This audio entry contains a trigger warning as I will be speaking of a mass shooting. On December 27, 2021 7 people were targeted, hunted down and shot in Denver and Lakewood by a white supremacist. One of those killed was Alicia Cardenas, my friend, band mate and fellow percussionist, my tour-wife and jewelry design collaborator.
This piece is solid bronze cast from branches with some gnarly thorns and 7 teardrop garnets to represent those shot: Alicia Cardenas, Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado, Jimmy Maldonado, Danny “Dano” Scofield, Sarah Steck, Michael Swinyard, and Officer Ashley Ferris.
Alicia and I performed blood rituals as well as art rituals of blood, sweat and tears from New Orleans to Tasmania, Australia together. She was a true champion of the underdog, the downtrodden, and the misfit toys and I miss her every day.