​From paid mourners to a casserole of ashes, this altar reflects the noises, tactile sensations, and the calm resignation of grief.

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Materials:

• Teddy Bear clay Jizo statues

• Vinyl self-portrait with squirrel

• Ashes from trifecta of grief

• Mom’s birdie

• Dad’s lizard

• Ollie’s matted hair, only removable upon death

• Mike’s dead cactus

• Fake fairy from Finland

• Metal detritus from Baracoa

• Dead bill’s bad luck jewel