Hi Valerie I too was bullied when I was young and have anxiety I’m 65 but my love for nature and art has helped me immensely all these years you’re a wonderful artist and of all my RUclips art subscriptions your one of my favorites.❤️🎨
Thank you, for fighting those battles and staying yourself. For not listening to those people telling you painting and creating is useless, for we won't be here today watching some fine art and learning beautiful things. Those are the most aesthetical and calming videos on youtube. Thanks for sharing all of this with us for all the love and amazing paintings. Have a beautiful day and take great care of you!
I absolutely adore how you intuitively shifted your perspective of yourself and brought out the true magic inside of you. I was also trapped for so long inside of my mind and the pressures of having a certain personality, until two years ago. Now, I truly see that anyone can be anything they truly desire, and metal can be gold.
You are the friend I never knew I needed. So much soul and so much honesty. Your childhood pain, people telling you to just stop being sad... All these things have had me crying since I was 5 years old. I'm 40 now, learning to draw and paint even though I can do neither, and I'm already worried about it... I find your videos calming, reassuring and giving me the love I didn't know I missed. Thank you so much ❤️
I stress about how perfect or not things look when I paint or draw so I don't enjoy it. Somehow my husband has cultivated the skill of painting just for enjoyment and the process. He gets much more out of it and does it more often. I'm trying to learn this... to do hobbies because I enjoy them not for the end product. I hope you can love your drawing and painting just for the process and the release they give. Sending love ❤️
There is something close to my heart and I'm trying to manifest it. I hope this makes you feel better too. "It doesn't matter if you are not good at something you love to do. Do it because it brings you happiness, peace and makes you feel content. That's what hobbies are for."
@@jessamine486Watercolour painting is a wonderful way to relax and be creative but, I agree, at the start most painters find it very difficult to ‘Let Go’ we all have that fear to just let our brush do the work and enjoy the moment. We worry too much about ruining paper, wasting paint and worst of all “Saying in our heads ‘I am rubbish I can not paint’ Once you have the skills and it all sinks in, it does take time but you will relax and Let Go’. When this happens, I wish you many happy years of painting. ✏️🎨🖍️
@@Su_y2770 but sometimes you want to use your hobbie to get money life is hard and everyone is born to do something thing is it's not very appreciated like food and shopping this is a big problem
Personality is definitely not fixed, it's malleable. Personality is all the thoughts and feelings you believed and accepted during your lifetime and now call your own. You identified with them. As you grow up, you might start to question everything and decide to want to change. This journey is amazing and it's very well worth your effort. You discover that you are not your personality and you can choose different ideas and thoughts, ones that appeal to you much more than those which you originally identified with without question because you were small and the adults were big and smart. You can become who you want to be. You can be inspired by people you look up to. You can literally create yourself.
Dear Valerie, your videos are like studio Ghibli movies to me. Inspiring, motivating and amazingly meaningful. This world is getting richer and softer with people like you 🦋
My darling I am 75 years old and feel so much like you. I have been painting since I was 13. Today, as old as I am, I feel it's my time to create and paint everything I see under my perspective. I am organized and clean in everything I do. You remind me of myself. Only that the vissicitues of life didn't allowed me to be the person I was back then. Now is my chance. Although I am not totally well at my age, I don't and will not give up. The Almighty, blessed is He, has given me this gift, to paint. It's never too late. I will continue on with my purpose. You're a treasure to the world my darling. May you be blessed in everything you do in your young life.
For someone like me, who really really struggles with mental health and the purpose of live, it's really inspiring to know someone who was at the same place and later grew into a calm, confident and happy person
Something people say to console someone is " you're never alone" but I never really believed that. I felt so isolated and strange in my struggle, like no one could truly understand me. But now I have come to resize that it is true, we really aren't ever alone. There's always at least someone out there who feels and thinks and struggles the same as us. We just haven't met them yet. I hope you will remember that you aren't alone. I see you and I love you, truly❤
13:00. Personality is the combination of awareness and thought. It is the character the actor represents and is as fluid as physical law allows. Beautiful video.
I honestly can't believe I can watch this gold piece of entertainment for free, it makes me so happy to see good content from a wonderful and so inspiring artist like you, val.
I agree with your perspective on painting beautiful things/subjects. I have been told the same thing. Yet, I will always paint what I want to see, and who does not want to rest their eyes on something beautiful and alive? 😌
At the moment you were eating + watching tv, I thought: this looks like your tv serie and I love it, a serie about cotidianity and the magic and depth of simple things❤
This didn't feel like a youtube video, it felt like a whole experience. Valerie, you are so comforting and inspiring. Thank you so much for letting us take a peek inside your process and mind, please never stop creating
Valerie, I really thank you for having opened up to us. I can only imagine how hard it was for you to reveal this part of you ❤️ I highly admire you, both as a person and as a painter, and It doesn't really matter if I don't know you personally. What you create, what you say in your videos and what you do really speak to me
After a lifetime of the same influences of others, I am now, at 75 trying to reclaim my true creative self, while battling chronic illness. Your video is so inspiring to me and beautiful. You are blessed to have found this wisdom early in life.
You are a gentle and beautiful spirit and your art reflects this truth. I found your graceful ways art very inspiring and life affirming. A rare gift in a chaotic world to be sure. I am 70 years old and you are.... quite a bit younger, but my reaction to your videos proves that the only separation between generations is the one that we allow. Let's not allow ourselves to be swayed by what cultural mores would have us believe. Thank you for your contribution to the loveliness in our world.
Commenting the second time - your videos leave me speechless and to me that is the real purpose of art to leave people wordless, so they sit in silence to think deeper into what was said or done. That's a really beautiful feeling of getting lost in someone's words !! You really do magic with your videos ✨✨ keep making them !!
Valerie…. This made me cry. I am so inspired by your thoughts and artwork. What a beautiful soul you are ….. “it’s extraordinary, how extraordinary ordinary people are.” We are works of art ourselves. I would love to see a studio tour. I struggle with how to set up my studio for ease of use and accessibility. Blessings to you and thanking God for the well of wisdom that is clearly within you!
Watching you shop, select, and unpack all your paint supplies is the ultimate "unboxing" video. But better because of the value these products create for you (and us) ❤
I'm from Ukraine and we are at war with no electricity most of the time. Your video helps a lot, they are meaningful and deep. Also, you can create a special magic atmosphere. Thanks 💙💛
Thank you Valerie ! For inspiring and motivating me ! I, for a long time wanted to start painting with watercolour and other mediums, but I just didn’t have the courage to take a brush and start, because the words “what if it doesn’t turn out good??” were in my mind. Now that I have discovered this video, I think I am ready to start this journey of learning something new, a hobby ,but also knowing myself and discovering myself. From now on, I am not stopping myself anymore. Thank you again 💓💓💓
Dearest Valerie, After each one of your Videos I feel like I have been sprinkled with sparkling soft and shiny fairy dust. YOU are magical! Thank You! ❤
I don't think you you can become any 'person' you want to be. But I think you can become any version of yourself that you can imagine. Or become content with who you are. Love your videos. Very inspiring.
And you are amazing, beautiful, intelligent, deserving of the very best. God loves you, I love you, thank you for brightening my day when you post a video. You are such an inspiration!
I am in my 50s and I admire your thoughtfulness and generosity to share with us. Taking back control of our minds is a life adjustment. There are many influences and pressures as you say. I am just speaking for myself. But I am grateful for the human spirit, that morning you awake and say to yourself "sort yourself out, what do you want? Work hard it's worth it". I have belief in good people. You are good people. But there is a lot of negativity around. I am thrilled to see so many subscribed. So many comments. Valerie you are a living example to us all. You inspire me. I wish for you and all your subscribers... peace, a reliable friend, some nice things to cherish. Safety. And a good art store and library. Best wishes. Till next time.
I experienced something similar where I spent many years only making art that expressed the rock bottom, darkest emotions I was in at the time, only to later feel like doing so had stopped helping me and was contributing to staying in that dark place. I changed what I made art of, but I didn't quite have the realization about making art of what you *want* in your life, or in your mind. I think I did that to some degree, but hearing it said out loud makes me want to consciously make art with that attitude. I used to be so sunshiney and bubbly in my creations and also felt others look down on me for it, eventually absorbing their views. In fact there is still a part of me watching this video that feels skeptical. But I think that is a sign that I need a change. Thank you for your thoughtful, gentle encouragement!
The book 'Highly Sensitive Person' by Elaine Aaron has been helping me understand my own childhood and why I am the way I am, how I didn't fit into the world and still find it difficult. I'd recommend it so much if you relate to being a sensitive child in a world that didn't understand you.
I saw a lot of self development videos and try to learn and improve myself day by day but your video that I just got randomly recommended from RUclips is one of the best I saw in a long time. You have such a lovely soul with a beautiful mind and thoughts. To answer you question, i definitely think that you can become everything you want, your mind is the limit, the more you think about the idol human you want to be, the closer you get to actually becoming and being that human. We humans don’t understand how powerful our mind is and how blessed we are compared to every other creation.
'Painting beautiful things is meaningless'. I want to tell the ones who think so that not everything in life is to be done to expect something in return. Love you Valerie ❤️
Always grateful for having and enjoyed my first art teacher, my mother who instilled the love of art within me. As a young child she gave until I acquired much and then she died. All still remains the same where I'm able to have and still enjoy art
you are wonderfull to dear Valleri:) Thank you so much for your high quality videos.. they are so intresting and full of added valu, charm and encouraging words. I found them calming the the soul and mind with your intelligent words. I started to paint this year and do my on art at the age of 56 and love every moment of it. You defenetly stend out among the craud by being you, smart creative and original. love your work
We are firm believers in the healing, sustaining power of making art. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your story! There are many artists self-directing their education who should hear this. Making art is something that every person can learn to do, but each of us has to give ourselves permission to devote time and resources to art. It's an essential self-care activity, and builds skills that improve so many other endeavors!
This video evoked feelings in me on a deeper level. I love how you take us through your thought processes. We can see how much you put into your art and your work and love what you bring to this community. Thank you for existing and sharing your voice.
I don't know how to explain it but through your words I can say that I have experienced exactly the same "personality change" as you. Having self-confidence makes us live in such a beautiful world.
Your personality is as fluid as you believe it is. All you need is to practice awareness and gently guide yourself. Thank you for pointing out that books can be the people that surround me.
"I don't see a difference in painting, writing, talking- any form of a creation as a form of giving and receiving." - Valerie, I can never agree more. I love them all and though people tell me I do many different things at once, they all appear the same really. When expression bubbles up in abundance within you- it can slide into any medium anytime as long as one is patient & strong....
To answer your question on whether it’s possible to shift from one side to the other, I think we’re meant to lovingly embrace all aspects of ourselves. The shift occurs in the awareness that we have pieces of all the personalities. Who is the one who is aware? Your higher consciousness. In this state one is free from the confines of personality. It’s possible to give and receive from the limitless love you are. Great questions and video. I love your process. 💕
As someone who was having a really rough past few weeks, not being accepted into university, I felt really lost for a while. But I'm internally grateful for your videos Valerie, your uploads always reminds me that things always get better even when it don't feel like it.
I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me). I made the most productive changes in my life when I began practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 40-60% effort into my habits (ex. journaling/working out) - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on my youtube channel. I hoping once I got the basics of taking care of myself and I can start to nurture the artist within me with the same sort of practise. And for someone like me who has been struggling with their mental health, progress feels so slow - its really inspiring to know someone who was at the same place and later grew into a calm, confident and artistic person.
That’s good to hear. I’ve been working out and it has helped my mental health, lifting weights is what I do. As for the artist in me I’m still missing that part. I’m missing the routine and consistency. Also where do I began to learn art as a beginner. I don’t want to make hyper realistic art, I want to learn composition etc. I do think it can be a form of therapy. Like working out is.
Whether or not you believe is personality can change depends on your definition of personality. I think personality is your truest self, which is unchangeable, but it can become clouded like a dirty window. Thank you for sharing your journey with mental health and creativity, I, and probably most creatives have gone through something similar. Also all of your paintings are so beautiful and inspiring thank you for sharing it with us!
I feel I am on a similar journey to you. I have always wanted to escape to a different world, never feeling seen or understood. After many years of struggling and growing I now want to create a world in which I feel like I belong. One which brings me joy, even if it does not fit the norm. Where I can be melancholic, and wear what I want, and create art and follow my passions. Thank you Valerie ❤
Ahh,Valerie,I faced bad things like bullying at school,so I understand you little bit ,here I am now, one year after graduating ,used to have death thoughts ,still trouble with mental health and taking a lot of antidepressants medication for almost a year...thank you so much for sharing your background story and thoughts,you inspired me as you always did,I honestly am amazed by your wonderful personality and wisdom.Probably no one will see my comment ,but still ,for someone who’s bullied ,or whoever is struggling ,just keep on going and remember you’re amazing)!
@@rachaelchavez8766 I’m so grateful for your words ,people like you make me believing that there are more good people than bad in this world !❤️Wish I had friend someone like you back in school days
Hi I am not good at art but I do love writing and poems but it’s been three years since I lost myself and unable to creat after seeing your video I was given peace. To see you creating gave me joy and courage to wait for myself as I search for me in life , I know that I might not make sense but every video I have watched of you gave me and I want to thank you and I pray for your happiness in all areas of your life , May God bless you and May you be given the blessing you gave me today my love 🤍🤍
To be honest, I don’t usually leave comments on RUclips videos… but I just felt the urge to tell you that you have such a beautiful soul. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and these calming moments with us ❤
Dear Valerie, Thank you for inspiring me with your every video, for your words that make me think and feel something, and for your painting process that soothes me. You feel like an elder sister/best friend💖 who supports us by making us question the little things of life and show us it's wonder as well! Thank you so much✨
Hi Valerie, you are a beautiful lady a talented artist Your paintings are so beautiful just like you you have great skill for you are amazing proud of you 🥰
I feel like personality is a reflection of the experiences and environments we are subject to, along with the pure genuine reaction and growth/evolution of the soul and emotions from those experiences and environments.
Come to see your amazing pieces and left crying, you touch in a very personal subject. I feel you Valerie, I understand what you went through, it happened the same with me, and as you art save my life.
I'm a beginner at art even though I'm 50. I like to draw, colour and paint but I'm no artist. I find it really relaxing to watch people paint. I have anxiety it's severe and doing and watching art calms me.
Hello Valerie I want to thank you very much for you and this video. Halfway through the video I cried. My soul misses painting so much that after less than 15 years I come back to me as an artist. I forgot about it for a long time and believed others that I don't have enough talent and my individualism is strange and I should be like others and go to a regular job because I can't make a living from painting. Today I am 30 years old, I am married, I have two wonderful daughters, and thanks to you Valerie, I can say that I feel more motivated to pick up the brush again and paint my life again! You are one of the angels walking the earth and know that you have saved one soul from living in passivity and forgetting its true talent. Thank you very much, your recordings fill me with the desire to live and express myself. May heaven bless you! ❤
I need a Spotify playlist of all the music you use in your video, they are perfect for calming and inspiring me when I’m feeling down or need to create something ❤
@@PLad-pr9cl Hi, I’ve tried it but it led me to the website, even though I signed in and downloaded the app but it keeps leading me to the website and no music playlists appear . Can you tell me the name of the playlist so that I can find it easier ?
@@thaothanh3365 Oh dear, I'm sorry I don't know more than you. I also followed the link and haven't been as far as you did (I didn't sign up in the website). I hope you'll find the music somehow, good luck 💕🍀
this video is stunning. i love your words and painting and magical cinematography. thank you for sharing your art and wisdom. i've been anxious and sad for so much of my life, but art has always made me feel like i'm more than those things. i needed this beautiful reminder.
What an amazing video with such an amazing message in the end. ❤you are one of my favourite artists and watching you create a magnificent art just wows me. Amazing you are!!!!!!!
The depth of this video touches every part of my being. Thank you for making me fall in love with the process, whether it be art, scientific experiments, writing, cooking, everything takes time, perfecting a skill, and perseverance to keep going! Thank you for giving me perspectives to reflect on for my future endeavors!
I COME TO VALERIE'S CHANNEL whenever I feel overwhelmed by work or situations. Her videos are my remedy and meditation. Her calm voice, background music, and the process of her artwork are inspiring on so many levels. Knowing that Valerie works on art at the same time recorded this video from different angles, put them together seamlessly, sly, and scrip those words and phrases. Set the camera, dress up, etc. I feel fortunate to find her channel. Thank you, Valerie.
There are so many things I want to say, but three days won't be enough for me to describe all the warm emotions that your videos give me. I want to say thank you, Valerie. Thank you for your videos, which absolutely always help me cope with difficulties ♡
You are such a precious soul 💛 Thank you for sharing your beauty with the world 🤍 God bless your strength to over come your mom and peers harsh behavior . Now so many can enjoy from your wisdom and stunning art 🙌🙌🙌
I love to see how you make your videos so peaceful and different than just a speed up painting process 🙏 how you manage to take so many beautiful shots with your camera 😮 the video itself is also a great composition of beautiful video shots. I also feel the peaceful essence of ghibli movies in there. 🥰
I think you're a beautiful person and you're amazing for sharing your beautiful art and beautiful words. Just watching your videos makes me want to start a positive change in my life. Your inspiring Valerie. Thank you. ❤😊
Everyday I'm trying to add more things to be grateful and worth living for, but the one which takes back is two things: my environment and people, including myself. Over the years, I've been trying new things and surprisingly it gave me some hope that I will overcome those habits one day a time.
You say the most beautiful things, Valerie, as though you’re speaking to my very soul 😭 thank you! You’re right that your videos have some type of calming, grounding enchantment yet also gives me the ability to dream and believe in my dreams.
Was bist du für ein besonderer Mensch 🙏😘 ich liebe deine Ideen, deine Kunst und ganz besonders deine Gedanken und ihre Anregungen für uns, ganz ganz tolles Video mal wieder. Hab dank du besonderer Herzens-Mensch ❤️
I think all the thoughtful words you use, deserve a great book! Thank you for sharing your work and this channel - a little port of calm amongst the seas of chaos. 😊💝
Thank you so much for this video Valerie ❤ I adore you so much when I see you it gives me hope that I am moving in right direction in my life and becoming something wonderful 🎠
I was watching this slowly as I start work this morning, and it's a very nice way to start the day! Thank you so much for your hard work and sharing a piece of yourself with us ^^
Dear Valerie, I agree with all the lovely comments regarding your latest video and want you to know that you are beautiful lady with a wonderful mind. You are inspirational and I love the way you paint. I really look forward to seeing your videos so much and the way they are amazingly presented. ❤❤❤
So thankful for this video.I just moved out from my home and ive been not able to create anything when i sit down in my table i don't feel to do but after watching this im feeling to create.thanks Valarie 🖤
This is a masterpiece of a video. Scratch that, this is a masterpiece of a film.👏 I felt so much of what you talked about. Your point of maintaining pillars of belief, and guarding your own thoughts; so beautiful and important.💖 I've only found your channel a few months ago, but I find myself excitedly awaiting the new vid every month. I think the time in-between them is perfect, it gives me time to really absorb all of your messaging.😊 The articulation of your perspective on life is so engaging and thought provoking and, this time, exceptionally emotional. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your stories, gorgeous cinematography, and amazing artwork!🙏💕
Wonderful, your words made me cry. You spoke words that I could not speak about. It was a puzzle inside me. I just show it with my drawings. You are really wonderful. I hope with all my heart that you achieve the goal you seek. 💕💕
I'm coming in at like 7 minutes (I'm in college doing something really quick so I can't finish the video) but I'm sorry about what you went through and am glad art gave you a release. Just so you know we all love and appreciate you even if we don't personally know you. No matter what you literally have an army at your back, don't forget that. 👍
I commented on some or one (not sure anymore) of your previous videos and I just remembered something: My parents weren't sure if they wanted to call me Vanessa or Valerie as a child :D It's a funny coincidence but seeing you paint makes me think that in another life, I might live the way you do since I really love creating art. Seeing you say that I can become the master of my own mind does give me hope. I probably said this already, but I suffer from schizophrenia, which is a very serious mental illness. It might be hereditary, but not only. I'm currently living just fine with taking medicine daily, but I do question and hope there will be a day I can live without meds, but I am not sure if that day will come. What your mom said to you sounds very hurtful. My parents don't support me creating art, so I kind of stopped doing it as a result, even though I used to be extremely creative before my illness hit and I was hospitalized. Even though I don't create anything currently, I definitely haven't given up on it. Art is kind of a reflection of your soul, that's why it's so precious.
@@elodiecorea7798 I think that’s interesting, I struggle with some mental health problems too. But yea I never saw being creative as a strength before. Your comment helped me see it in a new light :)
I hope each one of you will find many many reasons to be alive! Besides Painting, creating these videos is also a reason. I love you ♥️
Not me crying after reading this and watching the video🥹 life's been hard lately
نحن نحبك أكثر حقا شكرا علا مدونه الفيديو والجودة العاليه في تقديمه وارسم المثالي احبك اتمنا ان يصبح رسمي مثل رسمك 😩🇮🇶🗿🫂
Hi Valerie I too was bullied when I was young and have anxiety I’m 65 but my love for nature and art has helped me immensely all these years you’re a wonderful artist and of all my RUclips art subscriptions your one of my favorites.❤️🎨
Thank you, for fighting those battles and staying yourself. For not listening to those people telling you painting and creating is useless, for we won't be here today watching some fine art and learning beautiful things. Those are the most aesthetical and calming videos on youtube. Thanks for sharing all of this with us for all the love and amazing paintings. Have a beautiful day and take great care of you!
Thank you Valerie ❤️
does anyone ever watch these and simply cry?
I absolutely adore how you intuitively shifted your perspective of yourself and brought out the true magic inside of you. I was also trapped for so long inside of my mind and the pressures of having a certain personality, until two years ago.
Now, I truly see that anyone can be anything they truly desire, and metal can be gold.
Honestly, the power an artist holds almost scares me but at the same time marvels me beyond words.
I love this comment 💚✨
Awww, you make me weep. 💛❤️💋
l know right!
yes, so intimidating yet so fascinating- like the stars that are too far from us, but they still mean the world to us
Very well said. 👏🏻
You are the friend I never knew I needed. So much soul and so much honesty. Your childhood pain, people telling you to just stop being sad... All these things have had me crying since I was 5 years old. I'm 40 now, learning to draw and paint even though I can do neither, and I'm already worried about it... I find your videos calming, reassuring and giving me the love I didn't know I missed. Thank you so much ❤️
I also enjoy drawing even thou I am not the best at it. Let's start an Facebook group where we share with each other our work.
I stress about how perfect or not things look when I paint or draw so I don't enjoy it. Somehow my husband has cultivated the skill of painting just for enjoyment and the process. He gets much more out of it and does it more often. I'm trying to learn this... to do hobbies because I enjoy them not for the end product. I hope you can love your drawing and painting just for the process and the release they give. Sending love ❤️
There is something close to my heart and I'm trying to manifest it. I hope this makes you feel better too. "It doesn't matter if you are not good at something you love to do. Do it because it brings you happiness, peace and makes you feel content. That's what hobbies are for."
@@jessamine486Watercolour painting is a wonderful way to relax and be creative but, I agree, at the start most painters find it very difficult to ‘Let Go’ we all have that fear to just let our brush do the work and enjoy the moment. We worry too much about ruining paper, wasting paint and worst of all “Saying in our heads ‘I am rubbish I can not paint’ Once you have the skills and it all sinks in, it does take time but you will relax and Let Go’. When this happens, I wish you many happy years of painting. ✏️🎨🖍️
@@Su_y2770 but sometimes you want to use your hobbie to get money life is hard and everyone is born to do something thing is it's not very appreciated like food and shopping this is a big problem
I don’t know if you’re a painting philosopher or a philosophizing painter…either way, I admire your thoughtfulness in both.
Personality is definitely not fixed, it's malleable. Personality is all the thoughts and feelings you believed and accepted during your lifetime and now call your own. You identified with them. As you grow up, you might start to question everything and decide to want to change. This journey is amazing and it's very well worth your effort. You discover that you are not your personality and you can choose different ideas and thoughts, ones that appeal to you much more than those which you originally identified with without question because you were small and the adults were big and smart. You can become who you want to be. You can be inspired by people you look up to. You can literally create yourself.
Your videos are so cinematic, I would love to see a behind the scenes of your setup, camera gear, planning, adding new angles, and editing!
Dear Valerie, your videos are like studio Ghibli movies to me. Inspiring, motivating and amazingly meaningful. This world is getting richer and softer with people like you 🦋
My darling I am 75 years old and feel so much like you. I have been painting since I was 13. Today, as old as I am, I feel it's my time to create and paint everything I see under my perspective. I am organized and clean in everything I do. You remind me of myself. Only that the vissicitues of life didn't allowed me to be the person I was back then. Now is my chance. Although I am not totally well at my age, I don't and will not give up. The Almighty, blessed is He, has given me this gift, to paint. It's never too late. I will continue on with my purpose. You're a treasure to the world my darling. May you be blessed in everything you do in your young life.
For someone like me, who really really struggles with mental health and the purpose of live, it's really inspiring to know someone who was at the same place and later grew into a calm, confident and happy person
everything will be okay I promise - your future self
Something people say to console someone is " you're never alone" but I never really believed that. I felt so isolated and strange in my struggle, like no one could truly understand me. But now I have come to resize that it is true, we really aren't ever alone. There's always at least someone out there who feels and thinks and struggles the same as us. We just haven't met them yet. I hope you will remember that you aren't alone. I see you and I love you, truly❤
13:00. Personality is the combination of awareness and thought. It is the character the actor represents and is as fluid as physical law allows. Beautiful video.
I honestly can't believe I can watch this gold piece of entertainment for free, it makes me so happy to see good content from a wonderful and so inspiring artist like you, val.
I agree with your perspective on painting beautiful things/subjects. I have been told the same thing. Yet, I will always paint what I want to see, and who does not want to rest their eyes on something beautiful and alive? 😌
You make beautiful art. Creative people have very often a very sensitive soul, it can be hard in this world, but it’s a beautiful gift.
At the moment you were eating + watching tv, I thought: this looks like your tv serie and I love it, a serie about cotidianity and the magic and depth of simple things❤
This didn't feel like a youtube video, it felt like a whole experience. Valerie, you are so comforting and inspiring. Thank you so much for letting us take a peek inside your process and mind, please never stop creating
Valerie, I really thank you for having opened up to us. I can only imagine how hard it was for you to reveal this part of you ❤️ I highly admire you, both as a person and as a painter, and It doesn't really matter if I don't know you personally. What you create, what you say in your videos and what you do really speak to me
After a lifetime of the same influences of others, I am now, at 75 trying to reclaim my true creative self, while battling chronic illness. Your video is so inspiring to me and beautiful. You are blessed to have found this wisdom early in life.
Wow hope u are okay
You are a gentle and beautiful spirit and your art reflects this truth. I found your graceful ways art very inspiring and life affirming. A rare gift in a chaotic world to be sure. I am 70 years old and you are.... quite a bit younger, but my reaction to your videos proves that the only separation between generations is the one that we allow. Let's not allow ourselves to be swayed by what cultural mores would have us believe. Thank you for your contribution to the loveliness in our world.
Commenting the second time - your videos leave me speechless and to me that is the real purpose of art to leave people wordless, so they sit in silence to think deeper into what was said or done. That's a really beautiful feeling of getting lost in someone's words !! You really do magic with your videos ✨✨ keep making them !!
Valerie, I admire you so much.. thank you for sharing your thoughts, for sharing your processes, and for letting us to know a bit from your world
Valerie…. This made me cry. I am so inspired by your thoughts and artwork. What a beautiful soul you are ….. “it’s extraordinary, how extraordinary ordinary people are.”
We are works of art ourselves.
I would love to see a studio tour. I struggle with how to set up my studio for ease of use and accessibility.
Blessings to you and thanking God for the well of wisdom that is clearly within you!
Watching you shop, select, and unpack all your paint supplies is the ultimate "unboxing" video. But better because of the value these products create for you (and us) ❤
I'm from Ukraine and we are at war with no electricity most of the time. Your video helps a lot, they are meaningful and deep. Also, you can create a special magic atmosphere. Thanks 💙💛
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Our thoughts are with you, I hope you are safe ❤️
Thank you Valerie ! For inspiring and motivating me ! I, for a long time wanted to start painting with watercolour and other mediums, but I just didn’t have the courage to take a brush and start, because the words “what if it doesn’t turn out good??” were in my mind. Now that I have discovered this video, I think I am ready to start this journey of learning something new, a hobby ,but also knowing myself and discovering myself. From now on, I am not stopping myself anymore. Thank you again 💓💓💓
Your story telling whilst showing art is amazing, very inspiring to watch
Dearest Valerie, After each one of your Videos I feel like I have been sprinkled with sparkling soft and shiny fairy dust. YOU are magical! Thank You! ❤
I don't think you you can become any 'person' you want to be. But I think you can become any version of yourself that you can imagine. Or become content with who you are.
Love your videos. Very inspiring.
And you are amazing, beautiful, intelligent, deserving of the very best. God loves you, I love you, thank you for brightening my day when you post a video. You are such an inspiration!
I am in my 50s and I admire your thoughtfulness and generosity to share with us. Taking back control of our minds is a life adjustment. There are many influences and pressures as you say. I am just speaking for myself. But I am grateful for the human spirit, that morning you awake and say to yourself "sort yourself out, what do you want? Work hard it's worth it". I have belief in good people. You are good people. But there is a lot of negativity around. I am thrilled to see so many subscribed. So many comments. Valerie you are a living example to us all. You inspire me. I wish for you and all your subscribers... peace, a reliable friend, some nice things to cherish. Safety. And a good art store and library. Best wishes. Till next time.
I experienced something similar where I spent many years only making art that expressed the rock bottom, darkest emotions I was in at the time, only to later feel like doing so had stopped helping me and was contributing to staying in that dark place. I changed what I made art of, but I didn't quite have the realization about making art of what you *want* in your life, or in your mind. I think I did that to some degree, but hearing it said out loud makes me want to consciously make art with that attitude. I used to be so sunshiney and bubbly in my creations and also felt others look down on me for it, eventually absorbing their views. In fact there is still a part of me watching this video that feels skeptical. But I think that is a sign that I need a change. Thank you for your thoughtful, gentle encouragement!
The book 'Highly Sensitive Person' by Elaine Aaron has been helping me understand my own childhood and why I am the way I am, how I didn't fit into the world and still find it difficult. I'd recommend it so much if you relate to being a sensitive child in a world that didn't understand you.
I’ve read this too!
Heard of this book, haven’t read it yet but now I want to! Thanks for the reminder:)
I saw a lot of self development videos and try to learn and improve myself day by day but your video that I just got randomly recommended from RUclips is one of the best I saw in a long time. You have such a lovely soul with a beautiful mind and thoughts. To answer you question, i definitely think that you can become everything you want, your mind is the limit, the more you think about the idol human you want to be, the closer you get to actually becoming and being that human. We humans don’t understand how powerful our mind is and how blessed we are compared to every other creation.
'Painting beautiful things is meaningless'. I want to tell the ones who think so that not everything in life is to be done to expect something in return. Love you Valerie ❤️
Always grateful for having and enjoyed my first art teacher, my mother who instilled the love of art within me. As a young child she gave until I acquired much and then she died. All still remains the same where I'm able to have and still enjoy art
I don't know how many artists she's saved with this video. I'm subscribing right this instant❤️
You seem like a person I would get along with so well. It is so beautiful to hear your thoughts and views of life. ♥️
Nice to know that there are people out there who thinks just like me, that I’m not an alien to this world. This is wholesome ❤
you are wonderfull to dear Valleri:)
Thank you so much for your high quality videos.. they are so intresting and full of added valu, charm and encouraging words. I found them calming the the soul and mind with your intelligent words. I started to paint this year and do my on art at the age of 56 and love every moment of it. You defenetly stend out among the craud by being you, smart creative and original. love your work
We are firm believers in the healing, sustaining power of making art. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your story! There are many artists self-directing their education who should hear this. Making art is something that every person can learn to do, but each of us has to give ourselves permission to devote time and resources to art. It's an essential self-care activity, and builds skills that improve so many other endeavors!
your words helped me a lot 🤎🤎
This video evoked feelings in me on a deeper level. I love how you take us through your thought processes. We can see how much you put into your art and your work and love what you bring to this community. Thank you for existing and sharing your voice.
I don't know how to explain it but through your words I can say that I have experienced exactly the same "personality change" as you. Having self-confidence makes us live in such a beautiful world.
This is the wonderful thing I have ever heard about being artist, It's amazing how you opened my eyes 💓 Thank you so much 💕💕💕
Your personality is as fluid as you believe it is. All you need is to practice awareness and gently guide yourself. Thank you for pointing out that books can be the people that surround me.
"I don't see a difference in painting, writing, talking- any form of a creation as a form of giving and receiving."
- Valerie, I can never agree more. I love them all and though people tell me I do many different things at once, they all appear the same really. When expression bubbles up in abundance within you- it can slide into any medium anytime as long as one is patient & strong....
To answer your question on whether it’s possible to shift from one side to the other, I think we’re meant to lovingly embrace all aspects of ourselves. The shift occurs in the awareness that we have pieces of all the personalities. Who is the one who is aware? Your higher consciousness. In this state one is free from the confines of personality. It’s possible to give and receive from the limitless love you are. Great questions and video. I love your process. 💕
As someone who was having a really rough past few weeks, not being accepted into university, I felt really lost for a while. But I'm internally grateful for your videos Valerie, your uploads always reminds me that things always get better even when it don't feel like it.
I was listening to a podcast that said, “it’s important to live life by design rather than emotion. Basically, sticking to a routine is what allows us to be the healthiest version of ourselves (especially when you're fighting these demons ex. OCD for me).
I made the most productive changes in my life when I began practising mediocre consistency. Now I try to put in consistent 40-60% effort into my habits (ex. journaling/working out) - to make sure I do it I began recording it and posting it on my youtube channel. I hoping once I got the basics of taking care of myself and I can start to nurture the artist within me with the same sort of practise.
And for someone like me who has been struggling with their mental health, progress feels so slow - its really inspiring to know someone who was at the same place and later grew into a calm, confident and artistic person.
That’s good to hear. I’ve been working out and it has helped my mental health, lifting weights is what I do. As for the artist in me I’m still missing that part. I’m missing the routine and consistency. Also where do I began to learn art as a beginner. I don’t want to make hyper realistic art, I want to learn composition etc. I do think it can be a form of therapy. Like working out is.
Rooting for you girl, thank You for inspiring me too
You make so much sense to me, more than most I listen to. That's because artists aren't about manifesting, we are about transforming. Thank you!
Whether or not you believe is personality can change depends on your definition of personality. I think personality is your truest self, which is unchangeable, but it can become clouded like a dirty window. Thank you for sharing your journey with mental health and creativity, I, and probably most creatives have gone through something similar.
Also all of your paintings are so beautiful and inspiring thank you for sharing it with us!
Please never stop painting. Or making these videos. They are amazing and you are very talented.
I feel I am on a similar journey to you. I have always wanted to escape to a different world, never feeling seen or understood. After many years of struggling and growing I now want to create a world in which I feel like I belong. One which brings me joy, even if it does not fit the norm. Where I can be melancholic, and wear what I want, and create art and follow my passions. Thank you Valerie ❤
You are an Alchemist and inspiration in motion. Thank you for bringing your work and ideas to the world..
Ahh,Valerie,I faced bad things like bullying at school,so I understand you little bit ,here I am now, one year after graduating ,used to have death thoughts ,still trouble with mental health and taking a lot of antidepressants medication for almost a year...thank you so much for sharing your background story and thoughts,you inspired me as you always did,I honestly am amazed by your wonderful personality and wisdom.Probably no one will see my comment ,but still ,for someone who’s bullied ,or whoever is struggling ,just keep on going and remember you’re amazing)!
I see your comment ❤️And I am grateful you chose to keep going on. Who knows what greatness you will bring to the world?
@@rachaelchavez8766 I’m so grateful for your words ,people like you make me believing that there are more good people than bad in this world !❤️Wish I had friend someone like you back in school days
Hi I am not good at art but I do love writing and poems but it’s been three years since I lost myself and unable to creat after seeing your video I was given peace. To see you creating gave me joy and courage to wait for myself as I search for me in life , I know that I might not make sense but every video I have watched of you gave me and I want to thank you and I pray for your happiness in all areas of your life , May God bless you and May you be given the blessing you gave me today my love 🤍🤍
To be honest, I don’t usually leave comments on RUclips videos… but I just felt the urge to tell you that you have such a beautiful soul. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and these calming moments with us ❤
Dear Valerie,
Thank you for inspiring me with your every video, for your words that make me think and feel something, and for your painting process that soothes me. You feel like an elder sister/best friend💖 who supports us by making us question the little things of life and show us it's wonder as well!
Thank you so much✨
Dear Valerie, you are such a wise soul and amazingly talented painter! And your videos, so well-crafted, are always worth the wait.
Im simply grateful for having you here ❤❤
Hi Valerie, you are a beautiful lady a talented artist Your paintings are so beautiful just like you you have great skill for you are amazing proud of you 🥰
I feel like personality is a reflection of the experiences and environments we are subject to, along with the pure genuine reaction and growth/evolution of the soul and emotions from those experiences and environments.
Come to see your amazing pieces and left crying, you touch in a very personal subject. I feel you Valerie, I understand what you went through, it happened the same with me, and as you art save my life.
I'm a beginner at art even though I'm 50. I like to draw, colour and paint but I'm no artist. I find it really relaxing to watch people paint. I have anxiety it's severe and doing and watching art calms me.
Truly, Valerie , you're a precious gem in the diadem of creation.
I'm always inspired by you. You're so good that I can't explain in words.💜
Hello Valerie
I want to thank you very much for you and this video. Halfway through the video I cried. My soul misses painting so much that after less than 15 years I come back to me as an artist. I forgot about it for a long time and believed others that I don't have enough talent and my individualism is strange and I should be like others and go to a regular job because I can't make a living from painting. Today I am 30 years old, I am married, I have two wonderful daughters, and thanks to you Valerie, I can say that I feel more motivated to pick up the brush again and paint my life again! You are one of the angels walking the earth and know that you have saved one soul from living in passivity and forgetting its true talent. Thank you very much, your recordings fill me with the desire to live and express myself. May heaven bless you! ❤
I need a Spotify playlist of all the music you use in your video, they are perfect for calming and inspiring me when I’m feeling down or need to create something ❤
Was thinking exactly the same! I could put her videos on repeat just to listen to the music she uses and her words. So calming!
I love the music in this video so much I have been looking for the piece but with no luck :(
@@juwu7072 Hi sweets, did you try following the link Valerie put in the video description for the music?
@@PLad-pr9cl Hi, I’ve tried it but it led me to the website, even though I signed in and downloaded the app but it keeps leading me to the website and no music playlists appear . Can you tell me the name of the playlist so that I can find it easier ?
@@thaothanh3365 Oh dear, I'm sorry I don't know more than you. I also followed the link and haven't been as far as you did (I didn't sign up in the website). I hope you'll find the music somehow, good luck 💕🍀
this video is stunning. i love your words and painting and magical cinematography. thank you for sharing your art and wisdom. i've been anxious and sad for so much of my life, but art has always made me feel like i'm more than those things. i needed this beautiful reminder.
What an amazing video with such an amazing message in the end. ❤you are one of my favourite artists and watching you create a magnificent art just wows me. Amazing you are!!!!!!!
The depth of this video touches every part of my being. Thank you for making me fall in love with the process, whether it be art, scientific experiments, writing, cooking, everything takes time, perfecting a skill, and perseverance to keep going!
Thank you for giving me perspectives to reflect on for my future endeavors!
I COME TO VALERIE'S CHANNEL whenever I feel overwhelmed by work or situations. Her videos are my remedy and meditation. Her calm voice, background music, and the process of her artwork are inspiring on so many levels. Knowing that Valerie works on art at the same time recorded this video from different angles, put them together seamlessly, sly, and scrip those words and phrases. Set the camera, dress up, etc. I feel fortunate to find her channel. Thank you, Valerie.
There are so many things I want to say, but three days won't be enough for me to describe all the warm emotions that your videos give me. I want to say thank you, Valerie. Thank you for your videos, which absolutely always help me cope with difficulties ♡
You are such a precious soul 💛 Thank you for sharing your beauty with the world 🤍 God bless your strength to over come your mom and peers harsh behavior . Now so many can enjoy from your wisdom and stunning art 🙌🙌🙌
I love to see how you make your videos so peaceful and different than just a speed up painting process 🙏 how you manage to take so many beautiful shots with your camera 😮 the video itself is also a great composition of beautiful video shots. I also feel the peaceful essence of ghibli movies in there. 🥰
I think you're a beautiful person and you're amazing for sharing your beautiful art and beautiful words. Just watching your videos makes me want to start a positive change in my life. Your inspiring Valerie. Thank you. ❤😊
We appreciate your dedication, resilience and consistency. God bless you.
You are a healing and empowering force for everyone that has ever felt different. Thank you:) ❤
Thank you, Valerie
Everyday I'm trying to add more things to be grateful and worth living for, but the one which takes back is two things: my environment and people, including myself. Over the years, I've been trying new things and surprisingly it gave me some hope that I will overcome those habits one day a time.
It was a 21 minutes therapy for me:) Love you Valerie🦋 I haven't seen such an inspirative person. ✨
You say the most beautiful things, Valerie, as though you’re speaking to my very soul 😭 thank you! You’re right that your videos have some type of calming, grounding enchantment yet also gives me the ability to dream and believe in my dreams.
Was bist du für ein besonderer Mensch 🙏😘 ich liebe deine Ideen, deine Kunst und ganz besonders deine Gedanken und ihre Anregungen für uns, ganz ganz tolles Video mal wieder. Hab dank du besonderer Herzens-Mensch ❤️
I think all the thoughtful words you use, deserve a great book! Thank you for sharing your work and this channel - a little port of calm amongst the seas of chaos. 😊💝
She is an art. Also an artist at the same time.
Beyond amazing video 🌱
i cried 3 times watching this video , your words made so much sense to me , i wish that i will find myself just like you did .
i love your videos makes me motivated to do more art and live a better and fulfilling life with a lot of satisfaction
Thank you so much for this video Valerie ❤ I adore you so much when I see you it gives me hope that I am moving in right direction in my life and becoming something wonderful 🎠
I was watching this slowly as I start work this morning, and it's a very nice way to start the day! Thank you so much for your hard work and sharing a piece of yourself with us ^^
I did the same thing!
While everyone hearing her thoughts.I am the only one thinking about her room and things begin so vintage!I love that!
You're an incredible artist❤
You inspire me so much💗
Dear Valerie, I agree with all the lovely comments regarding your latest video and want you to know that you are beautiful lady with a wonderful mind. You are inspirational and I love the way you paint. I really look forward to seeing your videos so much and the way they are amazingly presented. ❤❤❤
So thankful for this video.I just moved out from my home and ive been not able to create anything when i sit down in my table i don't feel to do but after watching this im feeling to create.thanks Valarie 🖤
Everything you do, and everything you say is just beautiful. You're a gift to us all.
This is a masterpiece of a video. Scratch that, this is a masterpiece of a film.👏 I felt so much of what you talked about. Your point of maintaining pillars of belief, and guarding your own thoughts; so beautiful and important.💖
I've only found your channel a few months ago, but I find myself excitedly awaiting the new vid every month. I think the time in-between them is perfect, it gives me time to really absorb all of your messaging.😊 The articulation of your perspective on life is so engaging and thought provoking and, this time, exceptionally emotional. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your stories, gorgeous cinematography, and amazing artwork!🙏💕
Wonderful, your words made me cry. You spoke words that I could not speak about. It was a puzzle inside me. I just show it with my drawings. You are really wonderful. I hope with all my heart that you achieve the goal you seek. 💕💕
I'm coming in at like 7 minutes (I'm in college doing something really quick so I can't finish the video) but I'm sorry about what you went through and am glad art gave you a release. Just so you know we all love and appreciate you even if we don't personally know you. No matter what you literally have an army at your back, don't forget that. 👍
Wow. Just wow. What a wonderful and insightful example of humanity you are!
I commented on some or one (not sure anymore) of your previous videos and I just remembered something: My parents weren't sure if they wanted to call me Vanessa or Valerie as a child :D It's a funny coincidence but seeing you paint makes me think that in another life, I might live the way you do since I really love creating art. Seeing you say that I can become the master of my own mind does give me hope. I probably said this already, but I suffer from schizophrenia, which is a very serious mental illness. It might be hereditary, but not only. I'm currently living just fine with taking medicine daily, but I do question and hope there will be a day I can live without meds, but I am not sure if that day will come.
What your mom said to you sounds very hurtful. My parents don't support me creating art, so I kind of stopped doing it as a result, even though I used to be extremely creative before my illness hit and I was hospitalized. Even though I don't create anything currently, I definitely haven't given up on it. Art is kind of a reflection of your soul, that's why it's so precious.
If that's what soothes your soul and your mind go for it. That could be the beginning of becoming the master of your mind...
@@elodiecorea7798 I think that’s interesting, I struggle with some mental health problems too. But yea I never saw being creative as a strength before. Your comment helped me see it in a new light :)
art is transformative and soothing to the soul, keep makin art :)
Thank you Valerie for creating this safe place on the internet... Your voice is so calm, it feels like home