Miss Potter is a biographical film based on the legendary life of British children's bookgiver Beatrix Potter.
Who is Potter?
You may have never heard of it, but many parents with children may be familiar with "Peter Rabbit", of course, provided that you pay attention to their children's reading.
Yes, it was Potter who created Peter Rabbit.
Potter's small animal fairy tales are well known all over the world, and her stories have been translated into almost every major language, from the publication of the first story in 1902 to today, printed year after year, in countless editions, and sold tens of millions. In English-speaking countries, almost every child has had one or two copies of Peter Rabbit or Tom Kitten.
If these animal fairy tales can't impress you for a while, that's okay. The life of the author Potter is far more wonderful than the fairy tale she created! It is more worth every woman's deep thinking, from this legendary female writer, I see the best state of life for women.
Born into a wealthy family, Potter inherited her father's talent for painting, who loved painting from an early age, but was pressured by his family to study law. Although the father mostly sided with his mother against Potter's ideas, in the most critical moments, the father always finally compromised and gave his daughter support.
As a child, Potter loved to observe small animals, and she would put the little mouse in her hand and talk to him. In order to see the rabbits, they often make a face of mud, which is always opposed by the mother. The mother's instruction to Potter was that he would teach his husband and son, prepare a banquet, and endure a husband who would never be punctual.
But little Potter didn't think so, she liked to draw, liked her animal friends. When the mother says, "You're like this, no man will love you!" ”
Little Potter said, "Me and my little animals will love me!" I can not get married. ”
Hearing this sentence is really enlightening!
Why should I draw on the love of others, the love of men, I will love my own! Not only that, but I also have a "thing" that I love, whether it is a career or a hobby, as long as there is such a love, life will always shine.
I can't help but think of mr. Wang Meng's essay "No Worries: My Philosophy of Life" about the definition of genius, he said:
"Genius is about concentrating time and concentrating energy. People with normal IQ, if they can concentrate their time and energy, do one or two things well, and persevere for a long time, they can generally make good achievements and show considerable talent.
In fact, the innate difference between people is likely not as big as imagined, people's ability is actually a constant, the big difference, the big variable lies in where you concentrate your time and energy, depending on which 'sutra' your spirit has gone.
Concentrate your life's energy on playing bridge, playing Go, raising clams, raising scorpions, making clay people, kneading dough people, carving insects and carving dragons, you can create achievements and become a master. It is a pity that many people spend their precious time, precious youth, and precious energy on boring, meaningless, and unattractive things! ”
This is my favorite quote about how time should be used.
I was particularly disgusted by the fact that someone always said, "Every girl dreams of her own Prince Charming, and everyone dreams of a dream wedding!" ”
I don't think Potter ever had a dream like this because she has an independent personality, a self, and a love! Her life was not just about love and marriage, and she was even a staunch unmarried person.
It wasn't until Potter was 32 years old that she had her first lover, who published her Peter Rabbit, admired her talent, supported her dreams, and encouraged her to continue creating.
Bad love makes people feel imprisoned, makes people unconfident, makes people feel that I must change to meet the requirements of the other party, and makes people live a screw. And good love makes people feel at ease, makes people confident, makes people more determined in their ideas, more happy to be themselves, willing to release their nature and authenticity in front of their lovers, of course, good lovers also love your most real appearance.
However, Potter's parents opposed their daughter marrying a merchant, and England at that time was also very "feudal", and it was also "learned and excellent"!
But Potter is very determined about her love, and she struggles with her parents. Not only was the language struggle, but more importantly, Potter consulted a lawyer and asked if her income could buy a house in the country, and the lawyer replied: "Not only one house, your current income can buy several farms!" ”
With this financial support, what else is Potter afraid of?
Perhaps, many times, our independence begins with rebellion against our parents, and Potter, who can live independently, is fully capable of making choices and decisions for his own life!
Eventually, Potter's parents compromised, but asked the family to vacation in the Lake District for three months, and if after three months, their relationship was still good, and Potter was still willing to marry him, they agreed.
In fact, this is also her parents' "delaying tactics"!
But as soon as Potter left, he never saw his lover again!
When they first separated, the two still wrote frequent letters and told each other about the pain of lovesickness, but it was not long before Potter's lover suddenly fell seriously ill, and Potter immediately went to visit, but it was too late, and even the funeral did not catch up.
Potter, who has lost her lover, shuts herself in the studio, but her little animals also leave her, and Potter's spirit has "died" with her lover.
A few months later, Potter finally came out of the haze and repainted under the persuasion of her good friend (who was also her lover's sister), and she created more beautiful fairy tales for the children.
Later, Potter bought a large number of farms to protect the pristine Lake Region of England from commerce, and the beautiful farms were the source of Potter's inspiration.
It wasn't until the age of 47 that Potter married a country lawyer who was also committed to protecting the Lake District. They share a common hobby, they raise sheep carefully, and they have won many awards in sheep shows across the country. She is not only good at sheep breeding, but also trains sheepdogs and piglets, which can be found in her works, of course, not even cute rabbits.
In 1943, at the age of 77, Porter quietly passed away. She has dedicated her life's work to the National Trust, including more than 4,000 acres of farmland, the farms she lived on during her lifetime, and her favorite sheep and pets.
Under her careful care, the Lake District is still a fairyland on earth with a strong British local atmosphere, which is far away from industrial pollution, there is no urban irritability, and it is a natural mountain stone, a natural scenery, and a flock of sheep. Potter's farm also seems to have escaped from the shackles of time and become distant and quiet.
This is the life of a legendary female writer!
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, respect and self-actualization are the highest demands in life! Potter has undoubtedly gained this respect and self-actualization. Who can not respect such a person? The works she created have been loved by many people and how many hearts have been comforted!
If you want to get such a life, in fact, anyone can, especially girls.
Two things: Love yourself and love it!
May every woman have her own quiet, calm, full and interesting life!