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Alchemical Breakthrough "There's a Joy and Freedom that can only be found upon uncovering your true self."

I've not posted a lot of art recently due to a rough mental state, but there's been a lot of progress behind the scenes and I'm ready to share things again! There's likely to be a few changes to this blog, but it's one step at a time.

If this is the first time you've seen an original post from me in a while then hi! I go by Alchemy/Libra, my pronouns are They/Them and I hope I can share some more art with you soon! [Image Description: Half-body digital illustration of a green haired androgynous elf in modern clothing, surrounded by marble debris they've escaped from. Light from their chest illuminates the scene.]

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Hello! I've made a blog for artwork here for easier accessibility.

Future works will be posted here and reblogged on main.

Thanks for the support!

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ppriiiide montgh Yay pride Yay

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Anyway that’s why you wear wool and a life jacket babeeeyyyy

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The important thing about wool is that it continues to keep you warm even when it’s soaking wet.

Other natural fibers don’t do this. In fact, quite the opposite. Campers and boaters are usually familiar with the phrase, “cotton kills.” If you’re wet in cotton or linen, your clothes actually sap heat from your body.

If you sink in a lake in late October like I did today, staying warm is important. I was rescued long before I would’ve actually died, but cold makes your muscles seize up, which isn’t good if you have to swim to land.

Which brings me around to life jackets. If the water’s cold enough, you may only have five-ten minutes until your muscles seize (today I probably had 40-60, more than enough time to get to land if I hadn’t been picked up), and you’ll drown.

In a life jacket, even in extremely cold water, you can float semi-conscious for perhaps another 30 minutes or so before you actually freeze to death, which is usually when someone rescues you.

What’s more, you probably know that moving around on land warms you up. Jumping jacks, jogging in place, etc.

In water, moving actually makes you colder. You need to stay still curled up in a ball, which you can only do in a life jacket.

In wool AND life jacket, you’re warm, and your head’s above water, which is pretty much your only and entire goal.

If you’re allergic to wool, synthetics are available specifically for this purpose. I know I always say natural fibers are the way to go, but when it comes to safety, wear what protects you!

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Yep! A really simple “experiment” I learned as a kid and now use in my own courses is sticking your hand in ice water. Compare moving it around in the water to curling it up in a fist. The contrast is stark!

To increase your survival time in on cold water, you want to curl up! If you’re with others, you want to huddle!

Again, both are only possible when wearing a life jacket!

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I know a lot of people are reblogging this for writing reference, but I like to believe that 7,000 people on this site were actually continually living in fear about this specific situation and that when the time comes, I’ve prepared them with what they need to know to survive.

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The reason it's better to not move in water is because your body heat is literally creating a small bubble of warmer water around you. Moving will disrupt the warm bubble and disperse it so that you're back to non body temp water against your skin. This is the principle by which wet suits work, the neoprene holds a layer of body warm water against your skin which helps insulate you against the colder water. For very cold water divers wear dry suits, which do not allow water against the skin at all.

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Pride miku countdown day 3: 2024

This is my fave pride Miku year to date 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ they're so cute all of them are good 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ also I didn't do nb after this bc this one's just perfect :(((( I can't top that

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After Hemlock's defeat, probably

#dead as disco #charlie disco #hemlock dead as disco

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Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels

#dead as disco #charlie disco #He's such a diva

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I'm still Big Mad from the animation industry AI news, and I had some thoughts I needed to get out. There are lots of more important reasons why artists shouldn't use AI, but here is my philosophical take on it.

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