Welcome! I'm Ben. Interfaith minister, shamanic practitioner, late-diagnosed AuDHD, trans, artist, I make sensory theatre for autistic kids in the West of Ireland. I've also just welcomed a campervan called Hank Vanigan into my life ;) so I've started writing a slice-of-life, journal-style letter to see what happens. Come join the adventure.
My letters are freely offered
🗝️ The paid tiers work like the honesty box at a farm gate: everyone gets pleasing produce, and I get a lovely surprise when I open the tin to find a few quid.
💪Whatever lands in the tin pays me fairly (I hope!) and keeps the gate open for others who can't afford it right now. I trust that if the writing does something for you, you'll help me keep going.
🐻 Supporters are compensated in etheric bear hugs and waves of joy
Why The Lantern Room?
“Every light house has a lantern room. A shrine to light, to the wish to keep each other safe. Guiding, warning, a reminder of safe harbor and home. A sculpture of glass, a vapour, channeled to cut through storm and night's disorientation. That's where I want to be. A 360 vista, in a cage of glass, cozy against the winds. My eyes eating all the beauty, seeing all the seeing, held and safe, anchored and soaring” - Ben Robin Lucent
“Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there" attributed to Mohammed Naguib, Statesman
It’s an image that brings together a lot of different strands for me, so I’m trying it out for a little while to see if it fits. If it doesn’t, we’ll let it go.