You are the salt and light of the world

Aric 2022-03-25 09:01:18

I've been practicing writing movie reviews lately.
It was very pretentious to tell a colleague that I was watching this movie recently. I was saying at the time, I don't know why this film is called The Salt of the Earth, and I was about to express my opinion. Then this colleague who used to be a reporter for a foreign-language newspaper told me that this is a famous sentence in the Bible.
Immediately, I felt that I was very shallow, and my face blushed. Fortunately, the weather was hot and I was not noticed by everyone.
A person is born as a human being, what kind of life should he walk out of to live up to his reincarnation as an adult?
I think Salgado gave us his answer. It is to travel thousands of miles, but this is not the most important thing, the important thing is to be full of love and compassion for human beings and the world. Above all, have the courage to go out.
Thinking of it this way, Salgado is a person who perfectly interprets the three points of benevolence, knowledge and courage.
Recently, I discovered that whether it is Western teachings, psychology or traditional Chinese culture, the final thing is the same. This content is called, how should we spend our hard-earned life.

Cherish what you have at the moment.
Why are Salgado's pictures in black and white? It seems so easy to miss his point. In addition, this biopic uses too many static things, photos and interviews, of course, it may be limited by the shooting time. But it still looks kind of stuffy.

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The Salt of the Earth quotes

  • Sebastião Salgado - Photographer: We are a ferocious animal. We humans are terrible animals. Our history is a history of wars. It's an endless story, a tale of madness.

  • Sebastião Salgado - Photographer: To think that these three-month-old trees will reach their apex in 400 years. Perhaps from there we could try to grasp the concept of eternity. Maybe eternity is measurable.