Insomniacs After School: Living is Impact

I watched a lovely Japanese movie based on a comic book about two teenage insomniacs Isaki & Nakami whose illness brings them together. It was fun and surprisingly life affirming. 

They start an astronomy club at their high school on a lark but end up really committing to it with gusto. Setting up a night watching event and even going to the mountains to take special pictures of the night sky. 

On one of their adventures, they meet an older man who tells them: 

“Human existence doesn’t disappear that easily. Proof that they were here doesn’t disappear. That’s what I believe. 

For instance, You say something and you forget. Even if you forget, the other person remembers. It happens to me all the time. 

Every time it does, I realize I exist everywhere. In the earth. In the scenery. In the night sky. We’re etched in their memory.”

What I get from this is that everything we do matters. Every person we meet. Every little thing we do. How we live. And how to live with inspiration. 

A word of advice given to the aspiring photographer was “Press the shutter when your heart flutters.” It’s not the simple, trite advice of  following your passion but it’s doing things that speak to you. Chase your curiosity. Do more things that spark you and give you joy. Live life to your fullest because life is fleeting. We should all remember this.