I still remember the last time I watched "Little Forest Winter and Spring", I said that I would not go to see "Summer and Autumn" for a short time. Today I watched, the last time was winter, now it is spring, I don't know if this counts as "short time"?
After watching the movie, I went to see how I felt from the last time and tried to recall why I didn't want to see another movie at that time. Simply put, it may be that the mood at that time was not too good, and then seeing a person living alone in Komori's city made the already not very good mood more and more depressed.
But this time, everything seemed different. The most important thing is that my mood is much better than last time, but in fact, there has not been any special change in life, I don't know if it is because of spring.
Moreover, even the feeling of hindsight is completely different.
The spring, summer, autumn and winter of Xiaolin are actually four independent films, and many people on the Internet compare it with "China on the Tip of the Tongue", and also explain from different angles how "Xiaolin" is better than "Tip of the Tongue".
There are also many people, all kinds of complaining about the hustle and bustle of the city, all kinds of envy of the city's paradise-like life in a small forest, a house, a field and a person.
I don't want to say anything about such comments. It just feels like their views are contrary to what the film is trying to say.
Like the last winter and spring chapter, this summer and autumn chapter not only exports "food", but also exports many philosophies of life. Different people, even the same people in different situations, can have different gains. And, if you taste it carefully, those things are bound to make you feel like you're reaping the benefits.
Last time, I remembered that it takes up to three quarters for an onion to ripen, and if you don't have the patience, you won't be able to eat it.
And this time I felt the four words "live in the moment" very clearly.
The film uses the four seasons as the framework and the food as the foothold, but it tells the philosophy of "season".
Farmers who depend on the land must follow the changes in seasons and climate to cultivate, otherwise there will be no harvest. In the process you will encounter various problems, and then that will become your experience later.
This is how Ichiko lives in small forests, and so do the people of small forests.
Why do many people envy the city? Is it because society is too impetuous, the competition in the city is too fierce, and the pressure is too great? I don't think so, but in the end it's because of that restless heart.
I think that even if you are given a small forest, it won't be long before you miss the neon of the city again.
And, if you are day after day, undistracted, focused on the present, seriously facing work and life, even if you are in an impetuous city, your small forest will naturally appear.
At the end of the winter and spring chapters, Ichiko decides to return to the city. I think that wherever she goes, there will be a small forest in her heart.