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Ziran Muse: Megan Rugani
By Kelly Shanahan
July 26, 2021
In May, my partner Lucien and I went on a road trip throughout the Southwest. Upon his insistence, we went to White Sands National Park under the premise of a “sunset picnic.” Then BAM! Lucien proposed to me.
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ZIRAN MUSE: JUNACO
By Kelly Shanahan
October 28, 2020
On a quiet afternoon in October, I visited the band Junaco at their home in Echo Park. Nestled on a lush hillside, Shahana and Joey reside in
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ZIRAN MUSE: MASK MEMOIR
By Kelly Shanahan
September 03, 2020
In April 2020, artist Lucien Shapiro and myself explored a profound and important element of quarantine: masks. We both have been making masks for years (he makes elaborate masks out of found materials, I make masks out of silk) yet now masks have transformed into a controversial
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ZIRAN MUSE: THE EHRMANS
By Kelly Shanahan
August 04, 2020
Rachel and Will have been my close friends for over 10 years. I was present when they first met and watched mouth-wide-open as their love combusted and
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ZIRAN MUSE: MY DAD, TIMOTHY SHANAHAN
By Kelly Shanahan
June 20, 2020
I am a product of TWO philosophers. Both my parents chose this path. While my mom specializes in Chinese philosophy, my Dad’s expertise
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ZIRAN MUSE: LOW LEAF
By Kelly Shanahan
March 30, 2020
It feels like a lifetime ago when we hung out with Low Leaf at her home in Pasadena. It was a different time, one where "socially distant" wasn't in our vocabulary and we had an open and more
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