it feels dizzylingly fun to decide all the rules of a story. But other days I am overcome by the absolute absurdity of writing fiction, the ludicrous pursuit of a career of making EVERYTHING up. After years of being handed scripts and learning to interpret them, this process feels unsettling and hideously self indulgent. I wonder a lot about full-time novelists. What quality have they cultivated in themselves to commit themselves wholeheartedly to an imaginary realm?? Are they free spirited rebels who refuse to adhere to the limits of reality, or autocratic megalomaniacs who have to control every detail of their surroundings in order to be happy? I admire them…. but (I say this with the deepest respect) what nutters. 🙃 The more I work on my book, the more real it becomes and the more excited I feel about it. But there are so many days where I hit walls and find myself questioning ‘what is this SHIT?! What is the point? Wait, hang on, why am I here again?’ It would be nice to learn to write without finding myself in this deep dark hole so often! I’m still waiting for that moment where I’m so into the story that the drive to write overpowers all the negative thoughts, and where I am writing furiously every day. I know that’s what it will take. Less thinking, more writing. 📖 Anyway, I will get there. I am stubborn and optimistic. And I always remember a moment several years ago on stage when I’d got a bit bored of a play I was working on. There was a line that just didn’t make sense to me, I could never make it feel truthful. And always speaking that line, I dropped out of the play, thinking about the writer, hundreds of miles away, already several projects on while I was stuck in a daily loop trying to make sense of that stupid line. I felt so envious of the writer moving from story to story and not looking back. So however much I gripe about writing, that itch to do it endures. Soooo, back to it… 📃
“The thing is, I would sometimes go to Kersko by car to tend to the cats, but only in good weather. And when I did take the car and caught myself driving a little too fast, I’d slow down, because if I were to have an accident, what would become of the cats? And I’d only pass tractors and slow-moving trucks and cars, because if I had an accident while passing, what would become of my cats? When the roads were icy or it was snowing or raining, I’d take the bus, because that way I was sure to arrive safely. Yet even when I took the bus and sat in the front row, I’d suddenly wonder: What if the bus crashed? Who would feed the cats? And I’d move to a middle seat in the middle rows and remain alert so that if something happened I could dive out of harm’s way, because if anything happened to me, who would give milk to my cats?” “Sometimes I felt so badly about those cats that I’d find myself wishing that both I and the cats could simply cease to exist.” 📖 Here’s a cute pic of Pablo and a couple excerpts from a gem of a book, ‘All My Cats’* by Bohumil Hrabal that perfectly captures the mental torment and existential quandaries a cat person endures when they are away from their cats. I felt so seen by the insane inner monologues of this writer/cat lover! For anyone who has ever left birthday parties, weddings, family holidays etc early because the image of your cat in the hallway sadly watching the front door for your return renders every social foray increasingly unenjoyable. 😿 Just know wherever I am, no matter what we are talking about, a large portion of my thoughts are always snaking their way back to the dark cosy enclaves at the back of my wardrobes where dwell my cats ♥️ *I would not recommend this book to people who are very sensitive to animal abuse, as the story takes a very dark turn. What it does do is make a very strong case for spaying and neutering companion animals however!!)
