It was already the next morning when I came out of Arkham Asylum.
The sunshine caressed the madhouse shrouded in mist, revealing a bit of the truth, goodness and beauty of the world.
Lu Tian felt very satisfied. He had watched several good movies. Of course, some of the movies that participated in the review were boring and cliche. However, the flaws were not concealed. The joy brought by human creativity still made Lu Tian feel gratified.
As for Leopard, he was also satisfied and ate heartily all night long.
The thrilling emotions exaggerated by the movie played by the extraordinary projector, as well as the fear caused by Lu Jian being forced to watch the movie, many emotions have become her best food.
The next morning, dozens of patients were discharged from Arkham Asylum. Some of them had stayed here for five or six years and had not recovered. Now, Lu Tan relied on playing movies to help them return to normal and regain their harvest.
Having the life you deserve can be considered a meritorious deed.
Congratulations.
After leaving the hospital, Lu Tian immediately handed over his evaluation opinions to the evaluation committee at the opposite door.
As for the subsequent awards, he has no interest in participating.
Lu Jian has always believed that if you like a creator, you don’t have to communicate directly with him or her, because what you like is his work, and the creator himself may have various personalities.
If the work is changed due to contact with the creator, and the work cannot be viewed purely, the original intention of creation will be lost.
For example, some people like to chase idols and deify creators. As long as it is the work of the creator they like, they will completely affirm it. Over time, a closed circle that cannot tolerate other opinions will be formed, while less sober creators will
If you indulge in it, you will not make progress.
Fans think that supporting the creator regardless of whether the work is good or bad is a form of support. In fact, this will make it difficult for him to become self-contained and unable to grow.
Similarly, it is normal for some people to like a certain work, but the creator conflicts with their own opinions in some innocuous places, which leads to prejudice and ultimately affects the appreciation of the work.
After Lu Tan watched these movies, he had no intention of making friends with the creators. He was mainly worried that his opinions might affect their creations.
After walking out of the organizing committee, Lu Jian also felt that this time Miskatok's journey should be over.
He and Baobao randomly found a restaurant and ordered two simple breakfasts.
While eating breakfast, he saw a man reading a book about the evolution of ancient beliefs.
In this day and age, not many people can read physical books outside. Lu Jian finds it very novel.
After watching for a while, he found that this young man could also use a pen to make notes on the book.
The young man had a cup of hot coffee and a half-eaten sandwich on the table. It seemed that he had forgotten that he still had these things when he was halfway through eating.
Inspired by a sudden inspiration, Lu Tan came to him and read the young man's notes.
Quite professional.
Of course, from the perspective of Lu Jian, who has come into contact with the reality of the world, these are all very superficial or wrong.
But just as Newtonian mechanics under low-speed macroscopic conditions should not be denied because of the emergence of the theory of relativity, these theories and thinking do have reference value when the relevant knowledge of foreign lands has not yet been obtained.
"Your idea is quite good."
Lu Tan suddenly spoke out.
Hearing a voice from behind, the young man stopped writing and turned to look at Lu Jian.
"I found it quite interesting that human beings' perceptions of the ocean vary greatly depending on the region, so I wrote some of my own thoughts."
The young man quickly chattered a lot. Lu Tan listened very carefully, and Leopard beside him also ate very seriously.
"...So, I think this difference arises due to the understanding of the sea by human beings in different regions. The more they rely on the sea to live, the more they will be afraid of the sea. On the contrary, people on the mainland
, due to its own abundant products, the demand for the sea will be reduced, so there will be no fear of the sea..."
He was chatting about the topic of fear, probably because the films exhibited at the Miskatok Film Festival all had elements of horror and horror, which attracted this young man.
"So, I found that people's level of fear of something will decrease as their understanding deepens, but after reaching a certain level, it will begin to increase, especially when they realize that they may never fully understand such a thing.
At that time, the fear will reach its extreme.”
He said eloquently.
"Therefore, the fear of the unknown comes from the known, just like Zeno's paradox. Human cognition is a circle. The more we know, the more unknown things we know."
He and Lu Tan discussed it for a while, becoming more and more excited as they talked.
"Sure enough, I was right to come from Providence. It's great to meet someone with such outstanding insights like you here."
He said and looked at the time again.
"Oops, the movie I booked is about to start. Sorry, I have to excuse you first."
The young man took out a notebook from his pocket and opened it. You can see that in addition to some short sentences written in the notebook, there are also drawings.
The pictures all show the appearance of weird creatures that do not belong to this world. Many of them can be seen to be a mixture of various creatures.
Turning to a new page, the young man tore off a piece of paper, wrote a string of words on it, and handed it to Lu Jian.
"This is my contact information. I hope we can have a chance to continue chatting. I'm leaving first."
Giving the page to Lu Kan, the young man left in a hurry.
Lu Tian took a look and saw the address and name written on it. As the young man said, he was from Providence, a seaport city.
"Howard."
Lu Tan glanced at his name and thought it looked familiar.
If you have the chance, you can recommend some works in other languages to him, and maybe you can also send a Morning Star to this young man to let him experience the scenery of a foreign land.
This was just a short interlude on Lu Tian's journey home. After buying some small gifts at the airport near Boston and taking a plane, Lu Tian quickly returned to Jiangcheng.
But Leopard jumped into the sea halfway and disappeared.
He treated Qin Tiantian to a meal and brought her some foreign Bodhisattva statues as souvenirs. Lu Tan returned to his sweet and warm home.
A few days later, while watching the live broadcast of the Miskatok Film Festival's awards ceremony, Lu Jian saw the cold and indifferent words of "Land of Silence" emerging from his field of vision.