DUNCAN: SLEEP NO MORE

“Do you not know that you are the Temple of God?.”

Mixed Media, 2024

Inside lid: hinge “door” shaped like clocks in Duncan’s room, painted with clock on outside, on inside the “temple of god” quote with the cross from the stained glass window. In the silhouette, a painting of the banquet scene in green light with Duncan in the center.

Resin Crystal: Mirror base with lilacs for wisdom,rebirth/renewal, evoking memories that have been buried; miniature Bible

Bottles

1. Lisianthus for royalty; mugwort for liminal spaces, lucid dreaming, and sleep magic; bay leaf for prophecy, predestination, and impending treachery; lily of the valley for melancholy and bittersweetness. Sealed with gold wax and key stamp.

2. Danvers: Poppy for sleep, memory; lotus for rebirth, waking up; basil for weakness, virtue, bringing lovers together; fern for magic, fascination; barberry for freedom from magical influence. Sealed with gold wax and purple gem for nobility.

3. Glass Cloche: Metronome and feathers, for the countdown to Duncan’s inevitable death and the moments that he can foresee it.

4. Screw bottle with gold clock lid: Smashed clock in Bible in Duncan’s chapel, time running out. Small raven skull. (“The raven is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.”) (contains oils of: vetiver for calm and insight but also earthiness. rose for passion, longing. orange blossom and lavender for peace, soothing, tranquility. frankincense for death and rituals of the dead and dying; rosemary for faith, duty)

5. Small vial with antique cross charm: jasmine for divination; dogwood for suffering, death (and particularly in Christianity the sacrifice and suffering of Jesus Christ)