dynamic dynamic

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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 469aede..d186c98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- The `dynamic` module gains the `dynamic` function.
 - The `dynamic.list` function has been renamed to `dynamic.shallow_list`.
 - The `dynamic.typed_list` function has been renamed to `dynamic.list`.
 - The `dynamic.result` function has been removed.
diff --git a/src/gleam/dynamic.gleam b/src/gleam/dynamic.gleam
index 1d8e9ff..30a297c 100644
--- a/src/gleam/dynamic.gleam
+++ b/src/gleam/dynamic.gleam
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ if javascript {
     "../gleam_stdlib.mjs" "identity"
 }
 
+/// Converts a `Dynamic` value into a `Dynamic` value.
+///
+/// This function doesn't seem very useful at first, but it can be convenient
+/// when you need to give a decoder function but you don't actually care what
+/// the to-decode value is.
+///
+pub fn dynamic(term: Dynamic) -> Dynamic {
+  unsafe_coerce(term)
+}
+
 /// Checks to see whether a `Dynamic` value is a bit_string, and returns that bit string if
 /// it is.
 ///