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Deportation
I wanted to go on vacation to reset, to disturb my routine, to remind myself of the multiplicities of possibility, to disconnect, to disassociate from what I know. To stop, to pause, cease from the grind, be away from my phone. I got all the benefits of everything listed above but not in the way…
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We find ourselves at a threshold between one year and the next or one season to the next. With the approaching spring its a time of renewal, new life, growth, and turning our attention from the inward winter months to the outward connection around us. We see our society changing, our political climate changing, our…
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Leveling up
Knocking over speakers during entrances. pants falling down at the most perfect timing, wobbly harpsichord legs, 15 passenger van being towed out of grass by an opera singing elementary school choir director with her friend Jorge, Maniacal laughing, Craving Mexican always, Innumerable smiling faces And personal growth -Some highlight of 2019 NOISE tour There are…
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THE ART OF DYING
Dying to self, past ideals, ways of thinking or perceiving the world around me is a constant goal of mine. To look at the world in a certain way and then see how it is similar or different to others. What a blessed journey to constantly die to oneself, in order to grow and find…
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FALSETTOS
Actor Lifestyle: Learning about love and family through theater in Coeur d’Alene Idaho #morethanjustpretty
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Boxers vs. Briefs
Model experiences: Talking about underwear and being an open and vulnerable individual.
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M&M:Modernity and Meaning
Thoughts on Modernity: Charles Baudelaire is considered the father of Modernity, defined as “the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility art has to capture that experience.” Baudelaire’s rejection of the romantic ideal of glorified nature moves to focus on the urban metropolis of Paris and its people for…
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Where is your Treasure?
*This specific blog is a reflections on travels to Scotland and Amsterdam *I use these scripture verses because in them I see much of myself and because my travels have enlightened their truths and accuracy of my life at this moment. For where your treasure there your heart will be also. The eye is the…
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HASTE YE BACK
There is nothing like a cascade to calm a man’s passions like scottish mountains to tame his wondering thoughts like passing clouds to fill his desire like vibrant green fields to hold his focus like old trees to connect and root him like large boulders…
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Solitude
Yearning for Solitude,Where thoughts and body converge,In the comfort of my own skin. Through meditation, yoga, reflection,Or the allure of a majestic landscape,Or a quaint object that sparks memoryTransporting me to places of delight and wonder. In those moments, my thoughts expandDreaming takes flight,And I’m present in the here and now. Colors surround me,Gazes linger…
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The Jacket
In nurturing spaces we are encouraged to try things out of our comfort zone, or things that seems outside of ourselves became wonderful and failure’s cliff doesn’t seem as steep; ready to be leapt off into refreshing water; try it without attachment. Put on and take off, like a jacket.
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PRIDE
When we are around people who embody pride; pride for the space they live in, pride about their areas of interest, proud of the artist process and their creations we feel a sense of expanding welcoming space.
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Decentralization
We must decenter ourselves because there are cultural worlds unchartered, peoples unexplored, selves we do not know, and art unexamined. There is a part deep within which cries out to open yourself and look and truly see and be seen. be seen in the self examination and be seen in the listening to the other.
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I often notice my dampened curiosity by my relative familiarly. How can place play a role in making us more open and cultivate curiosity.
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Election 2020
I’ve been advised that I have a sacred democratic privilege’s to vote; to choose one or the other ; either you are left or you are right, either you are Christian or not, either you are an ally or you are homophobic, either you are educated or ignorant. The current state of affairs says you…
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Blindness
I am blind to the future. I am blind to what it hold. I am blind. My next steps are shaky, my mind fluctuating with anxiety and hopeless joyful abandon. One moment fully present, the next wrestling with the great unknown. The only console is find a way to create; to have some control or…
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An Extraordinary Human: Michael Louden
We met in at a coffee shop after a callback in Seattle. He asked about the coffee I was having and conversations progressed about theater. And then, in our first interaction he asked if my last name was Menzies. And I thought, “this random person in this coffee shop knows me, how in the world…
Duncan Clark Menzies
Duncan Clark Menzies, an interdisciplinary conceptual artist born in Snohomish, Washington and raised in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His work explores the intersections of spiritual, Celtic, communal, and queer identities through shared stories and spaces. Menzies’ primary project, The Bed Sheet Chronicles, collects personal stories through community interviews in which he asks participants “What do you Cover?” The interviewee then provides him with a bedsheet. Using bedsheets, storytelling, performance, woodworking, projection, and lighting, the project delves into themes such as shame, upbringing, religion, politics, cultural heritage, and identity.
In 2023 Duncan started, Vagabard, a van life exploration of American culture, art, and community. Follow the journey @ http://Www.Patreon.com/vagabard
The Bedsheet Chronicles
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