Although we may not have had all the candy we wanted
But we could eat fresh, clean breeze
Drink the beautiful, peach-colored sunrise.
This is a poem by Kenji Miyazawa and a famous phrase that appears repeatedly in the animated film "The Spring of Kenji".
Because I accidentally watched "The Spring of Kenji", I think it is particularly beautiful and recommended to you.
"Kenji No Haru" is an old 1966 anime and a film created in honor of Kenji Miyazawa, which is less than 60 minutes long and brilliantly pours out Kenji's 37 years of life and thought.
Of course, as an animation work, the presentation of expression techniques and imagination is naturally a must-mention place, and there are many wonderful images used in the film, such as white cranes, reeds, telephone poles, starry skies, trains, railways, clouds, etc. The picture of the sky is impressive.
Some netizens commented: It complements the poetry collection and outlines Kenji Miyazawa's thoughts, inspiration, heart, life and poetry with exquisite pictures. Kenji Miyazawa in the depths of his soul, so poetic, illusory, emotional, and sad!
Interestingly, all the characters that appear in the anime are drawn by the director as cats, because cats are one of the animals that often appear in Kenji Miyazawa's works.
Mr. Miyazawa is a writer full of poetry and imagination, born into a rich family, but very sympathetic to poor peasants, he spent his life in the pursuit of dreams and truth, a lifetime of living in his own ideals, burning himself to create literature, and using actions to help others, not understood and known by the world during his lifetime.
Until the end of his life, he did not give up his yearning for a pure heart and the pursuit of eternal life.
As his lifelong best friend and only friend in the movie commented: Kenji, as if you were walking on clouds, ideals and clouds in dreams.
Early in the anime, we see Kenji as such an interesting teacher who doesn't follow the rules, even a little strangely, often jumps out of the window and takes his students to feel the breath of nature, knock on stones, and listen to the whispers of the earth.
The students thought he was a freak, but they liked him.
Then he resigned as a teacher and began farming, moving further toward his dream.
But there were very few people who really understood him, only her only friends and sister.
It is no wonder that his world is too unique, he has a magical ability to feel, he sees that the wind is not the wind, he sees that the stone is not a simple stone, the wind can be drunk, the stone has its own language, and everything is alive and equal.
But the real world is incomparably cruel, and the friends who have returned to reality and are gradually drifting away, the sister who is sick and dead, the family members who are not understood and the people around him, all make him have doubts, but it is only a moment of sadness, even if people will eventually return to nothingness, and he will still bloom the light of his thoughts without compromise.
Although other farmers did not appreciate and agree with his approach, Kenji still worked hard and realized that labor is really tiring, and we should learn to appreciate its beauty.
One of the scenes that impressed me the most was that kenji, in order to save the students who had become thieves, took him up the mountains and waded through the waters, kept moving forward, and finally came to the end, he said to the students: Among the hundreds of millions of people on this planet, you and I have become teachers and students, the most mysterious miracle, the so-called "fate". We have a good chance of becoming fathers and sons, or even brothers. No, from now on, let's be true brothers.
Kenji is so compassionate and compassionate, with a gentle heart like gold.
Throughout his lonely life, Kenji's writings were not recognized by the world, and he experienced setbacks again and again, but he was always able to firmly believe in his ideals.
Perhaps, we do not need to be understood by many people in our lifetime, if one or two are still understood, it will not be so lonely!
Therefore, Kenji has always held on to his own light, and gladly paid for it, crazy for it.
Life is like poetry, Kenji, the person who walks on the clouds, this person who is rooted in the earth, turns his life, emotions, and thoughts into words, and truly achieves the moment, that is, eternity.