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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.29,0:00:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(suspenseful music)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.43,0:00:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The name came to me very naturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.95,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in Oaxaca and I had a dream
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of shook me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.66,0:00:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember seeing a lot of butterflies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.79,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lightning bolts together in the storm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that morning I got\Nup, I was at a red light,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.23,0:00:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were two abuelitas,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.21,0:00:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.05,0:00:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how this healer would often\Ncome and heal the town.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.70,0:00:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Mariposa Relámpago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.31,0:00:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I said, "Oh, wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.75,0:00:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just had a dream about\Nbutterflies and lightning bolts."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.03,0:00:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the name comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.27,0:01:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mariposa Relámpago."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind whooshing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.67,0:01:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(harmonica blowing)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.13,0:01:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is spirits playing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.55,0:01:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle harmonica music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.90,0:01:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sound is really powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.34,0:01:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a universal way\Nof experiencing healing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.06,0:01:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's by using sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.21,0:01:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone feels it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.34,0:02:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone that's alive feels\Nit. The plants feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.86,0:02:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The animals feel it. The babies feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.34,0:02:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everyone needs to heal something.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.31,0:02:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell chimes)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.58,0:02:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happening in the\Nborder in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.74,0:02:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a major impact in who I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.82,0:02:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was an undocumented unaccompanied child
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.55,0:02:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming from El Salvador,\Nescaping the Civil War.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.23,0:02:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I migrated here in the '80s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.39,0:02:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, the border is not\Njust the physical wall
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.27,0:02:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's separating Mexico\Nand United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.70,0:02:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a whole journey that\Nasylum seekers take.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.23,0:02:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(dramatic music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.24,0:03:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the work that\NI have done for myself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.18,0:03:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to actually confront\Nthose cities and those towns
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.97,0:03:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I traveled as an\Nundocumented unaccompanied child.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.72,0:03:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(suspenseful music)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.22,0:03:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bus culture growing up in the '80s
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.53,0:03:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really big in El Salvador
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.18,0:03:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we would have these blinged out,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.01,0:03:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formerly American yellow school buses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.24,0:03:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fascinated by these buses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.80,0:03:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were highly decorated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.20,0:03:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was obsessed with\Nlooking at all the details,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.75,0:03:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the shiny objects,\Nall the handmade things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.99,0:03:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the absurd things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.10,0:04:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the whole idea for\Nme came that I wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.53,0:04:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring a school bus from El\NSalvador to the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.22,0:04:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to have\Nthe same migratory path
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had as a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.10,0:04:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(suspenseful music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.53,0:04:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to turn it to a gong,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.75,0:04:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to first flatten it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.15,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like it has this giant ding here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few imperfections there,\Nbut I think we can get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.52,0:04:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.86,0:04:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's always been important
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.08,0:04:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make my own instruments.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.33,0:04:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when I'm making sculptures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.19,0:04:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm always really thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.93,0:05:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using recycled materials for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.78,0:05:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repurposing objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.67,0:05:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking of animism and the energy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.38,0:05:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these materials\Nhold is really important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.81,0:05:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what I'm exploring.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.88,0:05:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birds chirping)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.94,0:05:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a student in New York City,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.52,0:05:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there weren't that many role\Nmodels that I could look up to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.80,0:05:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that my teachers didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.90,0:05:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I had gone through and how important
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.10,0:05:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healing was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.19,0:06:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main influence that\NI had was looking back
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.53,0:06:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at my ancestry, the Maya, the Curanderos.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.78,0:06:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, go for it, Billy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.87,0:06:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were the healers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.19,0:06:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were the ones that could\Nwrite and draw and sculpt
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.43,0:06:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also create rituals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.64,0:06:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directly connected to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.20,0:06:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, "I want to\Nmake healing rituals."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle harmonica music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.68,0:06:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vibrating bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.70,0:06:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vibrating healing instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.43,0:07:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mariposa Relámpago"\Nhas around 700 objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.22,0:07:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every object has a meaning for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.78,0:07:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of the work is to\Nactually find the objects.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.07,0:07:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell chimes)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.38,0:07:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in Mexico City
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.55,0:07:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a pair of\Nmetallic silver slippers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.97,0:07:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it looked like a\Nchild had been walking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.85,0:07:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.31,0:07:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I almost got emotional when I saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.18,0:07:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt the energy of the walking
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.73,0:07:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the unaccompanied,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.77,0:07:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,displaced children that\Nwere traveling with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.90,0:07:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been thousands of people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.28,0:07:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have experienced "Mariposa Relámpago"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.19,0:07:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all these different cities
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.33,0:07:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's traveled through.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.42,0:07:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really wanted to bus to tour the border
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.51,0:07:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.49,0:08:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle music)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.92,0:08:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(crowd chattering)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.97,0:08:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone, thank you for coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.82,0:08:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of being in the\Npark or being by the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.07,0:08:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you sit there and\Njust listen to the birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.76,0:08:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to be\Nan expert in meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.62,0:08:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel the experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.42,0:08:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just listen to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.80,0:08:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.35,0:08:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm doing a ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.85,0:08:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're producing sound,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.80,0:08:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't feel like I'm\Neven playing an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.49,0:08:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sound can be used in different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.27,0:08:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of "Mariposa"\Ncan be felt around the bus,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.44,0:09:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also inside of the bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.48,0:09:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can sit or lay on the bus
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.25,0:09:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feel the vibration
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.96,0:09:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the healing qualities that it has.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.12,0:09:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had so many mixed feelings\Ngoing to the ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.48,0:09:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.99,0:09:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was open to the general public,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.06,0:09:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also we had border patrol agents
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.73,0:09:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the bus during the ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.09,0:09:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in Marfa, an\Nenvironment that is similar
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.97,0:09:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the same lines that I\Ncrossed when I was a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.68,0:09:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I was in tears at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.32,0:09:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a very scary space.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.14,0:09:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's certain roads you gotta show ID
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.36,0:09:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tell them that you're a citizen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.02,0:10:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's actually a blimp\Nthat travels in the area
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.90,0:10:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for refugees to\Narrest them and deport them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.93,0:10:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community sees them\Nas very threatening,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.27,0:10:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I realized that I\Nwanted to do a ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.36,0:10:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for border patrol agents
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.06,0:10:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not just about healing those
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.10,0:10:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been hurt,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.21,0:10:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also healing other more\Ncomplex situations as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.46,0:10:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle ambient music)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.23,0:10:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Irlanda] The camp\Nthat I was working at,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.32,0:10:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a place where unaccompanied children
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.31,0:10:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cross the border,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.53,0:10:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, they go to the\Nborder patrol center,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.08,0:10:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from there, they get sent to a camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.41,0:10:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are just kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.61,0:11:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it makes it very\Nhard to see them worried
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.52,0:11:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it makes it very\Nhard to see them worried
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.03,0:11:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see their sadness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.48,0:11:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are some of the most resilient kids
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.00,0:11:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've ever met in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.95,0:11:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on the phone with my coworker
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.62,0:11:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm telling her about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.82,0:11:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dude, this guy, he's a grownup version
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.63,0:11:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the kids we were taking care of."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.62,0:11:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It's funny that you said that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.67,0:11:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.08,0:11:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was talking to law enforcement\Nthat works at the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.29,0:11:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she started talking to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.00,0:11:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was talking to me like I\Nwas that 8-year-old little boy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.57,0:11:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she encountered, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.45,0:11:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was like, "Yeah, I\Nwanted to embrace you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.02,0:11:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to hold you, but I couldn't."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.99,0:11:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(bell chiming)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.64,0:12:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(wind whooshing)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.59,0:12:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(waves splashing)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.64,0:12:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(gentle harmonica music)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.77,0:12:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a child in El Salvador,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.61,0:12:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be constantly drawing\Nthe New York City skyline.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.93,0:12:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I look at that skyline,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.46,0:12:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just symbolizes the journey\Nthrough the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.89,0:12:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That journey still continues to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.31,0:13:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Healing is gonna be happening\Nfor the rest of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.87,0:13:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sound is medicine.