What is the best thing that I love about my work?
The chance of expressing myself though imagines. Creating a work with persons and places completing originated by myself is like creating a new reality, a world aside. Investigating into the feminine world and into the foremothers lives is to accomplish a care and a sciamanic act.
What is my idea of perfect happiness?
To have time, health, peace, love, money and no worries.
What is my greatest fear?
To be afraid.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?
I’m very stubborn.
Which living persons in my profession do i most admire?
I admire Giosetta Fioroni most, Gillo Dorfless and Marina Abramovich.
What is my greatest extravagance?
I’m completely extravagant.
On what occasion would I lie?
Sometimes I lie about my age, just to get amused and get people confused.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?
There is nothing.
When and where was I the happiest, in my work?
Every time I get into my studio and find again my colours, my brushes and my canvases I feel to be the luckiest girl in the world.
If I could, what would I change about myself?
I would take off 10 Kg without a diet.
What is my greatest achievement in work?
It was a great luck to meet Angelo Pantaleo art director of the art gallery APS CREO in Foggia. We understand each other very well and we collaborate intensely and proficiently.
Where would I most like to live?
I would like to live at the seaside surrounded by nature but with the opportunity of going often to cities where there are art exibitions and galleries.
What is my most treasured possession?
A large garden full of trees and plants in Tuscany.
What is my most marked characteristic?
I love to stay inside myself. I think that loneliness is very important for creativity.
What is my most inspirational location, in my city?
I live in a little town near Milan and long the river Adda. Long walks by the river, surraunded by nature are regenerating. The same by the sea in Tuscany, where I live for some periods in the year.
What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city?
I like the restaurant Alhambra in Milan, good vegan food and very kind staff. In Milan, too, Il Tempio D’Oro is a cosy site to have happy hour.
What books influenced my life and how?
Most of all the books of poetry by Neruda, Alda Merini, Antonia Pozzi, Chandra Livia Candiani, Emily Dickinson. They use an extremely touching and envolving way of writing.
Who are my favorite writers?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jane Austen, Daniel Pennac, Fabio Genovesi, Bruce Chatwin, Simone De Beauvoir, Marguerite Yourcenar.
You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?
I would die listening to Yeld by Pearl Jam or Ok Computer by Radiohead.
Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?
Bridget Jones and Wolverine.
Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?
Patti Smith, Louise Bourgeois and David Lynch. Most of all those wild persons that believe in there dreams so strongly that they let them come true.
Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime?
Arizona Dream by Emir Kusturica, Pane e Tulipani by Silvio Soldini, The Piano by Jane Campion, La Pazza Gioia by Paolo Virzì.
What role plays art in my life and work?
Art is everything, in my opinion there are no differences between life and work. Life with no art is very sad.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?
I wouldn’t know, I would say myself.
Whom would I like to work with in 2018?
I’d like to collaborate with other artists accomplishing four-handed works.
Which people in my profession would I love to meet in 2018?
I would assist to a Marina Abramovich performance.
What project, in 2018, am I looking forward to work on?
To accomplish my project about foremothers and expose it. Besides I would like to do a street art work.
Where can you see me or my work in 2018?
On the 21 of January I will take part to the collective exibition “Opere su carta” (Works on Paper) at Circuiti Dinamici in Milan. At APS CREO in Foggia. Of course on Istagram, Facebook and Twitter. And on my site www.veronicalovati.com (site in progress).
What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?
Vincent Van Gogh once said: “ I prefer to die by passion rather than by bore”.
Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story?
Valeria Buscaglia owner of the confectionery “Terra e Farina”. Lina Rossini healing sound therapist. Morena Luciani Russo writer, artist and sciaman.
How can you contact me?
Here follows a message of Peter de Kuster, founder of The Heroine’s Journey
Spring Journey
Wednesday 14th March – Sunday 18th March
The best of The Heroine’s Journey condensed into a single, unforgettable week.
The Heroine’s Journey is a global organisation dedicated to teaching skills not covered by the regular education system – skills that develop storytelling intelligence and encourage psychological well-being for creative professionals. The Spring Journey brings together the very best in our storytelling.
We will cover such themes as how to make money doing what you love, how to promote your business, which is you, how to choose our partners more wisely, how to make relationships last, how to find and create your dreamjob by meeting your rolemodels and making testdrives, how to manage your time and organize yourself creativitely, how to focus on our creative goals, how to have the financial freedom to create and how to more regularly experience creative flow and happiness.
You’ll embark on a rich and enlightening voyage, discovering how to make lasting, meaningful change across every aspect of your creative life. By working within a fixed group led by Peter de Kuster over the week, you’ll dive deeper than would be possible in any single daytrip. You’ll be challenged to think deeply about the issues that matter most, and provided with a space to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences.
The Journey is ideal for those seeking a more meaningful, transformative vacation; for attendees of our daytrips who now wish to take a structured journey through our expertly curated material; and for those wishing to save time in the long run by working through the dilemmas of creative life, business, passion, and your own story in a single, high intensity week.
Blending tuition, exercises, meeting with stories of rolemodels, and discussion in journeys in a world city, each day of the Spring Journey will equip you with tools and strategies to help you find answers for your creative life’s big questions.
Join us for a truly transformational vacation for the mind in Rome
Ticket costs Euro 1250 excluding VAT per person, includes all teaching, materials, light refreshments & additional activities.
You can reach Peter for a skype meeting about questions you have by mailing him at peterdekuster@hotmail.nl
DAILY TIMETABLE
09.40 Tea & Coffee on arrival
10.00 Morning Session
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Afternoon Session
17.00 Drinks
Read on for a detailed breakdown of the Spring Journey itinerary.
“You are the Storyteller of Your Own Creative Life. You can Create Your Own Legend – Or Not” – Peter de Kuster
Spring Journey Itinerary
Day One: The first day of the Spring Journey is designed to equip us with the core skills of The Heroine’s Journey and Storytelling. We will learn the power of the story we tell ourselves, why our minds have a hard time understanding themselves, how to map and understand our passions, and how and why we characteristically respond to them.
Day Two: The second day of the Spring Journey takes us on a structured journey around the power of your story as creative professional. Creative flow is always in essence a mental phenomenon, it is a result of ideas- and a story you tell yourself therefore relies on having to hand a raft of enriching stories about your business, your money management, your self promotion and your time management that can be called upon in moments of truth. The day begins with a Heroine’s Journey Breakfast – considering what three of the greatest creative heroines of all time have as story about the art of creative living wisely and well.
Day Three: The third day of the Spring Journey teaches us how to choose our clients and business partners wisely and make our relationships last. One of the gravest errors we make around business relationships is to imagine that they aren’t things we can get wiser or better at. On this day we will learn to practise and rehearse our skills at working with the people who can help you further your creative business (clients and business partners like agents, publishers, marketing professionals etcera). In the evening, we will attend a Storytelling Dinner in a local restaurant – learning to overturn small talk and master the art of opening up our deepest stories.
Day Four: The fourth day of the Spring Journey teaches us how to achieve our creative career potential. We will employ storytelling tools to be better able to understand our creative talents and to move forward using the opportunities that are open to us.
Day Five: The final day of the Spring Journey explores new business opportunities and markets for you to as creative professional. Many of the challenges we encounter in modern life require us to develop creative solutions to complex problems. And even when we’re not tackling big problems, continuously improving the way we live using invention and imaginative strategy is deeply important.
You can reach Peter for a skype meeting about questions you have by mailing him at peterdekuster@hotmail.nl
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