Mandrepheus Androgon is the driving force behind Purple Octogon Theatre, and has such a way to bring people of different minds and styles together working towards a common goal. As well as being a director, producer, actor, and writer, Mandrepheus is also a prolific puppeteer, researcher, teacher, and spirtiual intoxicator.

Mandrepheus Androgon… who are you?… this question was recently posed and so I answer with this… mandrepheus is not only an alias of ckaptain InSayNo! and the spiritual intoxicator, the revolutionary philosopher… he’s the digitizer and an energy harnesser… but also dre m.d. and André Michael Labelle Davey… the name came from the morphing of André and Morpheus (god of dreams) … and so Mandrepheus was born… androgon is simply the octogonization of the name andre… as would Seanogon Jordanogon would be Sean Jordan’s octogonized name… so that’s the technical side of the name… the mental capacities mandrepheus exudes are on a hightened level of everyday dre’s mind… this enables fantastic feets with few flaws… for mandrepheus fears very little… and knows that nothing is implossible…

who: see above… look up way up… and you’ll be high…

what: planetarian
where: we are here
when: carpe diem
why: because we gotta
how: provoke independent thought
which: coke not pepsi ... dogs not cats ... high not low
would: could: should: did.... :~)

Come see a world found upside down and on the other side of the mirror

mandrepheus is a strong supporter of independent art and artists… with immense respect for the craft and for those that respect themselves… a firm believer that anyone can do anything as long as they set their mind to it… and knows that once the creative energy has been harnessed from like minded individuals just about anything can happen… imagine the sheer force of all of the unique individual creative energies buzzing through the universe… and then imagine using these different inputs in creating something that truly incredible… created by those interested in bringing back raw honest human emotion back to the average planet walker… this is what we do… in this body… I have walked through many a country… dry humping many interseting things… stonehenge, the eiffel tower, big ben, the great wall, the collisseum, the leaning tower, the acropolis, the berlin wall, london bridge, the vatican, angkor watt, and of course the cn tower… meeting many interesting people… yoko ono, stephen dorff, harrison ford, the bare naked ladies, weird al yankovic, phillip glass, malcolm macdowell… to name a few… but it’s not as much about the people that we meet but how they impact our lives… life is action… we are our choices… and what we choose to do says who we are…

i strongly believe that we... as individual entities... are only what or who we are... as a summation of everything and everyone that has had an affect on our lives... we are each one of us growing evolving creatures... and our lives have more depth and meaning the more we experience it... these experiences that touch are lives... whether through the people we meet... the places we go... the things we see... the cultures we experience… are all different sources that we have individually chosen... and have had an affect on our lives... i believe we have the choice to be affected in whichever way we so choose to be affected... therefore we have control of our mind(s)... and though there may be numerous things out there seeking to control our minds... (money/power/sex/the corporate devil in all it’s forms) …in the end… we each choose what/who we choose to be...

…the inner dialogue... to truly understand ourselves... we ask ourselves questions... and the truest answer that we find within ourselves... reveals something about who we are... this process of asking ourselves questions and answering them... has been referred to as many things... from hearing voices... to talking to yourself... to thinking... to praying... in effect the closer we come to knowing who we are... to complete self-discovery… i believe then we are at the closest we are to true happiness... the truth isn't out there... it's inside each of us... we just have to be open to hearing it and learning as much as we can about ourselves... and remember… once you learn how to learn you never stop learning…

…language and communication... are these seperate from each other or dependent on each other... body language may be at the base of all communication... accessible to everyone... no matter what language you may speak... a smile is a smile... a hug is a hug... which i guess brings up perception... once words and intonations are used… interpretation becomes more challenging... language and communication in whatever form will always require sending and receiving... clarity ... clear sending ... clear receiving... whether vocal or not... with intonations and/or inflections or without... clarity in the end is the defining factor... clarity begets clarity...

…it's funny because... i remember a new year's eve when i was in an altered state of mind... in the middle of the commons in canada’s hell-mouth… the planet and i were in a mind melding energy sharing conversation... and i could've sworn that it was wanting to implode... it carried on this way to the break of dawn... and at the last second wimped out... i believe that this was the world saying “fuck you” to itself... it made me realize that… more often than not… one may feel like the world is cursing itself and therefore cursing right back feels justified... i understand completely... when it feels like the weight of the world is pressing down... feels like everything is against you... i agree ... saying “fuck you” back to the world is the right thing to say... you can't stop me ... you big blue planet... i will do what i do… and be who i am to the best of my abilities... (as long as no one is hurt – yourself included) … and you curs’ed planet can never change that... haha!... in your face!!! .... if the whole world were listening? what would i say? ... probably quite a bit ... but i might start with the following...

say what you mean... mean what you say... mean people suck...

Stop thinking ABOUT yourself... Start thinking FOR yourself...

…love is... pure and simple... it is an energy that surrounds us all... it's present in each smile passed... it is also very different than lust... lust is a commodity... something material that you can trade or use... but love... is untangible... we are a capable of love of different kinds... from love for inanimate objects to unconditional love... one can look at love as a culmanation of different loves... to honour the binary code i'll use the number 10... one may feel 8 of these 'loves' for their parents... or 8 different loves of the 10 for a best friend... or however many of whichever loves for a lover, a pet, a teacher, a teddy bear, an idea, etc... unconditional love... loving without condition without prejudice isn't as difficult or consuming as one might think... it is embracing the love all around and allowing it to grow wherever it wishes... being in love... is love present between two people and this particular love grows into it's own world or bubble of love to whom only these two belong... they are 'in' this newly created 'love' ... they are in love... making love (not doing it, or boning, or sex) but making love... is creating more of this love that these two people share... wanting to add to this world of love they have created...

although this is not an original ... it's one of my favorites... i wish i could give credit where it's due.. but i've forgotten to whom to give it to...

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Peace ... Truth ... Freedom...

this is what i strive to be in my most simplistic state... i would like to think that i consciously or subconsiously apply these to all my actions in everyday life... whether at work.. rest.. or play.... i consider them to be the essence of my being and the key to the daily happiness i experience... i truly believe they are part of my spirit.. mind.. body.. and soul...

:~)