Before watching this movie, all I knew about octopus probably came from the dining table. I don't know anything about the life of this creature with countless suckers and eight tentacles. I dive into the depths with Craig (starring), into her world.
Her appearance is impressive, she picks up shells, dresses up as her own shell, and curls up into a ball like a rock on the bottom of the sea. A fish swam past her, and she suddenly stretched out her tentacles, showing her true face.
A mollusk with a lifespan of less than a year, living on the seabed full of danger. Growing up as an orphan, there were no parents to teach her the skills to survive. She lives alone and is not a social animal. All skills in life are developed by self-exploration. In order to avoid natural enemies and ensure her personal safety, she has learned various methods of disguise. Hide in the seaweed and wrap yourself in the seaweed. She can change the color and texture of her body to blend in with her surroundings. Sometimes she disguised herself as a piece of aquatic plants and walked on the seabed with her two feet, and sometimes she flew on the seabed like an arrow from a string.
She is not someone who trusts others easily. In such a cruel world, the price of being silly and sweet may be death. She kept her distance the first time she saw Craig and wore a shell as a shield. But as the days passed, she began to realize that this creature was probably not a threat to her, and she let down her guard and even became curious. She followed Craig, wondering where he was going. But when Craig's camera slipped, freaking her out, she left immediately and moved.
When you're obsessed with something, you want to know everything about her. You learn to think like her, you go beyond your own boundaries, you try to understand, you start to care about everything in nature. Man should not be a visitor to nature, man is a part of nature. Craig explored her trail and learned the imprints of various creatures in the sea, and finally they met a week later. This time she didn't leave, she stretched out her tentacles like him. When her hand touched Craig's, I was moved through the camera.
It's love, albeit a one-sided emotion that may be Craig's. But when you think about a "fish" all day, know all the details of her life, the understanding that arises across species, look forward to the daily meeting, never be absent. Such concern is not what love is. If transcending species can produce compassion, compassion and love, then treat your own kind even if there seems to be a gap between you, as long as you are willing to open yourself up and extend that welcome hand to each other, there is no inseparable estrangement. .
Nature is cruel.
But life is also tenacious.
It turns out that you are such a clever creature, and you also have time to play. I also understand what I mean to your life, maybe to add a little fun to you. How can people resist such a sudden hug, I was already elated.
Life is so fragile, but life is also extremely gorgeous. Love and understanding begin with putting other lives ahead of oneself.
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