Oil on canvas. View of a train window with a person sitting inside the train looking out the window, a neutral look on their face, but with a slight upturn at the corner of their mouth. The window is entirely a deep blue colour.
Along the frame, underneath the painting are the words: “It’s the idea that there’s a place inside me, that’s blue, and okay, and is always there, even if it feels like it’s gone,” she [Self Esteem/Rebecca Lucy Taylor] reflects. “I just needed to know everything would be alright, in one way or another. So it’s an ideology for life – for people like me who are stressed out all the time…”*
*O'Toole (2025) Self Esteem: "On the edge of putting Prioritise Pleasure out, I’d looked into training to become a keep-fit instructor...". Available at: https://www.hotpress.com/music/self-esteem-on-the-edge-of-putting-prioritise-pleasure-out-id-looked-into-training-to-become-a-keep-fit-instructor-23083680#:~:text=throughout%20the%20album.-,Advertisement,stressed%20out%20all%20the%20time%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D (Accessed 11th and 14th July 2025).
Self Esteem (2025) ‘I Do And I Don’t Care’, A Complicated Woman [CD, 00602475498773]. UK, Polydor.
Self Esteem (2025) ‘Cheers To Me’, A Complicated Woman [CD, 00602475498773]. UK, Polydor.
Self Esteem (2025) ‘The Deep Blue Okay’, A Complicated Woman [CD, 00602475498773]. UK, Polydor.
