Haruki Murakami, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yataro Matsuura, Tatsuya Tanaka... When the names of these five people are put together, what is your first reaction? Novelists, musicians, directors, love to run, get close to nature, enjoy food, although the age, occupation, preferences are not the same, but they actually have a common identity - life aestheticians. Putting aside the stereotype that male compatriots are not exquisite enough, today let's see what kind of aesthetics and perceptions these Japanese men have in life, and please try to rethink: What is the beauty in life?
The term "Kokyo" was very popular in previous years, and its first appearance was in Haruki Murakami's essay collection "Afternoon on Langerhans Island". All along, the impression of Murakami is like boiled noodles, plain and a little dull, when I was in college, I always slept very quickly and soundly in the library, and I was looking forward to meeting the magical and strange world in the novel, and I didn't understand the authenticity of life. It wasn't until recently, when I turned these books over again, that I tasted them.
Movie "Listen to the Wind"
How did Murakami discover the small fortunes in life? He wrote about summer, and he thought that this season was the most joyful: "On a summer afternoon when the sun is hot, wearing a pair of shorts and drinking beer while listening to rock and roll is simply beautiful to the sky." "After strenuous exercise, I'm going to have a can of cold beer—" Well——, yes, that's it!" The excitement of such a person closing his eyes and can't help but talk to himself is an empowerment in any case. There is no such little fortunate life, it is just a dry desert, I think. ”
Living alone away from the city, going to bed early and getting up early, listening to vinyl discs, running marathons, loving to eat, love wine, love to pet cats... Look at the writer's study, a large bookcase neatly stacked with his music collection, which contains about ten thousand vinyl records, mostly jazz.
A long wooden table is placed next to a leather sofa, and this space can be used for both creation and office, as well as a good place to rest and meet.
Murakami likes to tidy up, just look at the layout of the study. He also cherished clothes, preferring to wash them by hand rather than sending them to the laundromat, often ironing his clothes while listening to jazz, and rolling up his washed clean underwear and placing them neatly in a drawer, which was also a small but certain happiness for him.
Most of the desks are small objects that carry memories, such as the lamp base full of travel collection, wooden feet from Laos, marble stones from Scandinavia, and coffee cups are souvenirs bought in Switzerland, with his favorite eye-catching red and simple design. These objects were amulet-like presences to him.
The pencil head had to be sharpened, as Murakami bought from a big-budget store in the United States, and the glass used for storage was given to a familiar record store.
In most of Murakami's novels, the protagonist always has a faint sense of alienation, if you want to know what he is like in life, you can look at the "Murakami Asahido series", food, travel, long-distance running, dating, cats, adolescence, dream lovers, constellations, etc., he did not hesitate to chat with readers, before I thought Murakami was not interesting enough, but now it seems that "interesting" originally had no clear, fixed interpretation ah ~
Finally, Murakami is famous early, the impression is that he is the favorite of the post-80s (in order to determine this I also went to Baidu, see the picture above), but in fact he has not been angry until now, because its output is really very high, another Japanese writer who can compete with him is Keigo Higashino, Murakami wrote: Life is inherently unfair, unequal, one kind of thing that people can get through hard work, another kind of people can get it without hard work, this is not unfair, what is inequality? Could it be that because of this, he has not stopped working hard (purely brain holes).
I have to say that Sakamoto Ryuichi's face when he was young, with his own idol filter, these two photos are Liang Chaowei and Jin Chengwu, and sure enough, there are always similarities between handsome guys.
Musicians, composers and actors, although there are many identities, but everything is a feast, Ryuichi Sakamoto's artistic talent has amazed everyone from the beginning of his debut, the original synth rock band ymo, which had a pioneering influence on the acidhouse and techno movements; collaborated with David Bowie and Takeshi Kitano to star in "Happy Christmas on the Battlefield"; composed the soundtrack for "The Last Emperor" and won an Oscar...
And what kind of person is Ryuichi Sakamoto in life? In the documentary, he spends most of his time at home composing music, a small studio with a variety of instruments that can hardly be decorated.
Ryuichi Sakamoto's aesthetic of life is also more revealed at work, in other words, his work and life have long been integrated and inseparable. In order to listen to the sound of the rain, he put the bucket on his head and walked straight into the rain, even if he was older, you could still see from him the innocence and sincerity of a child.
Surprisingly, geniuses like him would also say: anxiety when they have to rest for a year because of their bodies. After his debut, he has almost no long-term experience of not working, and his attitude towards life is to try his best to the extreme, leaving no regrets.
The light under the shutters penetrated into the wisps, leaving traces on his face, and the depth of the wide sofa was just enough to allow his body to sink in, for complete and steady relaxation.
He also has some cute lifestyle habits, such as brushing his teeth in the sink of the open kitchen.
Without too much desire for food, vegetables, fruits and coffee can meet the needs of a meal.
The objects at the time of creation were just a glass of white water and a few pencils. These details of life are reminiscent of an idiom: the road to simplicity.
Friends who love home should be no stranger to Kore-eda, in his films such as "Walking Non-Stop", "Deeper Than the Sea", "Sea Street Diary" and so on, we have seen the real and beautiful Japanese life, not to mention "Thief Family", which not only has a good reputation, but also won him the Palme d'Or.
Movie "Deeper Than the Sea"
It is Kore-eda's film, which may make you feel like there is no beginning and no end, there is no complete story, it seems to be just a clip from ordinary life, a bland, trivial day, a slow tone, but the characters are portrayed intriguingly. He believed that it was better to discover meaningless but rich life than to die meaningfully.
Movie "Thief Family"
In recent years, kore-eda has published books at an astonishing rate, about 2-3 books a year. In the book "The Speed of Walking", he once wrote: I don't like the plot of the protagonist overcoming weaknesses, guarding his family and saving the world, but I want to describe the moment when the world that has no heroes and only ordinary people live suddenly becomes beautiful. For him, it was precisely because of imperfection that the world became so colorful. That's why we have a family that we see in "Thief Family", there are shortcomings and shining points, let us really substitute and empathize.
From left to right: Jia Zhangke, Hou Xiaoxian, and Kore-eda in 1998
Kore-eda talked about his own growth experience, saying that at the age of 9, he moved to a 3ldk house with three bedrooms + living room + dining room + kitchen layout, and had been living in his hometown before this, grandfather, parents, two sisters and a total of six people, squeezed into two bedrooms only the size of six and three tatami mats, children have no concept of privacy, but also want to have their own space. When kore-eda always spends time in the closet when he comes back from school or after dinner, there is a scene in which a teenager spends a lonely time in the closet with a stolen flashlight in the film, and in director Yang Dechang's films.
Movie "Non-Stop"
In the two years when his mother was seriously ill, it was Kore-eda who visited the hospital almost every day, so he re-sorted out the trivial memories of the past two people getting along, after the death of his mother, he spent 8 days to complete the first draft of the script of "Non-stop", saying that the film comes from life, perhaps the story under his lens also has the shadow of himself and his family, which is more impressive.
The phrase "heaven and earth have feelings" is what Hou Xiaoxian often writes on paper, and Kore-eda also agrees with this concept. In his view, whether it is works or feelings, it has long been contained in the world, and the world is hidden in the details of the film.
Needless to say, Yataro Matsuura knows that his title is "The Best Man in All of Japan", right? Over the years, he has published a lot of books, "Good Things 100", "Today Also Live With Your Heart", "Yataro Matsuura's Cooking Notes", all of which are simple and easy to read, to be honest, there is no practical significance after reading them, but they just have the magic to make you buy it back and read it next time... Think about it, maybe it's because the things condensed in the text make people feel good about being alive.
Yataro Matsuura's ig is also full of life breath, and he is frozen in the moment at home, worthy of the name of a life aesthetician.
The round table is used as a desk, and like the chair, it is a slender shape, exuding exquisite and natural beauty.
The dining table is square, made up of wood panels of different looks and colors, which is a bit of elegance. Carefully tasted, there is also a bit of wabi-sabi meaning.
The walls are made of two recliners and a carpet to create a simple resting corner, and the hanging painting decoration makes the wall say goodbye to monotony.
Side tables, in addition to the neat look and feel brought by storage, there is also a sense of design brought by decorative painting borders.
Yataro Matsuura's daily painting of coffee cups is also fun to take a small thing seriously.
Another resting corner, the high and low plants, the natural light sprinkling, and the soft touch of the carpet are all pleasant.
"The sound of wind chimes swaying in the wind can cool down a hot day", the commonality of lifers is to please themselves in the subtleties.
Tatsuya Tanaka's identity is also quite peculiar, called a miniature creative artist. In his works, you will see the familiar vegetables, fruits, wallets, notebooks, coffee machines, turned into the life scene of 1.5 cm small people.
His constant inspiration, stunning composition and excellent photography have earned him 2.68 million followers on ig and the title of "King of Japanese Brain Holes".
Since 2011, Tatsuya Tanaka has insisted on publishing these creations online, which he calls the "micro-calendar" program. So, in the shrinking world, you can see two big brothers steaming in the cage drawer.
A man and a dog accompanied, logging in the asparagus forest.
Onion turned into a DJ, if dj played like this, would you still love him?
The inhabitants of the miniature kingdom also enjoy various sports, such as climbing lettuce mountain and parachuting to land on rib mountain.
The usual egg packaging box was also transformed into a target for the exploration team.
The wallet is a newsstand and the capsule coffee machine is a resort.
Even the notebook can be played by Tatsuya Tanaka, playing the piano or riding a roller coaster as you choose, can be static and moving.
These works make people see not only his creativity, but also the nuanced observation of life, some of which are really beautiful, such as the laboratory version of the ufo event, the ancient rhyme visual blockbuster created by table tennis and rackets, and Tanaka Tatsuya's inspiration really seems to have no dry day.
Tatsuya Tanaka's studio has many objects of all sizes, but visually it gives people a sense of comfort.
Of course, the storage of these villains is also quite an important matter, and Tatsuya Tanaka's method of sorting them is to classify them according to occupation and action, so that each ta has a place to stay
Love life regardless of gender, does not matter the form, busy or leisure, as long as you feel with your heart, you can always find the beauty of the world, please yourself, this thing, is a lifetime. The five male gods aesthetically grouped, which one do you pick as the c position? Leave a message to share the moments in your life that make you feel happy
Curated / vivian
Edited / Norverka
Visual /lzz
Pictures / Network