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Thank you for supporting our efforts to remember those lost to COVID-19. Be well, and seek healing.
As the death count from COVID-19 continues to rise, we rightfully see the statistics, debate, and politics surrounding the pandemic. But any one life does not stop mattering when it is a part of something bigger. The goal of the Cranes Project is to memorialize Texans who have passed away from COVID-19 and to offer a sense of collective healing to those affected. The project is collecting origami cranes from the Texas area to create a public art installation that will be displayed both physically and digitally starting in late 2021. We will first be partnering with the Long Time Austin for a display in Fall 2021.
Each crane can be decorated to carry a memory shared between the folder and a COVID-19 patient. Whether written or represented artistically, the memories remind us that the lives lost were more than just their suffering and more than just a number.
The Cranes Project does not reject the politics of the moment but instead seeks to offer a pause to remember every human life affected by the pandemic. You can contribute to the project by donating today or sending in a crane to the project headquarters in Austin, Texas. See below for details.
With this donation, you'll be able to donate and preserve one paper crane in honor of a loved one.
With this donation, you will have helped purchase threads linking one crane with another in the memorial. During this time of social isolation, your donation will help connect one memory of a loved one with another.
There are roughly 21 folds in a paper crane. This donation is equivalent to seven donated preserved cranes-- seven commemorated memories of a loved one(s).
This donation helps purchase materials constructing the reflection benches surrounding the memorial. We hope that these reflection benches will be a place of community in remembrance of lives lost.
The legend of the 1000 paper cranes promises that anyone who folds "senbazuru" (a thousand origami cranes) will be granted a wish by the gods. The wish usually pertains to recovery and healing.
Today, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, there stands a statue of Sadako hold up a golden crane, under which lies the inscription "This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world." This tier funds half of the entire project.
