Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
afraid allowing defined hold loss
Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
adult breaking breaks children damage destroy realised remember seeing time
A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
pictures second switch work
I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
people turned
I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
anonymity
Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.
art london objects
I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the '80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing to do with how I was thinking. I was making beautifully sanded wooden boxes!
moved
I was living with my stepfather for a while, and then I moved out and went and lived on my own in Hastings-by-the-Sea from about 16.
interests journeys life particular
I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.
Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
battle cancer crap cry felt holding lose stuff suppose
I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.
bit drinking rein round running spend time yoga
I can be a bit extreme. I'll spend too much time running round the park, doing yoga and drinking green tea. I can get a bit obsessive. I have to rein it in sometimes.
distance thinking defining-moments
I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.
kids house want
I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
cancer unfair
I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.