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or me, working on La Santana Familia mural was a labor of love for San Francisco and the Santana Family. It was created at Jorge Santana’s request. He wanted it to represent the beginning of his musical family, showing his parents Don Jose
and Josephina, his brother Carlos and his nephew Salvador. Then Jorge passed into the light before he had a chance to see
what he had inspired. The mural became a tribute to him and the wonderful music Jorge and his family have blessed us with. My spiritual and artistic growth began as a young boy here in the Mission. My father, artist Vaughn Bode, lived and died in the Mission in 1975. As an artist, I could only dream that one day I
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