valerieparente
valerieparente
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Bio
This website a place for me, Valerie Parente, to publish my artwork.
The overarching theme to all of my artwork (poetry, prose, stories, drawings, paintings, photography) is "finding beauty in darkness". I love finding beauty in dark moods, situations, and imagery. This is evident in my written work, often influenced by a lifelong and personal struggle with depression and anxiety (particularly obsessive compulsive disorder and an eating disorder). A lot of my visual work veers into the gothic realm and explores what it means to be human through Doll Art and Mannequin Art.
Since this website is based around me, I think it’s only fair to share a little bit about me. First thing’s first, I am utterly addicted to daydreaming, an ironic art with infinite creative possibilities that limit my mood towards the real world. As a direct result of what I’m not sure is a fantasy-prone tendency or a personality trait, I am constantly trying to find a balance between losing my head in pink clouds and keeping my feet on the germ-infested ground.
I read textbooks for the genuine pleasure of learning (probably as a way to overcompensate for the class time I wasted daydreaming and doodling during middle school and high school). I am particularly fascinated by philosophy, theoretical physics, and psychology; I have a tendency to incorporate these institutions into my artwork. As I have already said, I deal with mental illness on a daily basis. I like to elicit personal revelations out of these mental disorders, and I will often share these discoveries through my writing. With that being said, please note that all posts regarding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are strictly written from my personal experience. I am a writer, not a psychologist. I break down OCD using a writer’s mind, not a degree in psychology. My writing is, first and foremost, my artwork.
I will never post anything with detrimental intention. Like I said, I am always finding beauty in darkness. Yes, there are hardship influences in the words that bleed from my pen, but make no mistake, this morbid ink will always write itself a silver-lining of revelations or optimism. And that level of beauty in darkness is what valerieparente.wordpress.com is all about.
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