Owned by the artist/writer/performer Eileen Ramos, she would keep it in a small cigar box that could only be opened right before she created. The wooden box engraved with monsters would also hold a 10ml rollerball perfume, matchbook, an enamel pin, and a headband, each especially chosen for the current project she was working on. She’d pierce the pin to her collar, put on the headband, swipe the perfume on her neck, carefully put on the lipstick, and finally light the match on her candle whose scent matched the atmosphere of the artwork. Creating diligently until the perfume and lipstick wore off and her stomach rumbled, she made scores of collages, mail art, immersive experiences, novels, websites, care packages, zines, collections, and more. Out of all her ritual supplies, she ordered this Moon Beam the most, sometimes putting it on when she needed some courage for her performance, onstage interview, an opening, etc.. It was a superstitious trick never seen by anyone who knew her—as vulnerable as her work could be, she’d never reveal what made it tick.