ladyofriverrun:

Imelda and Héctor narrative parallels. 

1. Being unable to cross the bridge (and refusing to accept it)
2. Showing Miguel that they are musicians too (and shocking him in the process)
3. Angrily dismissing musicians (and being very expressive about it)
4. Attacking Ernesto (very angrily)
5. Performing on stage for the first time in nearly a century (at Miguel’s encouragement)

andantegrazioso:

transiting:

don’t make other people’s decisions for them. apply for the job you don’t think you’ll get. let them decide if you have the skills they’re looking for. tell that person you like them even though you think they’re out of your league. let them decide if they like you. stop trying to predict and control everything. bring what you have to the table. let the rest go.

Confidence is not ‘they will like me’, it is ‘I’ll be fine, or even better off, if they don’t’.