"Song of the Sea": If misery is unavoidable, let it be the essential black on the palette of life

Nick 2022-03-23 09:02:29

In this life, many people have to face the hardships of life, the ups and downs of fate, and the separation of life and death from their loved ones. When misfortune and disaster strike, sorrow and pain weigh upon us like a mountain. At this time, many people will be completely overwhelmed by sadness like Mike Lear. He forgets life and those who still love him; some people like Cher's father only know how to numb themselves by borrowing wine all day long. Escape from life and reality; there are people like Macha, the owl witch, who try to control their emotions and let themselves live as cold-blooded and ruthless as a stone; or like Ben to spread resentment to those closest to them.

Song of the Sea (2014)
8.8
2014 / Ireland Denmark Belgium Luxembourg France / Animated Fantasy Adventure / Tom Moore / David Rolle Brendan Gleeson

Pain and grief grip the bodies and minds of these people like the devil. Few people want to believe that the singing of the seal spirits will relieve them from their misery. But it turns out that the beautiful singing of the seal elves not only saves those elves living in misery, but also makes their own lives full of vitality.

There are many people in ancient and modern times at home and abroad who are like seal spirits, they have realized happiness in the midst of suffering. They have not only produced a series of touching and world-famous works, but also endowed life with deeper meaning.

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In the life of Beethoven, one of the greatest composers in the history of world music, poverty, illness, disappointment, loneliness, etc. tormented him. He had no wife and no children all his life. At the age of 28 his hearing began to weaken, and by the age of 48 he was completely deaf, and he could only communicate with others by writing. But the last seven of his nine symphonies were written after he was deaf, and the third, fifth, sixth and ninth symphonies are considered timeless masterpieces.

Beethoven said: "Pain can destroy people, and those who suffer can also destroy pain. Creation requires difficulties. Suffering is a gift from God. One of the great advantages of outstanding people is that they are persevering in adverse and difficult encounters." Pain and grief were thus exploited by Beethoven, who turned them into the most beautiful notes in the world. These notes resounded throughout his lonely life, but also resounded throughout the world.

After being tortured by the palace, Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, still endured humiliation and burdened, and completed the "Records of the Grand Historian", which was praised by Lu Xun as "a masterpiece of historians, a rhythmless show of rhythm". He wrote in "Pao Ren'an Shu": "Gai Xibo was restrained and performed "Book of Changes"; Zhong Niehe wrote "Spring and Autumn"; Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote "Li Sao"; Zuoqiu was blind, and Jue had "Mandarin"; Sun Zibin Foot, "The Art of War" was revised; Bu Wei moved to Shu, the legend "Lü Lan"; Han Fei imprisoned Qin, "Said Difficulty", "Glonely Anger"; "Poems" three hundred chapters, Dadi sages did what they did when they were angry .” This passage probably endows grief with its deepest meaning.

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"There is suffering and happiness is life, and there is joy and sadness is life." When the suffering in life is unavoidable to face, we might as well accept it calmly and let it be fully integrated into our body and mind, maybe it will become an indispensable one on the palette of life A touch of black.

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Extended Reading

Song of the Sea quotes

  • [repeated line]

    Ben: Holey Moley

    [repeated line]

    Ben: Holy Mary and Joseph

    Ben: [to his sister] are you really a selkie?

  • Conor: [on his daughter's seal skin] I threw it away... I should've done it years ago

    Conor: [locks his daughter's seal skin in a chest which he throws overboard] I lost you Bron... I can't lose her as well