Tell us about what it is, how it can help us.

Spiral Alchemy has been kind of following me for the past...

I mean, pretty much since I was a kid.

The idea grew out of the cycles that I kept repeating.

I feel like growing up, I've mentioned this a little bit, but feeling split sometimes with my identity and having- ... two worlds in two separate places.

Um, some of the turmoil of my childhood mixed with just my own mental health, and the kind of self-criticism and self, psychological self-harm that I had to work to release.

I found myself spiraling a lot, and I would often say to myself, "Ugh, I'm in a slump.

How did you first start to make your art, you know, and how did that come into play here?