An Inspired Chat with Valery Milovic

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Valery Milovic. Check out our conversation below.

Valery, really appreciate you sharing your stories and insights with us. The world would have so much more understanding and empathy if we all were a bit more open about our stories and how they have helped shaped our journey and worldview. Let’s jump in with a fun one: What do you think is misunderstood about your business? 
That it’s a real job. Certain family used to tell me all the time that I need to get a real job. One like they have, where I work for someone else, doing something I hate, so they can profit off my effort. People seriously underestimate using your God-given talents to make a living.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My motto has always been: “this is not a job… this is a verdict.” I have always been obsessed with creating. Art is life. I’m just thankful I can do what I love. And thankful that sometimes others find value in it.
I built Broken Toyland, from the ground up. No one helped me. No one told me how to do it. It was and is, a labor of love. A means of communicating without words. A way to include others, on an emotional level, in a much bigger picture.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Exactly who I am, now. I have always been an outsider. Never a follower. The world doesn’t dictate to me.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
Abandonment, and abuse. I was abandoned by my husband, after her promised everything was fine and he wasn’t planning on leaving. They say that promises sweeten the blow, and I do believe that’s what he was aiming for: the kill shot. This was in 2008. I have never healed completely. But that’s about enough of that.

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
That they have a right to tell people what art is, and isn’t. That you aren’t an artist unless they approve of you as one. Please…

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. Could you give everything your best, even if no one ever praised you for it?
I do it every day

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