i felt abandoned

Last night I went to my grannys house

She tried to give me back an album i had made her in 2008.

making pictures and putting them in albums seemed to be something we do in our family.

but there was a general feeling, and it was: I can’t keep doing this.

But she seemed well.

And yet I have to dispel the demons.

Updating

Probably time for me to update this on my grandmother.

She is still alive. She’s 99.

Here’s a picture that I took with my iPhone when I was there last time, about two weeks ago.

1921-

It basically summarises her whole life. But the intensity of this image, and her while life, curriculum cv published in this book of revolutionaries from the Yan’an era, is her striking resemblance to me: