(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)She is not alone in using objects to express what words cannot. Los Angeles artist Marcos Lutyens is attempting to mark every U.S. death with a red rose made of felt. One adorns a mural in Boyle Heights, with the roses marking the lives lost there and in East Los Angeles. “I mean, how many deaths are manageable to visualize?”A Jan. 19 memorial of felt roses at Hollywood Forever Cemetery honors COVID-19 victims. Early that morning, the nation’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 400,000.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2021 12:56 UTC