Work our lives away

This was a good documentary; not one of those scripted things they show on TV that just makes you feel miserable because all the people are backbiting each other on camera. All the people in this documentary were courteous to each other, and often praised each other's work. Things as they should be.

Jiro's passion and faithfulness in his work made me think about animation a lot, and how much do I really care about it? How much am I willing to sacrifice to do well in it? How hard will I work? I think, also, that I saw in Jiro a certain amount of work ethic that was NOT something I want to imitate. I don't want animation to be my life; I want God's work to be my life, with animation being a part of that; animation as a means, not an end. I wonder why Jiro is so passionate about food. Is it because he has nothing else to devote his life to? He will probably die in his kitchen, and he encourages his sons to stick with this business their whole lives. Why does he think that spending your whole life in a kitchen (or we can plug in almost any other job) is worth it? Just to keep yourself living comfortably? Just to say you succeeded at greatness before you died? It seems to be very much in vain.

There were so many other interesting topics in this movie that I wish I had room to blog about. Jiro talked about how he misbehaved in school but still succeeded in the workforce, and the moviemakers made room in this film for Jiro's son to talk a bit about overfishing and why it is bad. You might not
expect to find such things in this sort of movie, but there they were, and they fit in seamlessly.

My favorite part of the movie was the fish auctioneers. It really was; despite the other good parts of the film.