Extended Reading
  • Grayce 2022-04-23 07:03:25

    Intimacy with animals

    I think in her heart, maybe you have already become her partner, crawling on your chest without reservation, at that moment, she is like a child, trusting you and relying on you intimately, but she may not understand why When she is in danger, you stand by and watch. Octopuses' lives are short, so...

  • Lukas 2022-04-21 09:02:52

    death is the last peace of mind

    Understand part of what the film wants to convey, grow out of nature, and eventually return to nature. Because of the shortness and impermanence of life, we must learn to be strong, tolerant, wise, and gentle in order to fight against life.

    One life is for the experience and for the reproduction of...

  • Naomie 2022-01-08 08:01:31

    I didn't expect that octopus is such a high IQ creature, it was amazing. Nature has a "mind" that can heal people's hearts.

  • Mervin 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    It's very touching, but I can't come to the author's final conclusion that all things are animistic. The feeling this story gives me is that life is cruel and impermanent and meaningless. Such a cute and spiritual octopus still passes on genes and then dies. Nao, she lost her wits against sharks and the feelings she had with humans, and the individual became a slave to pass on genes, a very hateful nature.

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My Octopus Teacher quotes

  • Craig Foster: What she taught me was to feel... that you're part of this place, not a visitor. That's a huge difference.

  • [first lines]

    Craig Foster: A lot of people say an octopus is like an alien. But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them, you realize that we're very similar in a lot of ways.