Ofrendas Reflection

The event on Sunday is very amazing! I once thought the event is only an exhibition of alters and didn't expect the provocative speech from Ofelia Esparza. I was quite moved when she stressed the importance of remembering legends who pass away. Living in a busy life surrounding by work and errands, I often let my inheritance slip away. However, without connect to my ancestry and what I came from, I could feel a sense of lost in terms of my identity. And this event really show me how does an object (Alter) help us to remember our inner connection. When I was working on my Alter project, I regard my Alter as a one-time effort, mainly for the homework credit. However, since I decided to keep the altar, I was utterly surprised about how the presence of a ritualistic object had implicitly affected my life. I kept the altar in the corner of my living room and I see it every few hours. And it really helps me to keep inspired by my favourite drummer and keep moving forward. 

I also feel pity for how the musical innovation of the minority often gets neglected. And it saddens me to see such a phenomenon continuously occurring. I feel like without properly recognize the people who create musical innovation, the music industry will lose many talents and people might feel less motivated to pursue music. And that's also why I think having ritualistic objects altars is very important. At the end of the day, we don't have control of other's thought and how do they attribute the success of music. Thus, it's crucial for us to keep honouring the past legend and carry them forward.