Hello!
I’m Fay Tryphena, an interiors obsessive from Southampton.
I currently work for IKEA Southampton, on the Home Furnishing & Retail Design team. It is our job to design the entire layout of the store and all interior displays within. My role is creative, multi-faceted, challenging and super rewarding. The rest of my time is spent obsessing over interiors, eating too much and drinking too much.
I currently work for IKEA Southampton, on the Home Furnishing & Retail Design team. It is our job to design the entire layout of the store and all interior displays within. My role is creative, multi-faceted, challenging and super rewarding. The rest of my time is spent obsessing over interiors, eating too much and drinking too much.
Why I started blogging...
Long story short, I
have been a massive fan of blogs for a while now. They have always been a go-to
for when I need some inspiration. That teamed with my interest in people and
our similarities and differences, I found myself constantly thinking about
starting a blog of my own. After months of deliberation and anxiety fighting, I
decided to go for it and set up Wilde Phene. I want to use my blog for my
own personal creative outlet, to make my mark on the blogging world and join this
ever-expanding community of creatives.
Why “Wilde Phene”..?
I confess... the name
for this blog changed approximately 10304947858690 times…
I see my mind as a
wild landscape of ever-changing ideas (which are always a little hard to tame).
I wanted also to attach my name to the blog somehow, without it being
massively obvious. My middle name is Tryphena (bit of a weird one, it is
pronounced tra-phene-a). So from this, the lovechild of Wilde Phene was born.
What inspires me...
People inspire me, you inspire me! How we as
humans have our similarities, differences and stories. I am obsessed with the
sixties and seventies. I am adamant that something went wrong and I
was born in the wrong era.
I am a massive fan of the pages found within The Selby & Behind closed Doors, anything that can transport me into another era or the spaces of creatives and interesting humans.
I am a massive fan of the pages found within The Selby & Behind closed Doors, anything that can transport me into another era or the spaces of creatives and interesting humans.
Hi Wild Phene,
ReplyDeleteGreat to connect with you!
I’m Jo - quirky artist, writer, traveller, mental health advocate, music lover, wild west nut intrigued by science, and renaissance soul with a potty sense of humour.
Four years ago I began a three-year journey towards miraculous full recovery after thirty years of depression – a medication crisis was the catalyst, I’ve never felt this good - and I’m chronicling the rebuild of my polymath, adventurous and creative lifestyle on my blog,
Creating My Odyssey
I’m networking with creatives with mental health issues and reaching people with a voice, and those with depression in particular, to show that depression is the most treatable of mental illnesses.
By enormous good chance through the crisis and wonderful neighbours, we met the brilliant mental health team, who, with a combination of medication (known as California Rocket Fuel - love it!) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, brought me to where I am now. Which proves that provided sufferers know where to look, help is available. That's the hard part, which shouldn't be the case.
Creating My Odyssey is a great vehicle for my creativity - writing (anecdotal articles and an epic novel) and art - and covers a myriad of eclectic subjects. I’m unleashing everything that was previously hidden under a bushel, and I've been interviewed and had articles published on mental health and general sites.
I'm posting blog links on my site and would love to exchange links and guest posts with other bloggers, particularly on mental health matters, so if you're interested, I'd love to hear from you. Collaboration with other creatives who suffer or have suffered from mental health problems and exchanging posts about creativity - whatever ideas anyone may have. I'm open to (almost) anything!
I’ve been writing my humongous novel forever, on and off, particularly during young parenthood and depression to help keep me sane. Alias Jeannie Delaney is the life story of a devastating cowgirl who’s the fastest gun in the west and also bisexual. Since my recovery I've decided it’s time to get it out there! I’m blogging about it on my site. I've had interviews about my fascination for the wild west, and appeared on a news item on southern UK television.
Thank you so much for reading this preamble!
Jo, Alton, Hampshire, UK