01. It wasn’t what I saw that stopped me, Max, it was what I didn’t see. Do you understand that? What I didn’t see.
I stopped, not because of what I saw, but because of what I didn’t see. Do you understand? It’s because of invisible things.
For a person who wants to fight to the end of the world, travel around the world, and become famous, it may be difficult to understand the theme and meaning of the movie "The Pianist on the Sea".
Because I felt the same way at the beginning. I thought the protagonist 1900 was a huge fool.
All his talents and musical talents were wasted on this ship, as the ship sank in the sea.
If he had chosen to get off the ship, his musical works and piano talent could have brought him endless glory and wealth, and he could have lived his life in style.
However, he did not do that, and the only work left in the world was the broken record. But he himself disappeared into the sea with the ship.
1900, was born in the sea and died in the sea. He came to this world once, but never went to the land. It was like a god descending to earth, and the gods and Buddhas returned to their places, which made people awe-inspiring.
02. In all that sprawling city, there was everything except an end. There was no end.
The endless city has everything, except the end, there is no end.
After more than 30 years of persistence, he thought about going to the sea, but when he stood on the stairs, he looked at the endless stretch of land, crisscrossing roads and jagged and dense buildings in front of him, and he hesitated.
There is everything on the land, but there is no end. It is because these endless things make people troubled, painful, and unable to be themselves and do as they please.
So he chose to stay.
03. Take a piano, hmm? The keys begin, the keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you different. There are 88 keys, you can’t go wrong, they are not unlimited.
Life on board is limited. The distance from bow to stern is only over 100 meters, there are only 2,000 people on board, and there are 88 piano keyboards. These are very clear and simple, and there is an end.
Therefore, 1900 can freely play the music he likes in the boat, without fighting for fame or fortune, without envy, without jealousy, and without greed, anger or delusion. He can be leisurely and relaxed.
04. You are infinite. And on those keys, the music that you can make is infinite.
music is unlimited. On the keys, infinite music is played.
However, what he wanted was to be able to play unlimited music on limited keys. Although he had never gotten off a ship in his life, he also traveled around the world with the ship. Although there were only 2,000 people on the ship, there were only 2,000 people on board each time. They are all different. He has also seen people from various places, and he has also seen them in all kinds and noisy ways.
Although he has been playing the piano, his music has long transcended the ship and has spread to all parts of the world along with the ship passengers, beyond the sky and beyond infinite time and space.
05、How do you do it down there? How do you choose just one?
landed ashore, where to go?
This is the reason why he does not want to go ashore. The people on the shore are too famous, too impetuous, and have too many desires! Every day I ask why? Worried and scared every day.
Spring has come, and I worry that summer has not come yet. Summer has come, and I worry that autumn has not come yet. I have been busy with all kinds of social activities, work, worldly relations, houses, cars, wives, children and other complicated affairs, losing myself and losing the meaning of life.
There is an infinite piano on the shore. How to play it?
06. One woman, one house, one piece of land to call your own, one landscape look at, one way to die. All that world just weighing down on you. You don’t even know where it comes to an end.
If you love a woman, live in a house, buy a piece of land, look at a view, and it will lead to a dead end. There are so many choices, I am at a loss as to what to choose, endless and boundless.
These are the people on the shore, just like Jerry Moore Morton, the self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz ", and the 1900 playing piano. Jerry is ups and downs in the worldly desires, always competitive and strong-willed, competing. Fame and wealth are sought after, so he strongly wants to compete with 1900.
But how can he compare with 1900 when he is stained by the world of mortals? Jerry's piano skills have a lot more craftsmanship, and the hands are not as good as the heart. However, 1900 is purely about playing the piano, so the mind and heart are united, and the hands are at the heart.
07、Land? Land is a ship too big for me. It’s a woman too beautiful, it’s avoyage too long, a perfume too strong, it’s music I don’t know how to make.
Land? To me, land is too big a ship and too beautiful a beauty. It is a voyage that is too long, a bottle of perfume that is too fragrant, and a piece of music that cannot be played.
1900The mind has long been the same as what the Buddhists say, the mind has no place to live but its mind. He has a noble and pure soul and does not want to be polluted by the worldly flow.
He is like a monk who has already lost all five aggregates. His music is like Buddhist scriptures. He just wants to immerse himself in the Buddhist scriptures and does not want to be contaminated by the world of mortals.
That’s why he said that land is an endless place and a music that cannot be played.
08. I can never get off this ship. I’m blessed I can step off my life.
I can't abandon this ship, I would rather abandon my life.
Abandoned this boat and left this sea, he lost his soul, because he originally belonged here, this is his paradise, just like a cat can never go to live in the sea, a fish can never live ashore. Same.
He has found his destination and his mission. At the same time, he also knows what he wants. He is born for the sea and is the son of the sea.
09、After all, I don’t exist for anyone.
Anyway, no one in the world will remember me.
Each of us is asking ourselves where we come from and where we are going? In fact, there is no need to ask, because no one will remember you.
1900, I don’t know who my father and mother are. Even my adoptive father was lost when I was very young.
He is like Sun Wukong, falling from the sky. He doesn't even have a name or surname, only a time record, like a code name: 1900.
all say that life is a journey, some time is short and some time is long, but in the end we will all reach our respective destinations, and the terminal of this destination is called death.
In this case, why bother dwelling on the past and feeling sad about the future.
10. Forgive me, my friend, but I’m not getting off.
Friends, forgive me. I won't get off the boat.
He has only one friend in his life, and that is Max, who studied piano with him and was the last person he saw.
When 1900 said the reason why he didn't want to get off the ship, Max finally understood him and stopped trying to persuade him.
This reminds us of those heroic moments in the past, those warriors who risked death for their faith, the disciples who returned to Buddhism for their faith, those experts who gave up their fame and fortune and stayed at their posts...
When 1900 disappears into the sea with the sound of explosions, I will Think, it turns out that people can still live like this! I can’t help feeling that the soul can be so noble, the personality can be so dignified, and life can be so pure!
So 1900's life is happy, joyful and worthwhile. He is like Bruce Lee, Huang Jiaju, Kobe Bryant and others. Although their lives are no longer in the world, their souls, spirits and works are always in the world and in us. heart.
So what we lack is not happiness, but perseverance, because we have too many desires and want too much, so we can't help being lonely and unable to stick to our small position and mission.
We are unwilling to be ordinary but are powerless, so we live in extreme pain. We are always fighting between what we want and what we can't get. It's unspeakable misery!
For the rest of your life, have less desire and stick to yourself!
Just like what was sung in "The Lonely Warrior":
"Who said ordinary people in chess games are not heroes."
