

I’ve always spent a lot of time alone, and eventually when you do that for long enough, you start to unravel a bit and really face your shadow self and all the parts of you no one else gets to see. I can be angry, vengeful, chaotic, dark— it manifests as sleepless nights, hours spent overthinking, falling into self destructive patterns. Some people are afraid of their shadow-selves , but I’m not. I embrace it, because I think this is where magic carries most of its potency, in the uncomfortable rough edges that rub against each other. We all have a shadow side and if we can learn to harvest that energy and transform it into goodness— something that can benefit us and others— I think it’s worth it in the end .