Freedom is only worth three and a half dollars

Grayson 2022-04-22 07:01:47

There is no unfettered freedom in this world, nor complete slavery. Freedom without restraint will lead to riots, and slavery too much will lead to riots. When things meet, they will reverse, and the situation turns around, watching flowers and flowers without saying a word, climbing willows and breaking branches unknown. Perhaps, the only thing to do is to die and not give in. There is a natural arrogance in the chest, and sometimes it may not be possible to get away with it. Saying that you will retreat is a foolish lie. To be born is to be tempered, and it has been tempered for a long time, and the heart is like a child, knowing that there is no limit to evil, and also knows that there is no limit to good. Old age and death are inevitable, and life is in a hurry, like a lifetime. As a high-level animal with a spirit, it should be born short, but suffering is indeed self-inflicted. After reading "The Salt of the Earth", it is said that seeing a tree that is hundreds or even thousands of years old is the real history, not the history surrounded by war, migration, hunger, and oppression. Man is the salt of the earth, a necessary creature, but not a master. When I saw the barren hilltop rainforest in the Brazilian manor being artificially planted again, my eyes filled with tears, and I also believed that the small waterfall would regenerate. I suddenly realized that the pursuit of "immortality" is the punishment that evolution (human) deserves and the creed of dying. Evolution has taken us from rooted to rootless, rooted sluggish, rootless flexible. Perhaps no one has ever thought that "pursuing immortality" is a false proposition created by man, because he knows he will be immortal, so he pursues immortality. But all things are inherently immortal, they are born and die, and they are born after death. And because of the so-called wisdom, people are divided into three, six and nine grades, high and low, good and bad. This is true of nature, and it is true of human beings. Therefore, history has been roundabout for thousands of years, and there is no solution to the problem of human instinct. But it only aggravated the disaster and accumulated useless knowledge. In the final analysis, there is still no escape from the imprisonment of time, the detention of the flesh. The Indian tribe with the chin inlaid with wood in the film, that is a harmony. There is no shame in not dressing, marriage is free, and children are innocent. It is still a matriarchal clan society. Thinking of what I had learned in October: All the claims that I did not want to give up my social identity and want to become myself are all lies. The so-called becoming oneself is nothing more than abandoning oneself, gaining recognition, and the respect and praise that come from it. Drinking hair and blood never requires politeness, because it is pure. The so-called becoming one's own person is mostly just a fanatical investment in interest, which is not something everyone can stick to. It is advertised as walking with trousers, and more is just a belt. Life is sincere and precious, and love is more expensive. If it is freedom, both can be thrown away. Freedom is the highest belief of a person, but freedom can't be overpriced, it can only be worth three and a half dollars. One is used to redeem time, so that people will no longer have to live with today for the sake of tomorrow; the other is used to deepen understanding, so that people will no longer be embarrassed because they have nowhere to put their hands; the other is used to treat children kindly and accompany him (her) three Seven years, no need for more; the last half is reserved for one's own interests, for peace of mind, immersed in love and beauty, and enjoying the temperance and infinity of art. 2015.12.30

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  • Coralie 2022-03-25 09:01:18

    [May 16, 2019-Beijing Film Academy-"Genes of Film and Wim Wenders on Creation"-Library Lecture Hall] By chance, the school library saw Sebastião Salgado's "Genesis" two days ago, Really shocked. Today the lecture was screened again with this film about Sebastião Salgado. Convinced again.

  • Francisca 2022-03-17 09:01:07

    The movie is great, but mainly Salgado is great. (Unfortunately, it’s not a fan, otherwise it’s probably great to see the real Wim Wenders.) Every photographer who forces himself to look directly at the darkest side of mankind like this doesn’t know how strong his calling and belief are, but There are admiration, and thank them for broadening the boundaries of photography. After reading it, I feel that I am more humane... But should I let this impulse go away without doing anything? I feel a little anxious.

The Salt of the Earth quotes

  • Sebastião Salgado - Photographer: We are a ferocious animal. We humans are terrible animals. Our history is a history of wars. It's an endless story, a tale of madness.

  • Sebastião Salgado - Photographer: To think that these three-month-old trees will reach their apex in 400 years. Perhaps from there we could try to grasp the concept of eternity. Maybe eternity is measurable.