In the southeastern coastal regions of China, there exists a group of water-dwelling people who have lived on boats for generations. This aquatic ethnic group, who live by the sea, are like floating duckweed, drifting on the ocean year-round. They have no names or ethnic identity, and very few people take notice of them.
Aren’t we much the same today? In the space between fiction and reality, on the edge of losing ourselves, we continually search for who we are. We shy away from confronting the real world, where the reflection of our small selves is too difficult to face. In our desperate struggle, we exhaust ourselves chasing illusions. In our deformed state, we escape into distorted perceptions to make sense of the world.
If a person persistently avoids part of their own self—especially the parts of their self they find ugly, hiding and denying them—they will inevitably become hypocritical. Their true self will begin to alienate.
Those caught in this condition will not only fail to correct their errors and shortcomings but will also distort their natural human nature, creating an ever-widening gap between their inner self and their outer appearance.
With the rise of the internet, vertical videos have become widely accepted, marking a revolutionary change in how humans engage with visual media. As a result, I began experimenting with vertical screen language. Gradually, I discovered that the vertical format easily creates a closed psychological field between the audience
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