The fish swims to an older fish and says:
"I'm trying to find what they call the ocean."
"The ocean?"
the older fish said,
"That's where you are now."
The fish said: "Here is water, what I want is the ocean."
There is an interesting setting in "Spiritual Journey", the dead soul will go to the "place of death"; the new soul in the "place of birth" needs to be given a unique personality and ignite the "spark" in the chest To get the earth pass to the world.
But what is spark?
At first Gardner thought the spark was the purpose of life, and his spark was the piano.
He died when he was closest to his dream. So he tried his best to return to the world to realize his dream.
As if completing this important performance, he will break away from the mediocre and repetitive life and become shining from then on.
But when night fell and the crowds faded, Gardner, who had completed the coveted performance, looked dazed.
"It's just that I've been waiting for this day my whole life and I thought I'd feel differently," Gardner said.
Life is still the same, the numb crowd on the subway, the one person's room, the silent piano in the dark.
Soul No. 22 still doesn't know what his spark is, even though hundreds of billions of souls have found their spark and headed to Earth.
She only remembered that she had experienced many beautiful moments after she accidentally fell into the world.
Delicious pizza when you are hungry, lollipops from the barber shop, the interaction of a father and daughter in the sun, two women talking and laughing at the corner of the street, the music playing with your fingers over the railing;
Most of us are Gardners and forget to see the world through the lens of 22.
22 As a sudden intruder in the world, with curiosity and pure vision, he can put aside the things bound by social rules and discover the most primitive appearance of life.
She doesn't know anything about the world, but she is the one who can discover the truth the most.
Gardner's emptiness after realizing his dream lies in his misunderstanding of the meaning of "spark", which separates dream and life. Jazz became the only one, covering his eyes from life.
His heart is full of jazz, he has never paid attention to his mother's silent efforts, he has no patience to listen to his students' distress, and he is even more indifferent to the story of his friend's barber shop owner.
It wasn't until 22 accidentally entered his body that it helped him make up for the long-lost perspective on life.
After the performance, Gardner went back to his room and sat in the dark. He took out 22 small objects from his pocket that were running along his body. All kinds of experiences appeared in front of him, and his soul was awakened in an instant.
Those so-called mediocre fragments of life buried in memories.
Mom helps him take a bath, Dad takes him to listen to records, the scattered sunlight and mottled tree shadows while riding, carry the streets that change day and night, the fireworks that bloom over the city one day, the delicious cakes for rainy days, the chalk writing when teaching music The music below, the waves gently brushing the soles of the feet, the morning light I accidentally glimpsed...
Gardner played all the memories into the music, and this time the music was emotional, full and full.
A drop of water is just a drop of water, and together countless water droplets become the ocean; every day is monotonous, and countless days are connected together to become a colorful life
A lamp is ordinary, but a little bit of light can condense into the vast sea of stars in the universe.
What is spark?
"Your spark is not your goal, and when you're ready to live, the last square fills up."
The so-called spark is not a goal, not a dream, but a passion to live. And this passion can be a goal but not just a goal , it can also be a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a piece of pizza.
In my opinion, the gist of this film is easily misinterpreted as abandoning the dream and embracing the ordinary.
But the relationship between dream and life is not an either-or relationship. The film discusses the relationship between who is the cornerstone and who includes who.
Because Gardner still got the chance to perform through hard work, it shows that the film does not use ordinary as an excuse for failure.
He was empty after realizing his dream, not because he chased the dream, but because he mistakenly regarded the dream as the cornerstone of life.
I have to admire Pixar. In the first 9 minutes, the audience intentionally makes the audience think that this is just a story of chasing dreams, but explores the meaning of life from a larger perspective.
Still adhering to my favorite style, my brain is wide open, and the spiritual world is visualized. The fairy tale and the imaginative shell are wrapped in the torture of life.
Many times we are in the ocean but looking for the ocean.
Chasing dreams makes our lives more meaningful, but dreams are not the whole point of life.
No matter how the answer to the question of how to live your life, may we all be able to enjoy every minute of life like Gardner at the end.
[First published on: Public Account Morning Anxia]
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