as in past
the events or experience of former times
my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday
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This temporal blurring between past and present is echoed in the structure of the installation itself, which creates a kind of time loop between the two films, shuttling the viewer between the immediate danger of the war’s outbreak and the lingering trauma of its memory.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
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The Six of Cups asks you to revisit your past—not to dwell, but to reclaim lost parts of yourself.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Yesterday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yesterday. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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