Support Me

The person behind the work

To the people who find their way here

A massive part of this project reflects difficult experiences I have lived through, including experiences I am still living through. I am not going to turn those experiences into a list of private details here. But I do want you to understand that this work comes from my life. The questions it carries, and the effort to give them a form other people can enter, matter deeply to me.

I am developing it as an independent creator, with assistance from AI tools, including ChatGPT. The writing, the literary world, the readings, and the music are different ways of bringing this particular craft to people. Some of what you can encounter has already been made; other parts are still being built. This is a large, continuing undertaking, not a claim that every imagined world, recording, or feature is finished.

I want people to have access to it without a required website subscription. I want someone who has little money to be able to take part, too. Offering the work this way is also a real financial risk for me. Giving people access does not remove the costs of living, the responsibilities of caring for a family, or the time it takes to keep creating.

Contributions also help keep this living moral work available worldwide to people whom even a small price could exclude. For some readers, the smallest contribution could be money their family needs for food. Keeping access free means they do not have to choose between those needs and taking part. This is one of the central reasons I am asking those who can and want to contribute to help sustain it.

Support materially affects whether I can meet basic living needs, care for my family, be present as a father, and continue this work. I hope to survive, and eventually to thrive: to become financially independent and have a steadier life from which I can keep writing and building. Sustaining that life and this work depends in part on enough people choosing to support it.

That is a serious request, and I want to make it plainly. It is not a bill addressed to every person who reads a page. No individual reader is responsible for my survival. You do not owe me a payment because you recognize something in the work, and I do not want someone to give money they need for their own life. The invitation is to contribute if you value what is here and have room to do so.

The exchange I hope for is simple: I offer as much of the value of this craft as I can, and some of the people who benefit return a small amount so I can keep making it. That is a hope about sharing value, not a promise about how money is divided or a measure of anyone's generosity. The work can mean something to you even if you never pay me.

Financial support would help with my ordinary livelihood and family responsibilities as well as the project's actual production expenses: tools, hosting, artwork, audio, music, and, when possible, collaboration. I have worked to reduce production costs, including through AI assistance. Those savings do not erase the human time and living costs behind the work. Contributions are not restricted solely to a website-cost fund unless a specific offer expressly says otherwise.

If you choose to support me, you help make room for a person to keep practicing a craft and offering it to others. If money is not an option, you are still welcome here. Reading, listening, following a channel you enjoy, sharing a thoughtful link, or bringing a sincere question can help this work reach people. I am asking for support without making payment the price of belonging.