9 - Sean Boyle - The Duende of Edgar Allan Poe - Confronting Death and the Shadow Self with Curiosity, Creativity, and Compassion

Happy Halloween, Duende Demons! I mean, Duende Duders 😈 Hope your spooky season has been super(naturally) fun and soul-igniting. I love that the liminal space between realms is so palpably dynamic during this time of year, it makes the ethereal nature of otherworldliness a bit more visceral, which is absolutely thrilling to me, and which is why I’m *beyond* excited to share this special Spooky Season Duende Discussion with you - the duende of 19th-century master of the macabre - Edgar Allan Poe - with the outrageously talented and creative craftsman/artist of all things beautifully strange and sublime - Sean Boyle!! Every time I see whatever wildly imaginative, cool new artwork Sean is working on (especially the period pirate hats - so cool!), or donning one of his handmade, incredibly inventive and intricate costumes at Ghouls Ball, I always want to discuss duende with him. So when I saw that he was performing his one-man Edgar Allan Poe show at Burnt Umber Coffee this Halloween, I knew I wanted him on for a Spooky Season Special. This was such an inspiring conversation! We dig into Sean’s longtime love of all things gothic, what sparked his Poe show and its intriguing development over the years, and why he’s drawn to the inner turmoil of Poe’s provocatively grotesque characters and tales. We then dig even more deeply into the surprisingly tender duende of Poe’s close-to-the-bone, affecting melancholy and grimness, and discover some moving similarities between him and OG Duende Discusser, my beloved Federioco García Lorca. One of my favorite moments is when we go full Poe and lift the veil on Death, so to speak, uncovering the intimate vulnerability of confronting it with curiosity and compassion, two attributes seemingly absent from a lot of the world today. Such a treat of a convo! 🙂🖤So have a rad Romantic and playful Halloween/rest of your Spooky Season, and check out this info on how to keep updated on all of Sean’s cool projects -His Edgar Allan Poe show will be at @burnt.umber.oc at 6:30pm this Halloween! 👻Follow Sean on Instagram - @westonpeeceFollow Sean's Poe Show - @fantasticterrorspoeshowHave a great duend-ay! 🙂Follow @duendediscussions on IG for episode updates and fun, interactive duende discussing!