3D printed plaster and a bone fragment from Timothy Leary's ashes, which was gifted to me by master photographer Dean Chamberlain, a dear friend of Tim's.
Some time ago, I had brought Dean to Bruce Lee's grave in Seattle, so he could spread some of Tim's ashes there, including some larger bone fragments. I had failed to see the connection between Timothy Leary and Bruce Lee, other than both being cultural icons, but Dean asked me to take him there, and I obliged. When we arrived at the famed grave, Dean got to work immediately sprinkling ashes and placing bone fragments in the soil. When he finished, something crazy happened: the sky started sprinkling down confetti-sized hail onto the ground. Clearly possessed, Dean danced around Bruce Lee's grave with skips and hops, for about a minute, and shouted, "I knew it!." The second after Dean stopped dancing, it stopped hailing. He then gave me the remainder of the ashes, including this bone fragment, brought for bringing together the remains of two very interesting men. I still don't know what to make of it, being an open-minded skeptic, but the event was excellent fodder for the imagination.
I thought Tim might have wanted a part of him to be seen this way.