Valentina Calore

AI + mixed media

good news is: agency can be trained, and high-agency people can be inspiring. that’s the impact @giansegato had on my life. he made an only, closed-minded child believe she was capable of escaping the cage her family and a suffocating environment built around her. a bubble can…

i recently re-watched the matrix, and it dawned on me that far from being a tool for enslaving humanity, machines are actually becoming a way for us to free ourselves from the shackles of man-made systems and outdated social rules we no longer need permission to make things…

i used to paint, just for fun. should i start again

if only i posted on my account as often as i post on my cat’s account

good morning from italy. went on a walk behind my parents’ house

We cannot let AI ruin the em dash — one of the all-time best punctuation marks

woke up with a double eyelid thanks to a mosquito bite. off to take my visa photos now

posting here is like getting to know someone. the more the comfort, the more the chaos

imagine saying bless you instead of thank you

—and then suddenly all of my nihilism disappears after a day laughing ridiculously and indulging in a pastry over an eight-dollar coffee with a friend and buying knick-knacks I do not need.

state of mind // back here, moving forward New York City doesn’t care how long you’ve been gone. You show up and slip right back into the motion of the masses, the current of the subway. It’s a relief that while so much changes here, a sameness persists, a dependable, rollicking…

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my husband said i should write a book titled “how to be happy”. i said, yeah, sure. a one-page book. page 1: good luck.