Run it! Even if the distance is a place that can never be reached.

Suzanne 2022-03-23 09:01:55

If one day, you are in your thirties, forties, fifties or even older, if you still doubt that your life should not be like this at that time, then you are willing to live like a willful child , bravely give up everything to pursue the life you want, or choose to become a mature adult who accepts reality, is recognized by mainstream social values, and lives a so-called happy life?

If one day you decide to choose the former, it means that you may become a "madman" and a "patient" in the eyes of most people, and be labeled as "abnormal brain", and then you may face "isolation", "being rejected" "Forgotten" situation, but, you have decided to be "crazy", do you still care?

Most of us will slowly become one of the latter in the end. In many cases, the so-called growth is based on the removal of self-individuality and the gradual integration of the individual into the mainstream values ​​of this society. But at the end of the day, this is also a matter of personal choice, but the former is a more difficult option than the latter.

More than a year ago, a friend of mine once told me that he was afraid of mediocrity and could not bear the life of a normal person. He made a lot of efforts for this, although I did not understand and agree with my value judgment at that time. that way. A little over a year later he swore to tell me that he decided to try to be a normal person at least. The so-called normal category in his mouth is to fall in love and to get married. Maybe most people think that it should be a good thing for a man to grow to this level, because he has become mature. But I will still struggle with his saying "at least it looks normal", because "at least it looks normal" probably means that this kind of life is not what he really wants at present, so it has become a kind of " compromise".

I thought of "loneliness". In the book "The Neurotic Personality of Our Time", Horney once described "loneliness" as follows - "The fact that the individual is finite and lonely is inherent in human life. . . . It is this individual finitude and loneliness that most of the cultural inclinations for orgies and indulgences seek to overcome. . . . By dissolving oneself into something larger, by making oneself a greater entity As a component, the individual overcomes his finitude to a certain extent. As the "Upanishads" said: 'By disappearing into nothingness, we merge into the endless creation of the universe.'"

Each of us Facing "loneliness" will have different solutions. Some people choose to believe in religion, some people become mystics, some people choose to "compromise", and some people become "madmen" and "abnormalities" in the eyes of most people.

Davis chose to leave and continued on the path he was looking for. Some people may say that it is an escape, and he has never been able to face the reality and face his own life. However, you can't even articulate what we live for? In fact, I admire Davis, at least he has the courage to face loneliness. For a person who has not yet figured out his own life, he can be resolutely persistent in searching, even at the risk of giving up everything. Mr. Li Zhi told us that Mayakovsky once said something like this - "People must choose a life and have the courage to stick to it." And Davis is just that kind of person.

so. Run it! Davis. Even if the distance is a place that can never be reached.

And you, when can you not just "look normal", but truly recognize that kind of plain life, and know how to enjoy the true meaning of it?



ps: Although the director's expression is ok on some of the issues that he is trying to discuss, I still want to say that this is a boring film~ Be careful while watching! !

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  • Screaming Man: There will be no safety zone! I can guarantee you the safety zone will be eliminated! Eradicated! You will all be extradited - to the land of no return! It's a navigation to nowhere! If you think that's going to be fun - you've got another thing coming! I may be a slime bucket, but, believe me, I know what the hell I'm talking about! I'm not crazy! And don't say I didn't warn you! I warned you! I warned all of you!

  • Travis Henderson: Why didn't you take him with you Jane?

    Jane Henderson: I couldn't, Travis. I didn't have what I knew he needed. I didn't want to use him to fill up my emptiness.