25th August 2025
Modern Sensuality
In a world filled with noise, the pursuit of sensuality is not always the priority. What do we turn to when we seek to reconnect to our whole selves again? In an act of defiance, to reclaim freedom, we have our rituals.
For our latest instalment of Modern Sensuality, we chat to singer, songwriter Blithe Saxon, who consciously brings sensuality into her every day. A self-proclaimed oversharer, with an Instagram bio of ‘Writing in my underwear’, she has another account purely for poetry and embodies the spirit of the series—from sensual rituals to creative practices. We spent the day with her, at the her home in West London.
“Sensual, honest, light, confident, energy, provocative. There’s so many words that I feel compelled to write, at all times.”
Writing is the catalyst to Saxon’s creativity; she starts the day by journaling, letting the flow take her wherever it leads. “Some days I wake up and my mind is overrun with ideas and fun stuff. I always keep a notebook by my bed and a pen because if it comes, I want to write it down on paper before I put it anywhere else,” she notes. “When it comes to being creative, I’m provocative by nature, so putting on something that feels sensual just for myself gets me in that energy,” she adds.
‘The more you're connecting with your senses, that's what turns it
into a ritual. You’re connecting
to the present moment.’
Whether it’s making a cup of coffee, the quiet of a hot bath or reading, ‘it tends to be all the basic things but just done in a very conscious way,’ Eleri says. ‘Rituals remind you that in such small moments, you can reconnect yourself to the present moment,’ she adds.
“My love for lingerie started with my mum. I would sit and watch her get ready, and I remember thinking I can’t wait to be a grown-up and wear lingerie that’s so beautiful.”
Lingerie means more to Blithe than simply a functional garment or accoutrement: “To be a woman that takes her clothes off at the end of the night—she has this whole world underneath that she put on for herself…I think when you’re just doing it for you and it’s just your little secret under your clothes, I love that, it makes me feel confident,” she adds.
“Music for me has always been an outlet. When I journal, it generally flows into a poem, which will naturally flow into a song, and then end up just being creative from one thing to another.”
Moving from room to room, she plays her favourite record, picks up her guitar and starts to sing and dance. “My creative process starts with airy, light energy and the space has to follow that. I’ll just be thinking and writing what comes into my head; I try not to block it or stop it. Even if it doesn’t make sense at the time, it usually will make sense once I read it back and try and put it to a poem or to a song lyric,” she notes.
"Music for me has always been an outlet. When I journal, it generally flows into a poem, which will naturally flow into a song, and then end up just being creative from one thing to another.”
Moving from room to room, she plays her favourite record, picks up her guitar and starts to sing and dance. “My creative process starts with airy, light energy and the space has to follow that. I’ll just be thinking and writing what comes into my head; I try not to block it or stop it. Even if it doesn’t make sense at the time, it usually will make sense once I read it back and try and put it to a poem or to a song lyric,” she notes.
“There are many rituals that I go through to look after myself and protect my peace, and it starts with what I put on my body.”
“I love the way [lingerie] feels on my skin, I like to feel sexy, and I like to feel like I’m in a book or movie or poem because it’s so much easier to mirror that in whatever I’m creating,” she says. “I like to listen to women’s voices when I am in a flow, I think it’s because I relate the most to women’s voices and the lyrics in the songs,” she adds. She respects her solitude as an important part of her process: I want to be in my space and still feel like I’m part of the world, but in my own little world within my writing,” she adds.
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Words by April Hollamby