#PASTLIVE

[bakebakebar]

2023

3/19(日)金山ブラジルコーヒー

TONES vol.19 『DMBQ×ばけばけばー×folk enough』

W／DMBQ、folk enough

[use-ur-inside-voice]

Past Lives: How can a movie be so beautiful yet painful?

I watched Past Lives this past Tuesday, and I have some thoughts. I won’t necessarily speak to the movie itself, but instead to how this movie made me feel. After I left the theater, I felt this wave of sadness rush to me. I couldn’t shake the feeling of sadness as I thought about Nora and how her story is so similar to the stories of other immigrants. I know that a lot of people have been taken with the romance in this movie, but I think we all need to step back and refocus for a bit. This is a movie about immigrants, and how immigration can impact everything and everyone. As I was saying, I couldn’t shake this feeling of sadness after leaving the theater. I could only think about my mother, and how her life would be different if she didn’t immigrate to the U.S.

Would she still be a nurse? Would she have followed her passions of being an English teacher or a lawyer? Would she have more kids? Would my sisters and I know our mother tongue fluently instead of constantly asking, “What does that mean?” Would I be close with my grandmother whom I never see or understand? Would I feel the pressures of having to be extremely successful in order to feel like my life was worth it? That my parents’ pilgrimage to the U.S. was worth it? That their sacrifice was worth it? How would being the eldest daughter be if not for my immigrant parents making me feel like I need to be the saving grace of the family? Would be mother be happy? Would we be happy? 

Every so often, my parents pull out their old photo albums and show me who they once were. Photos of large smiles on faces I don’t recognize. Photos of friends, aunts and uncles at parties that I have never met. Seeing my parents light up at the photos and hearing them go on and on about what life was like when they were in their home country. The community they once had, the lives they lived, the happiness they experienced. I could see the longing for those memories in their eyes, full of glee and sadness at the same time. 

My parents, especially my mother, speaks in the future tense. “Once I go back home...,” “I’m going to walk on the beach...” “I can’t wait to see my sisters again...” “I hope I can see my mom one more time...” It pains me to think that the life that my mother lives is not one that she longed for. It’s not a life she wanted. She longs for something I can not give her. And so I’m left with the thought of what would life look life if my parents never won a green card in the green card lottery? Would my mother be happy? 

Past Lives is a beautiful yet painful reminder that the life of an immigrant can be upended in seconds, whether for better or worse. It is more than just a love story, in fact, the romance between the two main characters acts as a vehicle to show us the real meaning behind the movie. Who were we? Who are we? And who will we become? It is sometimes too painful to think about what could’ve been, but something I learned from Past Lives is that it is also beautiful to reminisce on the past, embrace the present, and look forward to the future. I hope someday my mother can go back to her home country and live out the rest of her days, and I hope once she does that I never have to ask, “Would my mother be happy?”

[victorianchap]

🔸The Panama Slide in Coney Island after it was built in 1908. Very popular at time, especially with adults! #victorianchaps #coneyisland #slide #edwardian #goodolddays #funfair #history #oldphoto #vintage #nostalgia #retro #1900s #pastlives (at Coney Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqItUQhjPlX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[miwachan2]

Still on Hiatus but here's a little vent animation

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

Feed me all the lies..

[sogoodcontent]

Past Lives (2023)

[moon-atomic-21]

@anthonygreen666 💙💙💙 @lsdunes at @1720warehouse this past Sunday Photos and edits by @moon.atomic.21 April 9, 2023 #lsdunes #pastlives #lostsouls #anthonygreen #thursdayband #soundsofanimalsfighting #circasurvive #saosin #concertphotography #laundryedit #beforeandafter (at 1720) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrFP6xZLHp-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thechristos]

o γκρινιάρης, αλλά κυρίως το φιδάκι.

ένα επιτραπέζιο, δυο ζάρια, όλο το βράδυ.

[hellobadjalley]

[tanticuori]

[kowalskivision]

Past Lives, 2023, dir of photography Shabier Kirchner

[bakebakebar]

2022

10/16(日)京都拾得

W／角田波健太波バンド、岡沢じゅん

[levyfai]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Hetalia: Axis Powers Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Scotland (Hetalia)/Original Female Character(s), Female Scotland/original male character Characters: Scotland (Hetalia), Female Scotland (Hetalia), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Past Lives, Magic, Werewolves, Witches, Rebirth, Death, Soulmates, hetaween2023 Series: Part 7 of Hetaween 2023 Summary:

Alistair Kirkland and his new wife are enjoying their honeymoon. But when his wife catches the way he looks at the sea, he must tell her the painful story of love and loss in their past life. This is part 7 of Hetaween 2023 Ocean  @hetaween-event

[victorianchap]

🔸 1919 Olive Thomas and her Russian wolfhound, by Hartsook Studios. She was a silent movie actress and one of the original jazz era flappers who sadly died a year later in 1920. She swallowed a bottle of corrosive bichloride mercury in a hotel bathroom in Paris Ritz: an “accidental” death apparently. Source: talesofamadcapheiress.com. #victorianchaps #oldphoto #hollywood #actress #beauty #oldphoto #goodolddays #silentmovies #flapper #jazzera #pastlives #retro #1910s #nostalgia #dog https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpz1y1XDYYt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hauntedhowling]

Yo are there any adult non-furry therians? 🧍‍♂️

Nothing wrong with furries but I really am looking fr therians who arent. Yea sure they bleed over sometimes but like, we are seperate communities and I am looking for Mine.

[eric-sadahire]

The shadow of doubt always follows me around.

But then I realized I was no longer standing in the shadow.

I also realized I had created the shadow by blocking the light.