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aes #!key x y color fill size shape alpha linetype group labelprocedure
make-aes ...procedure

Both are equivalent. Column references are symbols; literal values are strings or numbers:

(aes #:x 'time #:y 'value #:color 'condition)   ; x, y, color mapped to columns
(aes #:x 'time #:y 'value #:color "steelblue")  ; color is a constant