To hear and see her, she looks like a very strong woman. It’s amazing to think she could have been so “little” …
“I am very strong precisely because I have weaknesses. I accepted them, I accepted them. I am no longer ashamed of how I am, of my ambivalences. They make me unique. Of course, I still question myself a lot, but now I like it, because every moment I discover new things about myself, and being very curious, I satisfy this thirst of mine. Now I can say that I am aware of my strength: I was dying, but I grabbed myself by the hair and pulled myself out ».
What triggered it?
“It is not the problem, as many may think, that makes you react, but the goal. It all lies in the question we are all afraid to ask ourselves: do you have a reason to live? I was hungry for life, I still had so many things to do, to say. But I have really been reborn: because since then a new Valentina has emerged, new on the outside, but above all new eyes, new on the inside ».
Have you feared judgment in your life?
“Always. Even now that “Ouroboros” had to come out: because for me it was a way to get naked completely. In this society that always wants us to be perfect, I had the courage to show the chipping, the error, the stain. But it is only by knowing and acknowledging our mistakes, if we can define them that way, that we can accept them, even thank them and let them go. To close with the past, which does not mean forgetting, but learning so as not to repeat ».
How do you accept the pain, even thank it?
«It is a journey into the inside, it terrifies. I went through the ancient pains, the feeling of malaise that I carried inside, my obsessions, what made me sick, but above all who … I have forgiven. All. Especially myself. For falling into it, for giving rope to the wrong people, for failing to protect my heart. I said to myself: “Vale, there is, everything is fine. Look who you are today ”. Pain teaches, he is a strict but just teacher. The past must be allowed to flow, never stagnate, otherwise it bogs us down. This does not mean that today I know how to stay in the world: I have my moments of cosmic downtime like everyone else. But I know how to go up and not be annihilated ».
What do you wish for your future?
«I feel a beautiful awakening of the soul, which has no sex. Beautiful people who want a beautiful world. Here, I want to contribute who I am to this project. I, who was dark, see a light. I stayed black (black is its flag color, ed), but aware of being light ».
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Source: Vanity Fair
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