When will we long for the wilderness?

When I stood at the crossroads of Xidan yesterday evening, my mood had nothing to do with the wilderness. The street lights in the distance ignited bright yellow like flames, and the crowds fainted into the enchanting night of the city. I stopped, thinking about whether to go left or right, and my heart gradually became a little confused.

All kinds of scenes in "Survival in the Wilderness" appeared in front of him. When a friend recommended this film, I felt somewhat disapproving. Longing for tranquility in the hustle and bustle is a very physical desire, and people who have been in the city for a long time longing for the wilderness, what is there to say?

Until I gradually understood the reason why he ran away from the wilderness. The torn apart marriage under the peaceful appearance, the love full of control and desire, the perfunctory concealment of affection... Needless to say, I am tired of all this too. And I believe that when many people hold their mobile phones in the middle of the night and don’t know whom to call, after hurting each other with their loved ones, they will be deeply tired of all this.

He didn't want to be part of this order, to live like a living person, and eventually pass away like them.

So he abandoned everything and went into the wilderness. Burning cash, donating deposits, discarding the car... These actions are nothing short of being made into a movie, but apart from that, we really can’t find anything more meaningful to discard. Tools used to be a boost for our ancestors, but for us, it is simply a kind of pampered restraint. I think he discarded all this with the determination to die-either live meaningfully or die tragically.

I actually don't understand his choices: walking, crossing, drifting, it seems savage and clumsy. Some of the people who came across made him sober insight, but some made him even more confused. He is just searching hopelessly and persistently—when the destination is missing, the searching process itself becomes valuable.

We are actually looking for happiness, survival, and love. The two hours and thirty minutes in front of the player was just a warm-up for a journey. In fact, we are making such preparations at any time, just waiting for an opportunity to trigger.

Or resolutely plunge into the wilderness, or sigh lightly, and once again hide into the huge vortex of the city.

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