A Message To My Future Self

Filmed in the Netherlands during my adventures in the month of November 2022.

The poem depicts a conversation between two people as they see themselves through time. The imagery moves between the present, future, and past until lastly, it locks itself brutally to the present moment.

A big thank you to my friend Anna for allowing me to film her and drink some of her coffee.

The thumbnail is a painting by Jeroen van Valkenburg

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🔰References

-The narrator is Tyler

-The music was created by Johatsu

🔰My equipment:
I film handheld with a Panasonic Lumix
G80
GX80
📷Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Lens

🔰Dear Future by illneas

I wonder if our future selves are thinking about us
Do you think they ever think about this moment, as we are thinking of them?

In the cinema of our memories, the chaotic bits and pieces start to align sometimes
Like a drumbeat
Like streetlights on an empty highway

Do you ever think about the people we are becoming
Do you think we will be happy?
Did we live our dreams or did we compromise?

Maybe we weren't that stubborn
and wasted some of our time

Rewatching our favorite movie before Christmas
And taking walks despite our deadlines

I hope we didn't take our life too seriously

--

Sometimes we forget how delicate beings we are
Sometimes we forget that time goes by so fast

I wish we at least talk to each other in the future

It's weird how we exist in multiple timelines
It's weird how we dream, how we create and judge ourselves so harshly

The balance of this world is so fickle
Our bodies and minds are so fragile

Maybe aiming for something is pointless
Maybe our reasoning is flawed just a tiny bit to keep us going despite the uncertainty

It's weird how we wish we could see into the future the same way that we see into the past

--

You, recalling your mother crying,
your brother, holding your hand

It's strange how our minds work,
how death changes us so fast

You used to be a curious kid, with raindrops in your blue eyes
You grew up with bravery and observed pain scratch your skin

Sometimes this pain still makes your voice crack
Sometimes music can't contain this burden

And I'm aware that it's impossible to see it now
But I can sense the brittle lenses of memory all over us

I know that on the other side are our future selves
And all they can see is the joy of the world tracing your smile.

The same way I do now

--

In which corner of this world will we end up?

Do you think it's nice there?

Maybe I'm naive but I don't care
because I'm smiling now

And if I have the strength to be happy now,
I might be happy in the future

[babe]

Every year in my birthday i write a letter to my future self and reopen it on the next birthday. I'm so excited for the person I'm becoming so it's my way to communicate with her and tell her that I look up to her and whatever she's going through it'll be alright. I'm so mesmerized by the way you stringed those thoughts in a very poetic way. Absolutely amazing!!!

[seemranhoro]

"If I have the strength to be happy now
I might be happy in the future".❤️

[nataliaopata]

"I hope we didn't take our life too seriously.
Sometimes we forget how delicate beings we are,
Sometimes we forget that time goes by so fast".

[flamingaish]

“did we live our dreams or
did we compromise
maybe we weren't that stubborn
and wasted some of our time
rewatching our favourite movie before christmas
and taking walks despite our deadlines”

[ashp]

0:30 "do you ever think about the people we are becoming?"
Hell yeah but at the same time I'm afraid of discovering who I eventually will become. What if I'm unable to reach my own expectations and end up taking the same road as my parents did? This thought scares me. But I'll let time answer it.

[gin]

"I hope we didn't take our life... Too serious"
Nice touch here... Nice touch

[UndinesOcean]

This gives vibes of a follow-up to the poem "the morning after I killed myself", leaving the door open to dialog with ourselves, continuity and the ever after, projecting assumed happiness, naivety and the hope that there's so much out there in the unknown.
Amazing composition! Watching this is like facing a mirror more clear than reality itself.

[sportsgala]

It is so pure .. thankssss for this piece of art

[Pocketpowerplant]

" I'm trying my best, but it's very frightening & fucking uncomfortable." ~AK

[chicaamantedelaliteratura]

It's a beautiful poem. What I love about your poems is your words are always so relatable, writing about the simplest things around us in a very poetic way. And the verses make you think and look inside your heart just to realize what's happening. I love it. Thanks for sharing. ❤️

"Sometimes we forget how delicate beings we are" 🥀

[mamoonasabzali]

This just made me tear It's just what I wanted to hear today, I've been worrying about my future and how will I end up in it, sometimes I think of my future without me, and I think of disappearing but thankyou so much for this masterpiece, it made me want to live a bit, see my future....

[sparkyfromel]

As one grow older, one doesn't think about the future, but much about the past .

[Maria-rdco]

This touches my heart as always, thank you!

[jpturner]

Another masterpiece. Thank you.!👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Arhomomurry]

Having the worst days of my life...
Thank you so much for this.

[dimi]

I am curious about what the future holds and im sure its going to be exciting, whatever it is. I will always find some reasons to smile :)

[lise]

besides the beautiful words being spoken. It is crazy to see the city that I moved to 5 months ago in this video. how now not only the words but also the cinematography gives new perspectives.

[realmsbeyond]

On the quest to self-discovery, one has to be open-minded and become acquainted with many different sources in order to understand the complex fragments of reality. Measuring the components that will fill the void, is how one can eventually come to a deep understanding of existence.

[peacelandhaven]

This brought tears to my eyes. It’s like hearing a voice from the future telling me everything will be okay. Thank you for this powerful message. ❤

[lorifromtemeculaca]

My days are always better after witnessing one of your creations!