Where Are You?

Hello everyone, it's been a while!

I want to address my unexplained disappearance. I started actively posting my creations on the internet sometime in 2024. In that time, I have met a lot of new and wonderful people and gained experience in my crafting skills.

In the middle of 2024 I began working on a new story of the Monachopsis series titled "Lana". Ever since then my internet presence began to gradually worsen. After a while, Lana's first episode was released. And as of right now, it has been nearly a year without any new content from me, and that is for a few reasons.

Firstly, Lana is the biggest, most complicated story I have ever created. Needless to say I may have taken up a bit more than I could properly handle. Lana started off as just another short, but evolved into something bigger. The story kept changing midway, which is why it took me so long to settle on 1 version of events. But I very much enjoy the kind of tale I created, which is why Lana will be finished. But the mere size of this project has been overwhelming for me by itself, and especially in contrast with other events.

The last 6 years of my life have been very difficult and mentally draining. I have been deeply troubled for a very long time and only relatively recently began to improve. I will not go into the details of the events that took place in that period, but even in 2024, when I was actively present on the internet, it was fairly bad. 2024 also happens to be the year I went to college, which only added more pressure and stress on me.

But thankfully, near the end of that year, my mental state began to stabilize. And that’s why I disappeared. My current living conditions necessitate I take from life as much as possible, as any day I live here might be my last. And with my mental state more or less stable, I started to actually enjoy living.

Distancing myself from the internet turned out to be one of the healthiest things I have ever done for myself. I have made new friends and improved my academic skills. I have picked up new hobbies, like weaving, which turns out I am pretty passionate about. There’s something beautiful about being able to create visually pleasant fabric out of mere threads.

But my art is, always has been, and always will remain one of my most favorite hobbies. I enjoy creating surreal visuals, I enjoy conveying my emotions or experiences through abstract means for other people to relate to.

My plan was to continuously release all of the episodes of Lana one by one next to each other, and only then move onto something new. But working on the first episode, I realized that I cannot only work on something this big for an extended period of time. This is why I will start working on other short projects that I will release mid-episodes. But Lana’s story will be complete, even if it takes a while.

I don’t think a lot of people will read or care about this, but to whomever it may concern, thanks for sticking around. Stay healthy and happy.

See you around!

— Sincerely, Tem