Stills from "Captain Fantastic" I once longed to live deep in the forest and build a wooden house filled with classic poetry collections, Shakespeare's plays, world famous novels and books on religion, philosophy and history. At night, pile a handful of dry firewood in front of the wooden house and light it. Use the firewood to heat yourself while grilling meat, while reading aloud; or holding a guitar, playing and singing, and having an exquisite dialogue with the forest, night, stars and forest birds. During the day, they were used for hunting, gathering, and storing enough food for emergencies. For the rest of the time, you can use your body as brutally as possible, with swords, guns, and sticks. We don’t want electricity, we don’t want the Internet, we don’t want all the technological works invented after the 21st century. Live a life that is not exactly like eating hair and drinking blood, but still like a savage.
But I’m just thinking about it.
We live in this world, and mobile networks, the Internet, television, etc. have deeply penetrated into our lives and become an important way to define ourselves. All these make us forget the fun we had when we were children: gazing at the moon, leaning over the grass to catch grasshoppers and crickets, leaving poplar branches to build a small hut, and riding bicycles around the village just to chase a rare bird. We become angry and no longer calm. The interest in reading gradually disappeared, and utilitarianism became rampant. Running around all your life is just to live like "others" in chicken soup.
This kind of self is trapped between loss and pursuit, and is gradually torn apart. The little bit of unexpected interest that remains in my imagination will emerge, reminding me of another possible existence in life.
Before, I saw a news feature about a hermit. I would like to adapt this material into a novel. It is about a young man who accidentally ran away and walked into the forest. So he stayed. Seventeen years of living alone in the forest made him almost forget that he was a talking creature. When he was hungry, he went to some villagers' houses at the foot of the mountain and stole some tortillas, chocolates, and candies. If you're lucky, you'll steal chicken wraps and steaks. After solving the food problem, he returned to the forest, followed the most secret road, and found a place where he could burrow.
Everyone around knew that there was a "ghost", but every time they tried to track him with a shotgun, they were forced to give up because the footprints disappeared. Finally his whereabouts were revealed and a hunter caught him. In prison, he only felt the noise of people. His philosophical thoughts, ability to perceive the world around him, and physical functions are completely different from ordinary people. The only reporter he was willing to contact asked him why he stayed in the forest for seventeen years instead of returning to society. He said that for no reason, he just walked to the forest and felt good, so he stayed there and never thought about going back.
This feature article made me see another kind of life. But I couldn't take the first step. "Captain Fantastic" poster I watched the movie "Captain Fantastic" yesterday. The movie is about a father who lives in the forest with his six children. In the morning, he would take the children to run in the jungle and exercise. They hunted in the savage way, then skinned, ate the hearts, and cut the meat. After hunting, wash yourself in the river. Then, like a Buddhist, sit and meditate. In the evening, everyone gathered around the bonfire and read. They will discuss Descartes, Thomas Aquinas and the US Bill of Rights, be familiar with string theory, quantum theory and calculus and integral calculus, and speak at least five languages. After reading, you can also hold the guitar, play the harmonica, knock on the wooden box, shake the handbell, dance and sing. Arrive at the right time and rest on time.
The father in the movie pursues a "jungle education" like a military system. Use task mode to exercise each child's intellectual and physical abilities. Everyone's physical fitness is close to the level of national first-level athletes. The level of knowledge of each person, taking the eight-year-old daughter as an example, she knows far more than a high school student; while the eldest son, who has just grown up, has been admitted to seven prestigious schools in the world, including Yale and Harvard.
However, these children have never played electronic games, never played basketball, don’t know about Adidas and Nike, and have never even used TV or mobile phones. They are out of touch with modern society as a whole, or even completely divided. They are absolutely honest, absolutely calm, absolutely brave, and absolutely follow their inner intuition.
Do you think they are sad or happy? "Captain Fantastic" stills At the end of the movie, they obeyed their mother's last wish and cremated the body while singing and dancing. Then, pour all the ashes into the toilet and say goodbye to your mother once and for all. This is how they face the world. Because a series of things happened, the child was injured and was not understood by the world, especially the grandparents. The father once lost all his children and everything. But in the end, he still had everything and made a 2.0-style update to his "jungle education":
Children would also sit at the table and eat cereal and drink Coke, which was strictly prohibited before. things; I will take the school bus to school to receive formal education, and at the same time have normal communication with other students. In the life of the military system, there is a touch of warmth and tolerance for modern education and social methods.
It is impossible for us to live a life of living deep in the forest, playing the piano, reading, writing and singing. But the life on the other side is undoubtedly a rebellion and breakthrough against the vulgar and boring life in this world, which will make us reflect on ourselves. The lesson of "Captain Fantastic" is that we cannot completely separate ourselves from society. After all, we are all social beings. But "poetic dwelling" and facing ourselves honestly is our own choice.
Even discounted poetry is better than a life defined by the Internet.
Yin Gucheng, young screenwriter, contracted author of short books, signed author of Weibo reading, WeChat public account | Weibo | simple books? ID: Yin Gucheng.