三和一善 -REALITIES ARE OFTEN BRUTAL YET

DREAMS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

米国カリフォルニア州を拠点として、ビジネスのバックオフィスソリューションを提供するシナジックグループの代表。プライベートではNGO活動を通じて、大学での社会人起業家育成プログラムなどに関わる。家族と共にカリフォルニア州ビバリーヒルズ在住。

AFTER WATCHING THE INSPIRING MOVIE “I HEAR THE SONG AND SING AGAIN", I COULDN'T HELP BUT AM EAGER TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU:  TO DESCRIBE THIS MOVIE IN ONE SENTENCE, I WOULD SAY THAT EACH OF US NEEDS TO "FIND OUR OWN VOICE."WHEN A GROUP OF CHILDREN SANG THE MOST POPULAR BAND’S MOST POPULAR SONG ON THE BIG SCREEN, NO ONE SHOULD DISLIKE IT! HOWEVER, EVEN IF THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN SONG, DOES IT MEAN THAT THEY MUST SING IT?

WHEN THEY FIRST JOINED THE COMPETITION, WHAT THEY SAW IS ALL THE PARTICIPANTS ARE WELL-TRAINED SCHOOLS. THIS GROUP OF KIDS FROM THIS SCHOOL BEGAN TO DISPLAY STAGE FRIGHT, AND TEACHERS PANICKED. BUT THEY STILL BRAVELY STEPPED ONTO THE STAGE AND FINISHED THE CHORUS WITH BEAUTIFUL SINGING. HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT GET AFFIRMATION BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK. NOT TO MENTION WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY CANNOT EVEN THE TOP THREE.IN FACT, WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH SUCH A SCENE. WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ABOUT STUDY OR, EVEN IF YOU TRY YOUR BEST, WILL YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT? OF COURSE, NOT NECESSARILY. TO MAKE IT WORSE, SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO IMPROVE AND FACE YOUR FAILURE, OTHERS WILL JUST CONCLUDE IN ONE SENTENCE, “NOT EXERTING ENOUGH EFFORT." OFTENTIMES WE WILL FIND THAT OUR ABILITY IS FAR FROM THE LEADER IN MANY ASPECTS, AND HARD WORK ALONE CANNOT MAKE UP FOR THAT GAP.

三和一善  AFTER WATCHING THIS MOVIE, I FOUND MYSELF A LUCKY PERSON, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO LACK RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS, AND THEY FALL INTO A KIND OF STRUCTURAL POVERTY. MANY OF US CAN CHANGE OUR DESTINY BY WORKING HARD, BUT TO THESE KIDS, EVEN MANDATORY EDUCATION SEEMS A LUXURY FOR THEM. THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO WORK DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING. DO THEY REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVERSE THEIR DESTINY? I'M AFRAID IT IS A THOUSAND TIMES HARDER THAN WE DO!

HOWEVER, THESE KIDS DID NOT GIVE UP. THEY LATER DISCOVERED THAT IF ONE WERE TO IMITATE THE SINGING METHODS AND VOICES OF FLAT CHILDREN, THEY CERTAINLY COULD NOT SURPASS OTHER SCHOOLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HOWEVER, THE BUNUN PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOOD AT SINGING. WHY SHOULD THEY IMITATE THE SINGING STYLE AND VOICE OF OTHERS? 

AFTER BEING DEFEATED IN THE COMPETITION, THE CHILDREN SAT DOWN WITH THE TWO TEACHERS AND LISTENED CAREFULLY TO THE WORDS OF THE TRIBAL ELDERS: "THERE IS NO BAD SOUND, ONLY SUITABLE POSITIONS. THE BUNUN PITCH AND NOTES MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE, BUT THE BEAUTY COMES WHEN GROUP INACCURATE VOICES SING TOGETHER. IT SOUNDS GOOD.” THEN, THEY FINALLY FOUND THEIR OWN DIRECTION, GAVE PLAY TO THEIR OWN CHARACTERISTICS, AND PROMOTED THEIR VOICE FROM A PURE CHORUS TO A PERFORMANCE CLOSE TO THE SOUND OF NATURE, WHICH MADE THE AUDIENCE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.