Amber’s project involved working towards collaborating with several fellow artists and creating an environment for the magical process of BareBones, which morphed every single moment on the way. What began with an idea for a guerrilla puppet event with apocalyptic bike puppets, wolves, tent lanterns, and a giant inflatable moon became a much simpler construction of lanterns to honor the dead that resonate in our thoughts and hearts throughout this tumultuous era.

This is what matters most to Amber who noted:

“The space we create for unknowns, space for the life force that is connected to forging into the unknown of creation as well as the space we create for the unknown of the after-life, the biggest community of all quietly waiting for us to join someday.

I honor those precious lives taken by injustice, taken by sickness, and taken by the stress of living in this world. I honor the lives that were essential to helping us be where we are now, and the spirits that continue on, merging and morphing with the living world around us.

I hope my awkward attempts at healing contribute to the community, to help find balance and meaning in the storm that rages on. I know they do for me, and so do all of the efforts by the artists in this community.”