At noon, I read today’s tweet from the Crow Film Official Account. The recommended movie is "Searching for Sugar Man". After lunch, I took advantage of the break to watch this documentary on Station B. I was very inspired. Let’s talk briefly. Talk:
1. The protagonist of the documentary, Sisto Rodriguez, has outstanding musical talent, but there is no corresponding relationship between outstanding talent and being recognized and accepted by the people around him. As a result, music producers compared him to Bob Dylan, but his debut album only sold 6 copies. So from this perspective, pursuing the recognition of talents by others and being loyal to oneself and following one's heart may make it easier for the latter to gain inner peace.
2. A person is unknown in the United States, and even has a very failed career as a singer, so he has to make a living by selling his labor force. In the 1970s, on the other side of the world in South Africa, he was a superstar even more popular than Elvis Presley, inspiring generations of South African youths. You can hear his singing in any corner store, and his record sales exceed 500,000 (although they are all pirated copies). Later, he was invited to go on tour in South Africa. The airport sent three limousines to greet him and gave him super VIP treatment. The same person is accepted and treated differently in different societies. Why isn't he popular? No one can explain why it became so popular. The world is so amazing! However, it is also because of this contrast of extreme differences that people can clearly see that the pursuit of reputation needs to be restrained and that a down-to-earth life is the foundation.
3. No one in South Africa has seen his true face and does not know his real information, such as his height, appearance, and preferences. There are various rumors circulating in the streets and alleys that he has committed suicide. Even he How the album made its way to South Africa is the stuff of legend. The people of South Africa loved his voice, his music, the lyrics he wrote, the situations he wanted to convey in his music. His talents combined with the right time and place finally created magic in South Africa. Just listening to this story as a third party will make you feel that the world is really amazing and everything is possible.
4. What impressed me deeply in the whole article is that after Rodriguez’s tour in South Africa, he returned to his daily working life, still doing house repairs meticulously, and all the money he earned from the tour I divided it among friends and family and lived in the same house I had lived in for 40 years without any changes in my living habits. I think if you are not mentally strong enough and supported by a rich spiritual world, it will be difficult to withstand the temptation of material desires and money and power. After all, he had been exposed to the prosperity of fame and power for just a few days in his life. They all say that it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality. The difficulty is that human nature can hardly withstand temptation. But what you see on his face is that he is calm, not happy about things, not sad about himself. As his co-workers said, although his music career has not been successful, his love and preference for music still exist. It’s really difficult to do this, and those who can do it really deserve our admiration.
How lucky a person is to be able to find something he loves and can continue to do!