Black Swan has successfully revealed many dark sides of life, like the nature of fear, the truth of perfection. But one inspiring issue was obsession --- Nina's unlimited desire for success, the extreme pursuit of perfection, and her mad practicing for precision, all of which were to some extent sick, in the meanwhile beautiful and inspiring in my view. Although she was badly injured in the end, her public show turned out to be a great success. The beauty was beyond human life, as if any instance of the human body was no longer important. I can't help but wondering: does any great piece of work require such sick pursuit of perfection?
It is probably true. Madonna worked 20 hours per day for her music video "4 Minutes". She mentioned in one of her interviews that she was a workaholic and didn't know how to relax. Gaga didn't sleep for eight days while on tour. She said in one of her concerts: "You know, when people say 'Lady Gaga is really tired, she needs to take a break', I just think about all those times when I sang in bars when nobody was singing my lyrics. I'll sleep when I'm dead." Life is short. It is too easy to let it go away without achieving anything. Taking a look at the wikipedia of Madonna, it is full of stories and achievements. And click on the hyperlinks of the models that she dated, half screen content on wikipedia as if they never existed. Everybody is living in the world, happy or unhappy, healthy or unhealthy. How to make one distinguishable from other people? Through achievements! They could be big, or small, positive or negative, all of which are dependent on one's heart and will. To make oneself distinguishable in a positive way, one definitely needs the obsession for work. I don't know why people like to criticize on Madonna's personal life, but her achievements have demonstrated she was a work orientated person who had positive and healthy attitudes towards life. With her beautiful artwork, the instance of her body becomes unimportant.
It is probably true. Madonna worked 20 hours per day for her music video "4 Minutes". She mentioned in one of her interviews that she was a workaholic and didn't know how to relax. Gaga didn't sleep for eight days while on tour. She said in one of her concerts: "You know, when people say 'Lady Gaga is really tired, she needs to take a break', I just think about all those times when I sang in bars when nobody was singing my lyrics. I'll sleep when I'm dead." Life is short. It is too easy to let it go away without achieving anything. Taking a look at the wikipedia of Madonna, it is full of stories and achievements. And click on the hyperlinks of the models that she dated, half screen content on wikipedia as if they never existed. Everybody is living in the world, happy or unhappy, healthy or unhealthy. How to make one distinguishable from other people? Through achievements! They could be big, or small, positive or negative, all of which are dependent on one's heart and will. To make oneself distinguishable in a positive way, one definitely needs the obsession for work. I don't know why people like to criticize on Madonna's personal life, but her achievements have demonstrated she was a work orientated person who had positive and healthy attitudes towards life. With her beautiful artwork, the instance of her body becomes unimportant.
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