Alchemy - turning base metals into gold. Yes, well, don't we do this all the time? Turn the shit, the detritus, the "failures" of our existence into the sublime?
We get to decide. We get to imagine, to create, and bend the things of the world to our own will. It's kind a rudimentary magical practice.
You might think it's bullshit, a lie of the mind, a trick on the brain, and well, maybe it is, but that's OK. This alchemical process is essential to a well-rounded, fully creative and positive life...
It's a different kind of truth...