Flowers hold within them the power to bring life into an unfamiliar space through memory. In Mexican and some Latin American cultures flowers are an offering to those who have passed and supernatural forces.

In Westlake/Macarthur park the presence of the flor de ofrenda can be seen throughout the statues brought into the space by the community. An example of this is the Statue of Oscar Romero in MacArthur Park, a place making memory established by the Salvadorian community. The Archbishop is continuously surrounded by fresh flowers bringing with them life and memory into an unfamiliar home.

The monumental Dia de los Muertos altar that is so familiar to us is a hybrid of indigenous, European, and mestizo traditions. We would like to root el altar to its native ritualistic soul, as a space of offering land grown resources that are thriving throughout fall season (frijol, chile, maiz, calabaza, flor de cempasúchil, guinda de terciopelo) though the process of community/family creation, one establishes a ritual that is fueled by the acceptance and celebration of life and death.