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Ilayda Arden
@ilaydaa.bsky.social
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It’s pronounced ee-lie-dah || I do: Tarot, theatre, comedy, performance & writing || Cynically optimistic realist 🤷🏻‍♀️ || She/Her
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the classic meme formats are classic for a reason.
May 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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look at spring giving us the most
April 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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big decisions rarely come with instant certainty - they raise questions, spark nostalgia and require support and hard work. this month the cards and i explore the messy, magical space between the past and the future. Read the full thing here: open.substack.com/pub/realvibe...
April 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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this is… repugnant in every possible way. just cause we don’t have billionaires doing fash salutes in the house of commons doesn’t mean the rhetoric and ideology surrounding immigration in this country isn’t swimming in shit strewn gutters.
A news clipping from the Sunday times that reads: ‘on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer will try something new. The prime minister will attempt to get on the front foot over immigration, taking the fight to Reform and Nigel Farage directly. Labour will publish a series of videos showing the "journey" of an illegal immigrant, from detention in early morning raids to transfer from bleak immigration removal centres to waiting planes and - subject to approval - footage aboard flights out of the country. The party has also run adverts with Reform-style branding and messaging to accompany them. The adverts do not display Labour's logo and are in a similar shade of blue to that used by Nigel Farage's party.
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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a reflection on the lovers card in the tarot
February 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Card/thoughts for the week ahead:

In the face of an unrelenting barrage of global and social horrors, finding joy and gratitude in your own life can be an act of quiet resilience AND resistance. 1/
In the foreground a hand holds up a tarot card: the 9 of cups. The image on the card is one of a glorious sunset taking place over water - a beach. On the beach are two palm trees with a hammock tied between them. The ham mix has 9 cups resting on it.
December 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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from the tarot account, over the weekend.
A hand holds two tarot cards, one is the 10 of Cups, the other is the 6 of Coins. A screenshot of an Instagram caption that reads: My approach to getting to know new tarot decks is not particularly sophisticated... I jump straight in with a shuffle and wait for cards to fly out, or to be hit by the impulse to pull a card. As I shuffle I usually have something like 'Hello, hello? Is this thing on???' running through the back of my mind. This deck was a birthday gift. The person who gave it to me had recently become a friend, after we'd worked together on a big creative project of theirs. Though no money changed hands while working together, there was a rich exchange of time, knowledge, appreciation, and skills. Working on the project was also one of the most creatively exciting and fulfilling things l've done in a long time, despite it being totally different in form, scale and scope compared to previous things I'd worked on. The whole experience solidified some long brewing personal revelations about what I want vs need out of my creative life, helped me create new bonds and increased my sense of gratitude for the simpler offerings I have in my creative toolbox. Anyway, as I shuffled this deck for the first time and asked the 'Hello, hello?? Is thing on???' question, these were the first cards that flew out: 6 of Pentacles: giving and receiving - an exchange of goods, services & skills, and the bonds, balances and appreciations that result from that. 10 of Cups: examining the expectation of happiness vs the reality of it. Creative fulfilment. Finding beauty and joy through simplicity or emptiness. So yeah, I think this thing is very much 'on', right?
November 25, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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the face of a dog who was getting ready to call the rspca because his dinner was 5 mins late
A small white fluffy dog in a blue sweater vest sits on a sofa and looks up, beyond the camera to the picture taker. He has big brown puppy dog eyes filled with reproach.
November 25, 2024 at 8:04 AM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
A screen grab featuring subtitles from the Oscar’s gaffe moment when John Travolta introduced the ‘wickedly talented Adele Dazeem’
November 21, 2024 at 11:56 AM
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behold: content!
November 21, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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hi, me & kermit are here to say that i’m a bilingual (english & turkish) creative (performer, writer, tarot reader, theatre maker, ex stand-up) always looking to collaborate AND currently looking for A VOICE AGENT. hit us up to connect, discuss ideas, or if you can help with the voice agent hunt!
A girl with brown wavy hair and blue eyes tilts her head to one side and smiles at the camera. In the foreground of the image, superimposed through a filter, is the figure of Kermit the frog, dabbing.
November 20, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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Also pls enjoy this dumb thing i made yesterday
November 15, 2023 at 1:37 PM
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Ya girl is going through some big life changes and my subconscious/unconscious is working overtime to try and process. Turns out writing earnest poetry is a great way to aid whatever is happening behind the scenes. Something something about release your inner cringe and you will free. 😘
September 24, 2023 at 12:49 PM