@gaiadin

24 years old

Milan, Italy

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

I am working and I’m dedicating this time to my projects and to myself. I am training, reading, taking online courses, binge watching series and thinking a lot. We all miss our freedom, but my family is safe and I feel grateful for my physical and mental health right now.

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?

We live in a state of uncertainty and social distancing, so we are experiencing heavy mood swings, for example I go from feeling emotionless and unresponsive to feeling powerful and energetic in one hour. In normal life I do not have the chance and time to observe all the shades of every feeling and emotion I experience, I am taking inspiration from those today and exploiting them to write.

What is your biggest fear right now?

Normally I am an extroverted introvert. I need time for myself to recharge my social battery, but I also love having interesting chats with friends or strangers, to find myself in crowded places and share social moments. During quarantine, we are adapting by using video-calls, which is not even close to real confrontation. A good moment is made also of body movements, an eye glimpse, a sparkle in the look, sharing something. My biggest fear is not to experience this magic back soon and that we will have to adapt to a new way of interacting with each other.

What will you do once all of this is over?

 The first thing I’ll do is visit my grandma. Then, I want to roam around Milano at night, spend all my money in concerts, live in Paris for a month, go skydiving, feel people’s energy on a dancefloor and never use my phone again because I will see my friends in person every day.