@glorivalenti

20 years old

Catania, Italy

How has your everyday-life changed? What do you do to fulfill your day?

My everyday life hasn't changed, I simply altered the way I pursued all my daily goals and commitments. I study and work full-time for my association, Cattolica For Fashion, as founder. One thing has changed drastically, on the positive side, I take care of myself, something I haven't done in the last year and a half. I have got back into my 20s, I finally shaped what I want to be and left full rein to my personality. I don't have any particular difficulty in committing my days, working on this requires time, patience and solitude, this quarantine has given me exactly these 3 elements, allowing me not to feel guilty, as I would have done a month ago. I don't deny that I miss everything that for me means independence and tranquillity in my home, in Milan.

Your work is built on creativity. While we’re all in quarantine, what is your solution to keep on being creative? Where do you find your inspiration in this moment?

The solution is to let our mind free and avoid focusing on negative things. In the meantime we have to accept the situation and then find a way to improve and stimulate ourselves. Creativity is what can save our vulnerability right now, as it gives us free expression.

I shoot me (the Mac's camera is now my personal photographer), the nature and everything I find interesting in my garden. I write about myself and all the awareness I have acquired in this month of quarantine. I dedicate the evening to the movies that I have always wanted to watch but never had the time to do so. Me and some members of my Association are also following a course provided free of charge by the IFM in Paris, on Fashion, Business, Art and Culture. I'm also looking for the possibilities for me once I finish my three-year course.

What is your biggest fear right now?

My greatest fear is the dramatic escalation that this invisible monster could provoke, I am worried that people will stop cooperating just as the end of the crisis is approaching. I'm afraid that I won't be able to fully resume my life for much longer and that I'll still have to stay away from my Milan that I love so much and that has suffered so deeply.

What will you do once all of this is over?

I imagine, or rather I want to walk down in the street and see people happy, who appreciate what they had once stopped loving, or even worse, think about. I want to find more humanity and respect for other people, this experience has certainly taught us something, that to fight something great you need only collaboration and love for your neighbor.