Polly Morph Cosplay

07/30/2024

Photographer:

***ir

07/27/2024

In my best Jimmy Stuart voice: "And it's all vanity"

Thank you for the incredible shoot!
Thank you for the earrings!

***ir

07/26/2024

I've been working with a new photographer and oh boy is it fun!

***ir

03/29/2024

Don't mind if I do

03/28/2024

03/26/2024

There's something about the flow of Neon

02/24/2024

[insert attention getting caption here]

02/23/2024

Don't be afraid to be glamorous, darling.

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02/22/2024

Honestly, this dress makes me look fancier than I am.

02/07/2024

It's kinda fun to be the face of a book character! :)

02/07/2024

Like reading horror? Like q***r characters! Like stories set in Chicago so you can explore the setting?
I HIGHLY recommend the novels by

I got to do a promo photoshoot as the main character and had a blast exploring and seeing the deer peacefully hanging out with us.

***rstories ***rcharacters ***rauthors

02/05/2024

I'm a fictional character!!!! My dear friend has written a horror book series and it's frankly AWESOME! centers a q***r character and I was so honored to be asked to bring this character off the page and into the world!

***rstories

02/04/2024

Did you know???? In the Tin Man's song there's a woman's voice that says "wherefore art thou, Romeo" and that voice is the same actress who voiced Snow White!

Well, now you know!

02/02/2024

❤️ 🎶If I only had a heart🎶 ❤️
As someone who values big emotions as much as I do, I love the choice of the Tin Man cosplay for me.

There is something so beautiful, simple, and poetic about the Wizard of Oz story. The Hallmark of each character is that they are desperately searching for something that is *actually* innately their greatest strength.

At many points in my life I've tried to dampen, suppress, and even turn off my big feelings. They were "too much" for other people and honestly, for me too. I desperately sought a more steady regulated heart. But my capacity to feel things deeply, to love fully, to have gut wrenching empathy and heartbreaking grief, and explosive joy.... It's one of the things that's so wonderful about me. My heart has all that capacity and is STILL resilient. It can feel all that and keep right on ticking knowing there is something else exquisite coming.

Every time I put on a look/costume/cosplay I am celebrating something specific to that character or theme. I feel a resonance and get to look at the world through a specific lense for even a few hours. I loved celebrating the tender heart I felt connected to in the Tin Man. 🥰🥰

And what's even better is I got to do it with all these wonderful people who value me and my big emotions. They see my heart and it's not "too much". We can celebrate our beautiful strengths together knowing that, as Dorothy says, we won't have to look any further than our own back yard. Or in this case, our own heart.

02/01/2024

❤️ 🎶 Somewhere over the rainbow🎶 ❤️
This Tin Man look I put together for a viewing of the Wizard of Oz was really fun!

I loved the Wizard of Oz as a kid. Judy Garland and I share a birthday and to young Keeley that meant we were connected in some way. We both loved performing, we both had dark brunette hair, and we both dreamed of far off places where we would finally feel like we belonged. I love that after I embraced my q***rness I DID find the place I belonged. 🏳️‍🌈

***r

01/31/2024

Mix of vintage and modern. Just got to get a bit better lighting next time. Thanks for a decadent evening!

01/30/2024

This dapper gent is an absolute treasure! It's honestly the BEST feeling to be able to call up a friend and be like
Me: Get fabulously dressed, b*tch, we're going to a speakeasy!
Him: bet
was the absolute perfect place for a vintage night out.

01/28/2024

I'm all for a good speakeasy. The Meadowlark was a great spot! Immaculate vibes.

01/27/2024

In Chicago I always feel like I'm being 👀ObSeRvEd👀 when I take insta pictures in public. I never felt like that in LA. I would imagine that's because the people in LA are so desensitized to it.

Not that the uncomfortable attention is going to stop me. It's just something I'm particularly aware of.

I also felt that there was more social permission to be silly or go all out with a look, or really dive into an experience in LA. In Chicago I often feel like people are more subdued. I wonder if that's a Midwest thing or a proximity to the entertainment industry thing.

I'm not going anywhere clever with these thoughts. Just sharing the conversations I keep having recently.

01/26/2024

I told you I'd have a transformation... If you saw my stories, that is

01/10/2024

I've done enough emoting through Instagram for one week. Here's a small collection of cute moments from the change of the year.

01/10/2024

Instagram 🚫 reality

I look damn good in this picture. Call me conceited or whatever you like... You know I look good.

Do you know how I FELT this day?

Like hot garbage. Which, honestly makes no sense. I was surrounded by people I love dearly doing something I've adored doing for years. Internally though... I was a ball of anxiety and malaise.

I get seasonal depression REAL BAD. The past two years I've been able to bypass the worst of it by snow birding in Los Angeles for January February and March. Unfortunately I'm not able to do that this year, but it also meant I was out of practice in my winter self-care routine. It's so important to prioritize your well-being routines, y'all. I didn't and I missed out on fully enjoying one of my favorite nights of the year.

I'm still grateful for this night and the incredible people I got to spend precious time with. I just wish I'd taken a bit better care of myself so I could have enjoyed them more and I wish I'd been more honest with myself about starting to feel crappy before it got that bad. If I'd have told the people in my life they would absolutely have supported me in any way they could. They are great like that.

I've been really good the past several days getting back to my routines and taking excellent care of myself. But it's a good reminder for me and a reminder that there's so much more going on beyond the pictures posted on Instagram.

01/08/2024

I lost myself a bit this winter.

My 2024 "resolution" is to always come back to myself GENTLY WITH COMPASSION.

⚠️- long post alert -⚠️

I want to tell the story of how I lost myself, but first I want to express all the gratitude in my heart for this man. He loves me in a way I'm astonished by. The only reason I believe the kind of love he shows me is possible is because I marvel at it everyday. He provides friendship, caring, and unwavering dedication to an unpredictable untamed woman. He was and always is by my side as I learn and grow and f**k up and triumph. He was there through this too, and I am so grateful.

I lost myself so completely and so fast I surprised even me. One silly whim just before Thanksgiving was all it took for me to dive headfirst into a new relationship that I chose to let fully consume my life for nearly two months. I learned (or more accurately was reminded) that there is a part of me that would rather make someone else the center of my entire world rather than focus on conquering my own challenges or learning to love myself more deeply. With the right amount of praise, dopamine, and intimacy I find it all too easy to make someone else's happiness, success, and healing the path to those feelings in me. And if they aren't feeling those things, then I can't either and I can't figure out why.

I'm fortunate that it didn't go on longer because if that person hadn't broken up with me, I honestly don't know how much I would have lost and if there might have been pieces of myself that I couldn't recover.

After grieving and some very dear friends helping me see without the rose colored glasses and reminding me of my worth, I got back to my routine today. I went to Pilates in the morning to celebrate and move my body. I used my SAD Lamp. I drank water. I fed myself healthy things. I worked and remembered how much I love what I do and felt personal ambition for the future again. I made plans with so many of my loved ones I've neglected for two months. I came back to myself today.

And I will keep coming back to myself GENTLY AND WITH COMPASSION for 2024. It's a powerful lesson to start the year with. ❤️

11/05/2023

I'm trying to love fall and doing a very decent job of it.

10/14/2023

A perfect Friday the 13th with my bestie!

10/06/2023