A minute with Evita Petrou Visual Artist

Where do you live?
I live in Larnaca with my family.

What did you have for breakfast?
Bread with cottage cheese, avocado and poached eggs.

Describe your perfect day
The perfect day for me is to wake up and feel healthy to start my day. To spend a beautiful day enjoying nature with the people I love, leaving behind the problems of everyday life. And go to sleep with no regrets.

Best book ever read?
The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. This novel digs into the depths of human depravity and explores a variety of complex themes, but something that stood out to me was the realisation that this novel is a cautionary tale, a tale of what being obsessed with beauty can do to a person. To lead him to his own self-destruction.

Best childhood memory
I think the best memory I have as a child is the innocence that existed in my eyes and the carelessness of life.

What is always in your fridge?
Greek yogurt and fruit.

What music are you listening to in the car at the moment?
Quality Greek music.

What’s your spirit animal?
The horse! Since I was a child, I remember adoring and admiring horses. Having the horse as a spiritual animal indicates a need to be able to express yourself freely. They are animals that remain difficult to control. Some of them have non-conformist characters, and they’re animals that retain their own energy and dynamism.

What are you most proud of?
I think I’m still not ready to say I’m proud of something. I still have a long way to go to be able to say what I am most proud of.

What movie scene has really stayed with you?
Recently I saw the movie Sound of Freedom based on a true story, featuring Jim Caviezel as a federal agent who saves children from sex traffickers. The movie exposes and raises awareness about the sex trafficking crisis globally and in the US In a message at the end of the movie Caviezel said “God’s children are not for sale.”

If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?
My husband and my son.

If you could time travel when/where would you go?
Go back to the past and correct mistakes I made, make decisions I didn’t make, and prepare myself better for the future.

What is your greatest fear?
My biggest fear is losing the people I really love early.

What would you say to your 18-year-old self?
Be stronger and wiser.

Name the one thing that would stop you dating someone?
Violence. Narcissism.

If the world is ending in 24 hours what would you do?
I would be with my family, sharing memories and beautiful last moments.