This is not a short film with character animation; it is an experimental short film that leans more towards digital art. I got to know this author in my junior year of college. At that time, due to my poor mental state, I was taking a course on Buddhism and Taoism in the philosophy department. The course covered many perspectives on the universe and the world, which helped me better understand my own situation and circumstances. Meanwhile, I was introduced to Kanoguti’s work through a video website in China. He started creating content independently after dropping out of junior high school, including videos, music, and game programs. Sometimes I think this kind of completely independent creation is more full of a strong desire for life than the works of professional students.
In the following months, I watched many of Kanoguti’s works, and this is my overall favorite one. In this piece, he doesn’t focus on personal experiences or social relationships. Simple, repetitive geometric abstractions express the concept of the world’s order, clean and concise, like the “return to one” concept of the universe in Buddhism and Taoism. The distortion of the images symbolizes the noise and chaotic elements in the world, and this is a significant element, similar to the three poisons in Buddhism and the desires in Taoism. Through the progression of the music video, we can see how these chaotic seeds affect the operation of the world. This part is like entering the inner world of a person with encephalitis. The final part emerges from the extreme chaos, like a person who is at a loss in society due to mental confusion, responding to the environment in a dull manner. Because of these disorderly and chaotic seeds constantly occurring, our world is actually a somewhat rigid and not smoothly running beautiful world according to order.
In addition, among the types of animated short films, Music Video is my favorite. The main reason is the way music and visual segments tell the story together, maintaining a certain level of abstraction, allowing me to make many imaginations and often providing inspiration. Another reason is that I really enjoy listening to music. The melody of the music ensures a rational and beautiful rhythm for the video, and the sensory experience of the editing timing is also very comfortable, making it easy for me to enter a state of flow.
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