02 Ache Monsatery Does fish also has a belief? Programme: LARGE-SCALE ARCHIITECTURE DESIGN Location: Magang Fishing Port, Yilan, Taiwan Instructor: Junsong, Yang Type: Group work (with Megan Li) Time: 09/2019~03/2020 "Before consciousness, all was well. No one suffered pain, or love, or loss, No one knew regret, or desire's swell, Or bitter jealousy's dross. No one cared for the havoc of defeat, Or the devastation of woe. All was pure, untouched, complete, And in ignorance, the world did glow." Thomas Hardy, "Before and After"
Fish, as a species without facial expressions, do not reveal their emotions or ability to feel pain from their appearance. If it is true that they have a short memory span of only seven seconds, then that seven seconds may represent a cycle in which they are capable of contemplating very little. Do they have their own beliefs? On the other hand, when a person with only a short time left to live is faced with the greatest pain, how will they view death? Will they still hold onto their beliefs?
The father of existentialism, Søren Kierkegaard, once said, "The true life is a life that is lived in religion." Have you ever thought about where your life comes from and where it is going? Have you ever pondered how to construct the value of your life? While most people can intuitively answer the first question, not everyone can immediately respond to how they can construct the value of their life.
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