Made of wood and fiber, and adorned with flowers, seashells and other artifacts, Muller and several other artists started building what she called a "burden basket" last Tuesday at the end of the equinox. The four-sided basket had openings in each side for visitors to place objects of remembrance for loved ones -- such as poetry and photographs -- inside the basket. Muller led a brief ceremony before the burning, offering the basket as an honoring to the departed. As the basket was lit, Alan Phelps played "Taps" on the trumpet in memory of soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq.