Like the Iron Curtain, Anzaldua’s Tortilla curtain draws an artificial border through an otherwise continuous landmass. This flimsy tortilla supposedly marks a clear separation between American and Mexican culture, but in reality, it is the site for the development of a border culture, which combines both cultures, and blurs political boundaries. Anzaldua comments on how nature has no regard for political boundaries, and implies that culture, like nature, cannot be separated by artificial borders. We capture this idea in our altar by surrounding it with paper flowers, which represent nature, and give the altar an indefinite boundary as they are not held down, and can be freely moved, hence turning the “Borderlands” of our altar into a constantly changing entity that interacts with its