The Story of Firecrackers and Lanterns

The color red is supposed to be why we wear red and celebrate with firecrackers and lanterns. To scare away the monster and keep the community safe. Melancholia describes mourning that never ends. Processes like immigration and assimilation, which are never complete, put immigrants and Asian Americans along a continuum where they can never quite mourn or get over the losses of homeland, of language, of culture. My understanding is that grief will always be part of living.