In “Flowering Eulogy,” artist Ana Maria Hernando turns loss into life
On March 21, 2021, a man carrying a semi-automatic rifle shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in Boulder. The local community, shocked by the event and stunned by the loss of friends, family and neighbors, reacted with grief, and began transforming the site of violence into a tender memorial with “hundreds of bouquets of flowers of all sizes, browned and blackened and standing there as a love offering,” according to Hernando.
Q: Here, we need a little logistical help. How did the city actually collect and deliver the objects? You need to know that I am the worst gardener. I knew nothing about compost when I began. I found several compost bins on Craigslist and Amazon. Friends and neighbors helped. A: Compost is a community of millions, working together with one purpose: life. It’s a process of acceptance, diversity and unity; nothing in it is lost and nothing is still about it. All is continuously transforming: The earth eats the heaviness of death and makes it into lightness. It comes up into the air as life, as flowers.A: I believe flowers are the most exquisite expression of the earth. As humans, we have used them for centuries to say what words cannot convey.
I imagine people will plant the seeds in their gardens or a pot and feed them with the compost. Maybe there is a moment of sacredness in doing so? I hope people feel completely free to do what feels good and honest.
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