The Stars Return

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Two years after my ADHD diagnosis, I left an Internet cult and moved to Japan. I'm unlearning and relearning everything I once knew about creativity and consicousness.

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About hiragi

Author of supernatural and weird fiction, mixed media textile artist, poet and bin raider extrodinaire

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