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A normal morning for Jo is full of coffee, a yogurt bowl, listening to Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift, or SZA while doing her makeup after doing her skincare routine. Singing into a makeup brush or hairbrush isn’t uncommon and while she’d be embarrassed if someone found her while doing such, she doesn’t have to worry about that because she lives alone. Well.. almost alone.

Jo and her cat, Oscar, are best friends. Would Oscar say the same? Well he’s a cat and can’t talk much or at all. Jo says if Oscar was a human he’d run to the door like a child when she got home, but roll his eyes as she lay in bed staring at the ceiling as she recounted the events of her day instead of sleeping. He’d watch as she danced or sang along to Carpenters or The Beatles on vinyl, but drop his head as she clumsily dropped another egg while trying to bake. Oscar and Jo’s relationship developed quickly after she adopted him from a local shelter. His 5am outside bathroom trips and laying on her chest to sleep should annoy her but Jo loves Oscar all the more even if he’s a little strange, like her.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK ON THE DOOR

Some mornings consist of grabbing brunch with her best friend, Jia, at a local cafe. Working on new fashion designs or writing a new song seems to come easier when she’s in the cafe surrounded by the smell of coffee, pastries, and her favorite omelette.

Afternoon’s are filled with pilates, music, yoga, swimming, walks around Central Park, and meeting up with her friends at an Italian restaurant. Conversations consist of TV show addictions, newest music release, a new piece of clothing bought, jewelry or a new perfume scent, a book recommendation, or sitting silently while devouring pizza, spaghetti, or alfredo. Listening to her friends talk or rant brightens her day even if a friend is struggling. Jo enjoys vulnerability and being able to be a shoulder to lean on. She believes this is what she was made for, connection.

ITS TIME FOR MAKEUP, PERFECT SMILE

When she's not using her free time to spend time with friends or herself, she's songwriting and producing new melodies and beats while also vlogging or blogging about her life. Jo grew up on the internet and her dream since she was a child was to share her experiences with others and to somehow connect through them. Her recent video, celebrating 100,000 subscribers, was emotional yet fun as she spent the day with her best friends going shopping for clothes, going out to eat, traveling to see SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s concert in New Jersey, and crying to her camera as she expressed this was all she wanted as a little girl.

Jo's notebook and pen are a powerful force as she’s gotten most things she manifested this year. Most, because the things she didn't receive lead her to places even better. Her blog on Tumblr, ihrthoneypie, reached 40,000 followers within the last month making this Jo’s biggest month on the app. With over 70,000 followers, Jo has connected with so many people she didn’t think was possible. On Tumblr, she shares her experiences throughout the day like the time she got off at the wrong subway station, walked two blocks, got pizza, dropped said pizza, got whiplash as her playlist played ME! then this is me trying by Taylor Swift, got Taco Bell and didn’t get home until 12am. She also shares her playlists, latest favorite fashion trends, and her fashion design sketches.

Her favorite thing to do on the app is to show her latest melodies and beats she’s been working on along with her newest song(s). Jo’s melodies and beats are like no other and some followers have said she should produce something for a bigger artist to get her name out there. Jo isn’t focused on being big in the music industry but rather telling her story to those who stumble upon it. While she would someday love to have her own studio, her bedroom floor suffices for now.

ITS YOU THEY’RE ALL WAITING FOR

When asked about where she’d want to see herself in the next five years, Jo was unsure of how to answer. She’d been so blessed in the last two years receiving most of what she wanted and if not, more. Happy and sure of herself was what she answered. And maybe having a boyfriend but she deleted that before she replied to the follower on Tumblr…

The truth was that she really didn’t know. She still wanted to be a YouTuber in the next five years and hopefully time would allow that, but what if things changed and her view on music made her take things more seriously? What if those sketches in her notebook took her somewhere in the fashion industry? Only time would tell…

MOODBOARDS . . .

JOLENA. OSCAR.

CAREER . . .

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⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ella purnell on working with emilia anderson and how she will never feel the same on another director's set ⠀⠀⠀"oh, emilia! i'm so glad you asked, because she is by far the best director i have ever worked with. and this is not an insult to the others but just pure praise for emilia, because that's how good she is! she's just so passionate about film and what she does, and is just the sweetest. she takes into consideration nearly everything. even what she knows are your personal preferences. just...a delight to work with. honestly, i say this whole heartedly, if there is one person that i can protect from all the bad in the world...it's going to be emilia. i love her creative vision, she is in charge of everything from the outfits we wear to the overall aesthetics of the film, and it all just ties into each other so well- with the script, with the themes of the movie. i acted in her first ever feature film, and three in total, and i have just loved being able to see her progress as a film maker and the creative she is. i honestly say this from my heart, i don't think another director can beat how comfortable she made everyone feel on set and...induce as much joy from everyone. she is precise and she knows exactly what she wants from a shot, and she isn't afraid of even acting some of it out just to show us or drawing out her vision, but she remains so understanding and friendly. her approach to filming is just making sure everyone knows each other as people and not just co-workers, and so the whole cast and crew feels like a massive family. i think that adds to the charm her films have. just the way she approaches her creative process and directing, and her personality, makes filming such a joy with her."

⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀iris law shares her best vintage hotspots in london ⠀⠀⠀"i actually came here for the first time with emilia. and we've actually been meaning to come back together. i've known her for quite some time, and she is basically the sister i've never had. you know, she's six years younger than me, so i've always felt like as someone so close to her- we met when on the set our dads were working on- i had to teach her to learn from my mistakes and all that! we really see each other as sisters and i've learnt just as much from her as she has from me. we first became friends when i had to help her do her hair for training, and, ugh, she's adorable. i adore her, basically."

⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀anya taylor-joy breaks down 13 looks, from dance of whispers to the golden globes ⠀⠀⠀"oh my god! this has to be one of my favourite outfits ever. this makes me so happy. this is myself in the movie 'dance of whispers', directed by the ever so brilliant emilia anderson. i've known emilia for some time before she even got into the world of film making as a screenwriter and a director. i'm pretty sure we met through her father, theodore...amazing director and filmmaker himself. i knew her when she was a literal child! and so, to see her just...blossom into the person she is right now, has been so heartwarming for me to see. we got extremely close, because she was always around set just observing us. i think the only way i can describe how she was at the time is her being a puppy...you know, she has these huge eyes and she's just following us around so curiously and quietly but she has this wandering gaze. even back then, she already had such a love for filmmaking. dance of whispers was her second feature film ever, and when she approached me, she was actually really shy and she was just so cute about the way she went about it. making sure she wasn't bothering me too much...and obviously, i couldn't say no, you know. i read the script, got told about the story and character and just fell in love with not just who i was playing but the whole....thing! her scripts are some of the most well written scripts i've ever read, and she was always so open to feedback and always knew what you were trying to imply. she also has such a clear artistic vision for not just the overall movie but for each individual character and it was so rich how she wrote each of them out and just had...so many layers to them! she also took into account a lot of things, and this outfit, i remember she told me, she wanted to make sure it was something i could climb a tree in; i told her this was how i test out my clothes, like once and she remembered! i had the most fun on the set of dance of whispers, i mean, it wasn't fanciful like other movies i acted in, and the whole environment on set was just so intimate and charming."

⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sam claflin on fictional villians, working with emilia anderson for the first time and daisy jones and the six ⠀⠀"emilia was actually the one to reach out first, i'm pretty sure. i remember, i was on set of daisy jones and the six when i received the message. obviously, i had heard of her because of how well received her previous films were, but i didn't know her personally before i got the offer for the role, unlike some others. when suki heard that she contacted me, her eyes just lit up and started going on and on about how amazing of a filmmaker she was and how sweet she is as a person. i think camila was also backing her up, because both of them had worked with emilia before, and so i just felt i had to at least read the script. i mean, when someone is praising a filmmaker so highly without even having to be told to, you know you're in for a treat. she sent over the script and i read it and when i was done reading it, i remember, i just sat and stared at my wall for a good five minutes. i think it is the best script i have ever read, and this is a girl who is only sixteen! well she was, at the time. the topics, the themes, the whole concept of the story she was trying to tell was so complex yet so well thought out and executed so brilliantly just from the script alone. immediately, i was like, 'yes i have to do this role!' and she sent me more things on the character i was playing and i knew i had to do it. i even asked her, 'are you sure you want me to play this?' because, i mean, that's how good the script was. i was questioning my ability to act out such a layered character but she immediately replied, 'yes, i have my full confidence in you.' i didn't even care how low the budget was or how much it could make in the box office, i said 'yes'. and, in many ways, acting in 'ifs, buts and maybes' and working with her reminded me of why i even started acting. working with her was very unique. she made us all go out for dinner and play poker and blackjack, just for us to get to know who we were working with better and to develop more of a bond. as people and not just co-workers. the whole time we were shooting, it all felt so personal. i loved it, i really did, and from day one i could see why she got the praise that she did."

⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀a talk with daisy edgar jones ⠀⠀⠀"i actually got into journalling because of emilia, emilia anderson. she is just so brilliant, and i remember it was my first time meeting her and i was so nervous! i didn't know what to expect, but i've heard a lot of great things about her from rachel and ella. but we clicked really well, and that made working with her so enjoyable. she had tons of different leather notebooks with her always, and i asked her about them, and she just explained each of their purpose, i guess, to me. and i told her i always meant to get into journalling to help with my anxiety, and we just talked for a whole hour bonding over our shared anxiety all the time! the next week, she brought me a gorgeous notebook and told me it was a gift she got for me from the brand she gets all her notebooks from. and it had my name engraved and the cutest charms on it, plus the inserts are interchangeable and you can just keep multiple on you. and i asked her why, because no one has ever done something so sweet, and her heart...oh my god, she's just so kind. and she said that it was because she knew how helpful journalling can be for anxiety and to kind of navigate intrusive thoughts all the time. oh, bless her soul. i still use it to this day, and it's just been the most brilliant habit i have everyday."

⋆ ౨ৎ ˚ ⟡ ˖ ࣪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀florence pugh on yelena, working with different directors, and drenching hailee steinfeld with hot sauce ⠀⠀⠀"when it came to working with emilia, i'd have to say it definitely is a very special experience. she brings so much joy and passion to set and she does things very uniquely. she always makes sure that we see each other as, not just co-workers, but friends. as people that we need to know on a personal scale. and for that reason, it just feels so personal working together with her. she really gets to know you and your preferences, taking into consideration nearly everything...she just is a very special and one of a kind film maker. my core memory definitely has to be her bringing the cast and crew out to her favourite speakeasy and us just bonding over shared interests and playing poker with each other. i actually didn't know how to play poker and she had to teach me! but it's just the way she approaches everything, and i'm guessing she got this from her time as an athlete, but most of the time directors can be very one track minded. not that it's particularly bad. but emilia always approaches everything with us being a team in mind. we're not just there for ourselves and we don't just owe it to ourselves to do our best, but to everyone else as well. and i think that's why it always felt so energetic on set, no matter how long we've been at it, because we were always giving everything for each other. she gave a really good speech at the beginning of filming as well, and it really just set things off right. i really liked filming with her, and it is actually one of my favourite films i've done."