live blog post 1 - emilia garcia-bompadre

seeing all of Ophelia Esparzas work is really empowering. She has been doing this for many years and passing down the traditions of altar making emphasizes concepts of resilience. I also thought her use of common objects - such as cut up baking pans to create accents on an altar- was really interesting because it emphasizes how altares, however large and fancy they may be, are always rooted in personal connections to the theme of the altar, not material.