“I’ve always had a weird relationship with love. Between loving myself and trying to love others it became nearly impossible because I always felt forced to be someone I wasn’t. The journey to figuring myself out was hard but well worth the trip and a hell of a good time. It‘s almost like one day I woke up and decided that I wasn’t going to be this person that tried to be a molded figure. I’m still figuring things out, I mainly just do it through art. I’m figuring out my body, my likes and dislikes, boundaries. I just try to create as much as possible but I stop creating too because I’m a lazy artist but that’s apart of the craft I suppose. Meeting Simbaa has been one of the coolest things to happen to me in the past year because He definitely came out of nowhere and lit up my life in a way that still shocks the hell out of me. He’s inspiring to say the least. a real hands on— “how can we keep growing” kind of person; some say we’re somewhat joint at hip but fuck that; I’ve never had one person try to help me build my career, care about me platonically, and be there for me romantically all at once.” - Ta’Lor, Brooklyn 2020 with Simbaa

Essay style portrait inspired bu Dominique Wynne