Chroniker, by Remy the Artist, is about growth through pain.

Have you ever wished the clock could rewind? Back to the version of you untouched by doubt—before the imposter showed up, before your purpose felt distant, before temptation pulled the strings, before your identity felt elusive?

Have you ever longed for the time when your vision was clear and your tears weren’t the tears weren’t infiltrated with anguish? I used to. But not anymore.

To see clearly, to then become invisible, and finally to emerge as the very essence of vision—that has been the most transformative journey of all. The questioning, the fear, the despair—it’s all been worth it.

My mind's atmosphere shifted from clarity, to toxicity, and finally to breathable air again. That path was mine to take. As a child, I “won” by default—I had everything. Then life happened, and I lost. But eventually, I chose to grow with intention. I was action oriented. And now, my sight is 20/20—not because time healed me, but because deliberate growth did.

As psychotherapist Irvin Yalom once said, "Sooner or later, you have to give up hope for a better past." We can’t change what happened, but we can transform how we process it. That’s where growth begins.

Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) refers to the positive psychological change that arises from struggling with life’s most difficult challenges. It’s not the trauma itself that creates growth—it’s what we do with it. It’s how we think, reflect, and evolve in its aftermath.

A chroniker is a device for showing or measuring time. In that spirit, our lived experiences—especially the ones that force us to grow—are our most honest chronikers.