Recordings


Ben’s Writing

Choril and Cholchinay: A story from the Amur
Skeleton Woman
Skeleton Woman is adapted from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' book "Women Who Run With The Wolves." In her text she relates how she was given the essence of the story from an Alaska Native woman. In my efforts to engage with the images of this story, I let it find its …
Reaching A Milestone
My crew at the end of my final shift in the Seattle Fire Department. After nearly 28 years as a Career Fire Fighter, my last 'smoke and fire' was a cigar shared with some of the finest men I have ever known! I have a deep and abiding sense of …
Gratitude (in process)
So I was riding my bike in the woods nearby and I came across a logging operation. As I crossed the harvest path, I could see the devastation that accompanies this work and a thought came, did anyone say a prayer of thanks for all the lives taken? Did anyone …