Name: makeshift memorials
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: This piece is dedicated to the victims of mass shootings and their surviving loved ones. It is written by a survivor of domestic gun violence.

makeshift memorials

by Aeryn Santillan

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This piece is dedicated to the victims of mass shootings and their surviving loved ones. It is written by a survivor of domestic gun violence.

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makeshift memorials –

candles, posters, flowers, crosses
beanie babies, cassette tapes, track shoes
a hat with your name on it
a cross with your picture

you cannot save everything.
flowers and food, organic materials.
Paper items blow away
posters, flowers
fragile items broken
candles, picture frame

a time capsule
reflecting the era or location
a human need to communicate in times of grief—
it’s natural to want to leave something behind
what’s left behind still means so much

comic books, cowboy boots and hats
flags from different countries
rainbow flags, candles with our lady of Guadalupe
mementos, tributes
different messages from different friends
bibles, quilts, origami cranes
glitter-gold painted star with your initials on the back
“I promise to live a bigger, more impactful life for the both of us in your memory”

endless candles, flowers, posters, balloons
painted portrait, photo collage
stuffed animals, a pair of shoes,
handwritten notes with every last kind word

what’s left behind still means so much

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released March 15, 2019
This work was created under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and premiered by Del Sol in San Francisco on December 12, 2018

Live recording provided by Del Sol and GLFCAM

Music and words by Aaron Garcia

PPR | 010

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Aeryn Santillan Jersey City, New Jersey

Aeryn Santillan (formerly Aaron Garcia) is a Jersey City based composer and guitarist. Aeryn's music is heavily influenced by DIY screamo and actively aims to blur the lines between band/ensemble and song/composition.

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