Maria Sofia Roncarolo
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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21 years old
Milan, Italy
How has your everyday-life changed? What do you do to fulfill your day?
Everything is different, habits are changed, relationships and the way of seeing things are different. You gradually lose independence and the perception of time, you spoil yourself with little things. I, for example, have only recently begun to understand how useful each of these hours can be. Now I dedicate more space to myself, I read more, I sleep for hours and hours, I study less and I have learned to create small new habits, things that I would never have dreamed of doing, such as alternating cooking and workouts.
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?
My solution is never stop thinking about what to do next and how to do it. Boredom makes creativity flourish, helps the imagination and gives birth to ideas. The most inspiring thing I do recently is to look at and collect old photographs.
What is your biggest fear right now?
It' s about the end of the pandemic, or when we might actually get closer to each other, travel, walk, go to a music show or a nss event.
What will you do once all of this is over?
Well, I dream about it at night, I wake up and I hope it's even better than before, I hope that we don't forget what happened, the rediscovered love for our country, and that everyone, young and old, grown up and aware of how much normal things should be appreciable. It's easy to lose everything, even the beautiful little things of everyday life.