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Lisa Kholostenko's avatar

Brendon, this made me feel so seen.

I'm an immigrant too. From Ukraine. The line “I should’ve taken more photos" just destroyed me a bit.

Your ability to draw profound connections between two seemingly unrelated pieces of art is nothing short of remarkable. This observation: “erosion of identity as the price of entry for advancement and assimilation into America” is one I’ll be carrying with me for a long time.

Thank you for capturing these complex emotions so beautifully.

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Brendon Holder's avatar

i'm so pleased to hear this resonated with you and your story <3 thank you so much for reading and for the kind words.

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Johann Elysee's avatar

Epic! I’m an immigrant (from Haiti) and

I’ve been struggling with all the emotions and feelings that you articulate in this piece. Thank you for giving me the words to describe my experience.

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Brendon Holder's avatar

thank you so much for writing this :) it's something I think about all the time with my parents.

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E G's avatar

epic shirts!!!

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Brendon Holder's avatar

right?!

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Luisa's avatar

i love that you found similarities in these two bodies of work. i still haven’t seen the brutalist because it hasn’t been released in my country but now i am more excited than i already was. such a great piece!!

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Brendon Holder's avatar

Thank you!!

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yuca's avatar

beautifully written.

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Brendon Holder's avatar

Thank you!

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Sam's avatar

In Delhi and what I believe is Urdu colloquially travellers, - especially ones impoverished and driven by faith, mysticism or simply madness - are called fakirs and kafirs.

While leaving is never easy, and how you can never leave a home easily but are rather always torn away from it, there is a certain comfort in such a nomadic calling.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this…

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jenny's musings's avatar

Child of immigrant here too and retweeting this sentiment.

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Brendon Holder's avatar

I find the older I get the more I want to learn customs and traditions from my parents (ie. favourite recipes). I wish I did that more when I was younger but I never did. Where are your parents from?

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Brendon Holder's avatar

Wonderful. Jamaica and Barbados

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