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"Farewell, my dear father, and my dear mother. I was about to go on a trip to this country, and when I got tired of walking, I sat down and cried. Thinking of my beautiful Salo, tears moistened her eyes. "
"It's an old song, right?"
"I just love old songs"
"Me too"
———— "The Age of the Sails"
There are many precious and beautiful things in the world, but there are not many that really belong to themselves, even if they are created by their own hands, they do not necessarily truly exist in the world forever, and they belong to a certain person. The most regrettable thing in life is to give up what should not be given up easily, and in the end, instead of being light, it is impossible to regret it at a certain moment; it is more than stubbornly insisting on what should not be insisted on, and unintentional self-restraint is a heavy shackle that too many people cannot easily break free. It should be known that if you do not abandon yourself, do not give up on yourself, and have dreams, the ship of the times will never leave anyone behind, if you try to take a step closer to the times, any seemingly forgotten person can step on the footsteps of the times, the shackles of the soul are not broken, and they will eventually achieve the sunshine and sing.
Dickens said in A Tale of Two Cities, "This is the best of times, this is the worst of times." In 1900, an era of great change for the world, the invention of the steam engine was a strong landmark for the arrival of the steam age. Many jobs that can be done by human beings become only possible by steam. Steam replaced the first group of human workers who faced the steam age. The story in the short film "The Age of Sails" takes place in the era of the alternation of the old and new eras before and after the arrival of the steam age, and the conflict in the story in just ten minutes is actually from the conflict of the times.
First, the lonely people of the times, for whom the song is sung
The old captain was full of vigor and wanton wave of the era, is an old era with human sailing as the protagonist of the sea, the captain and the crew cooperate tacitly, with a small sailing ship to swim arbitrarily on the vast Atlantic Ocean, they have a song of pride in their hearts, they are the leaders of the sea journey, the guardians of the safety of the sea, and the reassurance pills for escorting the voyage. "Good morning, ladies! We walked around and had fun. Pull up the sails! Soon we will be back home.
Good morning, ladies! When we got to Bristol town, we pushed harder and pulled up the sails! This will be the last time we dance the waltz", a simple song, sung by sailors on the sailboat, just looking at the lyrics is quite a bit of a "spring breeze triumphant horseshoe disease" like a teenager's heart. Sailing safely with more than a thousand ships, they are heroes from the sea. However, heroes are born in response to the times, and the times cast heroes, but they have never changed the trajectory of their operations because of any hero.
The same is true of the old sailor's day. 21 years later, a huge era change blocked his "hero's path". Steamships have become popular on the sea, not only the significance of the existence of human-powered sailing ships at sea has gradually been replaced by this powerful behemoth, the number of ships piloted by sailboats has gradually decreased, and the sense of faith of human-powered sailing ships in the hearts of sailors has gradually been eaten away by it. One by one, the sailors left the old captain, stripped away the glory of coexisting on this sailboat again and again, and the sailboat finally became a small boat, carrying the old captain who had long been white-haired, drifting aimlessly in the vast sea.
Lonely boats, lonely and lonely coexist, tomorrow the world is big and the four seas are home, but it is difficult to have a real place. The young and vigorous songs of the early years have lingered a little in the heart, but no one will sing them together again, and they will never sing with people again. "I came to this country in 1894, I have witnessed many true loves, but mine has never appeared, I look around, alone, I am just a poor sailor, far away from home" The lonely people of this era, the unspeakable songs in their hearts, can they sing for whom?
Loneliness is a compulsory course for a person's growth, and learning to watch over loneliness is a compulsory road to growth and an essential element on the road to growth. But such loneliness, at least the spirit will have a warm home, so as to enrich those years of solitude, never wither. If, even those who are spiritually lonely, the world is vast, where can they be the destination?
A person has at least one dream, has a reason to be strong, and if the heart has no place to live, it is wandering everywhere. - Sanmao
Second, the shackles of self-imposed are difficult for whom
The arrival of the steam age is an unavoidable established trend in the development of human civilization, it is an important milestone in the progress of human civilization, no one will not praise its magic and greatness, even if it is the heroic old sailors who have been traversing the sea for many years, looking at the huge steamship on their own weathered and enduring small sailing ship, they also have to sigh, "They can't see us, they are too far away from us, we are too small", and even can't help but have a kind of anxiety. A helpless and urgent anxiety that comes from the pressure of steamships is "we're still on the course, you bastard." He stubbornly believed that there was still a fixed route on the sea that belonged to him, protecting himself like a boundary, and not violating the river water with the steamship well water, but he did not know where he had a destination, a sailing ship without a target, and where did the so-called route come from.
It is such a king who does not know how many big winds and waves, under the strong change of the new era, he has to admit that the era of human sailing has been replaced by steam sailing ships. Behind his sad scolding is a kind of desolation in the depths of his heart, a fear of the new steam age, and a rejection of the new era. He stubbornly believed that as long as I insisted on the small world of my sailing ship and insisted on not boarding the steamship, I would still be the full of spirited captain who crossed the sea, and my time would not be outdated. However, how can the real era be so crisply divided into two and coexist peacefully, and the significance of the arrival of steamships is to refresh the pace of change in an era.
In fact, perhaps the old man understands it in his heart, so he always drifts in the sea, never landing or approaching those ships, as if he knows that once he docks or gets on the ship, he will be dissolved by the new era, but the stubborn self-deception maintains the pride of a hero in an era. But in fact, the steamship never went far, just stayed not far from the sailboat, waiting for the old sailor to drive closer. The new era has never thought of cannibalizing the dreams and pride of this late old man, and has even been waiting for the old sailor to take a step forward, following the pulse of the new era, as long as he takes a step, he can successfully land on the shore, the times have never given the old sailor any shackles, and the source of the old sailor's spiritual shackles has always been himself.
The train of the times will not abandon any one, give up the stubborn shackles attached to their hearts, through the pulse of the times, touch the voice of the times, in fact, bathing in the sun and singing is a simple and happy gift.
The world no longer needs old sailors, I should have been, alone. - "The Age of Sails"
Third, the release of the heart, the redemption of the self
Just as melancholy is the potential to become a poet, solitude is the essence of a hero. There is no real empathy in the world, the loneliness of the old sailor, the proud loneliness of a hero at sea, and who knows one or two of the bitterness. The appearance of the girl Laura is not so much providence as a bridge and ladder for the old sailor's self-redemption. The captain saved the girl's life, but the girl also liberated the captain's heart. Her understanding, companionship and encouragement finally allowed the old sailor to unload the shackles that had long been overwhelmed, and helped the old sailor naturally embark on the ship of the new era, and finally smoothly integrate with the new era.
Heroes do not ask the source, heroes come into being, but not in response to Providence, but at their own will. This era is a "visible era", the world will move forward without anyone, in the face of the times, we are still just ordinary people; this era, but also an "invisible era", it can not illuminate every specific individual, can affect the individual, not an era, but ourselves, in the face of the times, we are all our own heroes.
Immortal sailors, even if they set sail again after a while, can still ride the wind and waves and be invincible. "We can do it, we're about to catch up with the ship!" This is definitely the fastest boat at sea! That's right, weathered by wind and frost, and endured for a long time. I knew we could catch up! "No matter how the times change, how the ships change, the existence of human sailing ships can never be erased, when all the dust settles, the wind and waves are hidden under the calm, is the huge energy and explosive power of the small sailing ship, is the style and passion that cannot be said with people, many people, things or abilities, can be replaced, but will never be erased."
The old sailor finally gave up his sailboat to board the big ship, in fact, it is to show that he is willing to give up his attachment to the old era, willing to unshackle his arrogance, let go of himself, enter the new era, and feel the sunshine under the new era. This old man, who was "forgotten" by the times, carefully and sensitively and fragilyly waited for the glory of the old era and the old era in the muddy sea drifting, and finally came out of the glorious time of the past and finally connected with the pulse of the new era.
"Farewell, my dear father, and my dear mother. I was about to go on a trip to this country, and when I got tired of walking, I sat down and cried. Thinking of my beautiful Salo, tears moistened her eyes. Just like this old song, the little girl left her parents and traveled alone, experiencing two ups and downs in her life on the way, although she seemed to be at a loss, but never gave up on herself. It's just that when I was full of passion in my chest, I accidentally remembered my own good memories, and I couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic in my heart. The old sailor, like the parents mentioned in the song, his crew is like his son, the arrival of the steamship, so that his children left him, leaving a small sailing ship that has gone through vicissitudes, painting the ship as a prison, guarding the original nostalgic emotions in his heart.
It seems that there is providence in the darkness, and it is the arrival of the little girl that gives the old man a chance to unload his armor and touch the new era, and at the same time gives the old man the opportunity to break the shackles of the soul, so when the two finally step on the ship, the sunshine is so beautiful, and the years will be so safe. Remove the attached heavy shackles and look into the distance to see that the world is actually gentle and lovely.
Since someone wants to give me a ride, I'll just stop by - "The Age of sails"
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"The Age of Sails" is an era of self-struggle, in this era, the change comes too quickly and too quickly, and the momentum is too vast. Under the impact of such an era, it is inevitable that some people will stop in the middle and forget themselves in the middle. But the ship of the times will not leave everyone behind, as long as you do not give up, when you work hard, you will find that your ship will be as unbridled as ever, as always, enough to make yourself full of pride, then you will find that the times will never abandon anyone who does not give up on it.
This is an era full of heroes, but also an era that does not require heroes. It's just that each of us needs heroes to achieve self-liberation and redemption, as long as we look through the pulse of the times, touch the voice of the times, and conform to the footsteps of the times, we will already find that we are the heroes who bathe in the warmest sunshine and walk in songs.