This short movie has a deep meaning. It showed us that most of people lost their creativty and their happiness because of system. Working like a robots, studying things thay they actually don't like it. To anyone who read this, if you're a student like me, don't be sad. Maybe you feel unconfident cause you have bad score in some classes, but it's okay. I know everyone have their own unique things. Please, educate yourself. Dont kill your passion and creativity. When something sparks your interest, read about it. Learn about it. Don't rely on school system and educate the beautiful mind of yours. 💞

Violin Guy: Parent: FINE I’LL DO IT MYSELF.

I love the fact that the back pack represents school and how it weighs you down and how the dad hides that it weighs him down

The irony of this is that I am currently doing an assignment I have no motivation to do but am being forced to do it because of expectations, grades, and a promised stable life if I succeed in school. School isn't about learning anymore. It's about passing.

I love how their names are Copi and paste.

I really like how the short didn't really offer a magical solution at the end, like the whole world goes colorful or the dad quits his job or something. Just suggests that there are fun, happy, creative, "colorful" things in life that you have to discover yourself, and not let the rest of the dullness ruin those little things for you. Such a positive, constructive message.

I love how meaningful this is. If there is no creativity then there is no purpose

I dropped out of my med school to become an artist. I did get criticized for my decision at lot, which kinda made em depressed. But when I look back now. I'm happy I did that.

Anyone else notice that the dad's tie is orange, like his child, and is also the only thing on his character model that never fades in color, reinforcing the idea that he gets his happiness (and therefore "color") from his kid being happy too~?

Never lose your childlike sense of wonder and creativity

I started crying at the end. My parents are teachers, and getting the best grades was something what was expected and not even discussed. If the grades become your orientation it is difficult to figure out what you really want. The joy and sense of play are then difficult to find in the grown-up life and you have to go back in time to discover them again.

This is one of my favorite animations of all time. Treat people as humans, not as robots.

The creative adult is the child who survived

"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity." - Rollo May

It didn't say a word, but still said so much.

The message is that work kills creativity. Or School kills creativity.

Man people be talking just about the father and son but like there is ONLY ONE TREE IN THAT PLACE

This really made me cry. The power of visual storytelling.

Really amazing message. We are so deeply slaved to our work-education-life system that we let life pass by without actually living it. We need to break free from these chains and live a truly meaningful life.

In a soul crushing world joys and creativity are crucial to our lives. What’s the point of meaningless busy work if we don’t also take the time to have some fun and enjoy the things around us.

This has such a strong message. You must not only think of work but enjoy the little things and take the time for them. The love of the father for his kid was everything, and that was shown as he turned blue at the end of each day when he hugged him. That "little thing" is what made him happy after work. However, when the kid started to turn grey and sad, we could see the father at his downfall and the kid at a depressive state because he couldn't enjoy the music. Also when he started to be sad, it showed how he didn't have any motivation as he couldn't enjoy anything he asked for. His dad couldn't find the balance, until this day where he realised his kid lost his joy, as well known as its yellow color. The green letters symbolised how he was fully motivated, happy, enthusiastic to a handwriting that shows the audience how the kid was tired of thinking of only work. I love this mini animation as it is telling us that we can't only think of work, but we need to find the balance. We can't only have fun, and we can't only think of work. We live in a place where we're surrounded by working industries, but we can definitely take time for ourselves whether you're young or old. We need to find a balance in order to be happy. It is saying that we need to find time for ourselves, even though we need to work. Enjoying little things will simply help to change our ideas, and to have fun. Doesn't mean you are a grow-up that you can't have "free-time" for yourself because everyone deserves a rest during the day. This is what I think they're trying to tell us, and I find it really clever. The change of colors really had an impact on the understanding of this mini film. The power of muted animation is that anybody can understand it their own way, and I love it. It made my day. I wanted to take the time and share this to make people realise how powerful is this short film, it is awesome. Remember: It isn't because you're a grow up with a lot of work that you can't take time for yourself.

This is just a great depiction of what the world has become with the educational system and job economy taking away the natural freedom of creativity and independent thinking that humans crave to be happy and fulfilled. I've observed this even with people in general, how the free rebellious ones end up having the more fulfilled colorful life, and how the Normsters, who've had their natural creativity snatched by society's conventions are left with a routine, lackluster, color-dry life. I was almost one of them too. But we actually seem to be veering off from that direction. People are again waking up or "coloring up" and taking back control. Lastly, I think the orange character is such a cute kid. Such a funny look.

I'm not sure why this video affects me so much, but I cry like a baby every time I watch it, and I usually don't cry easily!

My mom just showed me and I literally started crying like I haven’t in a long time… it’s one of the most beautiful and meaningful things I’ve seen in a while

People who have things they like are colourful and vibrant, don't lose your colours, keep them.

This really touched me. It's not a novel story by any means, to be non-conformist in a society that demands so much. To encourage creativity and difference, it's found in a lot of stories... But I think the way that message was conveyed.. That was beautiful. Only a couple of words (school and work) but an extremely big message. Everything about the short was wonderful and I had a great time watching. Actually made me cry, haha. Tho it's really late so I could be over-reacting just a little. But I know for a fact that my appreciation for the story itself and how it was told isn't me being dramatic. This is definitely an authentically good little short film. I hope ya'll are proud for making it.

I'm not crying, you are. And it's not of happiness, nor of sadness, but it's because this is beautiful, and I don't know why, but even if I have seen this many times, I still cry, because this is a video that people cry for. They cry because it is beautiful. To the people who made this, you are amazing. Everything about this video is just mesmerising. It also shows a hope. A hope of people being able to change, to escape their routines or their obligations, and get their own mind.

We created a world and a way of living that makes us unhappy, but the necessity of survival, determines our daily reality.. We are worried about our children's future, while at the same time we destroy it.

I love the level of detail they went into making the movie, even making all the people stooped over to show the weight of their bags.

We all know there is something seriously wrong with the way we teach children in school and with how our work is for adults. It’s nice to see it animated in this way.

when you don't have time for an hour long movie so you spend two hours watching short animation films

Los adultos parecemos los docentes cumpliendo con los productos del CTE, Monótonos, aburridos, pareciera que estamos llenando formularios con una muy poca o nula plasticidad del pensamiento, incluso a veces hasta haciendo tiempo para cumplir con un horario, tristemente llegamos a considerar eso normal y hasta bueno si entregamos todos los productos en tiempo y forma (algunos todavía piensan que entre mas se entregue es mejor). bueno, seguramente es lo que reproducirán nuestros alumnos

For me the short film depicts that let your kids choose what makes them happy. It also shows that it doesn't mean that everybody is doing it you should too. It's okay to be different if that makes you happy. Real happines cannot be equalled by money. Just saying 🤗

The way you showed your belief and thought in this video... amazing. The scene of the black and white city with only one small part of color and life... the load of daily life.... orange and blue color of L and I.... everything was so impressive. Lack of happiness in this world! Important point! The fight between being different and being indifferent

Как же важна поддержка родителей ❤❤❤ Слезы благодарности таким вот папам...

Exactamente eso sucede con la carga administrativa que la SEP nos pide y los contenidos obsoletos que aun están en los libros, la evaluación y la exigencia para con los alumnos, necesitamos una revisión seria y urgente de todo esto.

To sum up the story - 1. Music makes you alive, keeps you afreshed 2. Follow your heart, your passion 3. Our education system and mentality of parents have to be changed from keeping children only focus on formal education rather let them pursue their passion. 4. The reality of the present World - Work like a hell 5. Keeping your family and valuable relationships happy is the key to your happiness Overall, an amazing film....!!

Heartwarming stories make my day👏❤️🐈

find your passion don't follow the crowd I wish all the best for those who wants to start over in life age is just a number remember that

Don’t let school or work stifle your creativity or individuality. A beautiful message, especially in today’s world.

I think the moral of the story was don’t overwork yourself find something that makes your day worthwhile and let your child find their passion. 😊

I watched this to help my grandson with his homework. It brought a tear to my eye.. With the pandemic affecting so many children and knocking out their creativity, and draining the colour from their lives, this short film reminds us about whats important.

KP Smith - Morning Advisory watched this film and said, "This short had a great message. Thoroughly relatable which teaches a lesson about living life to the fullest. I was surprised that all the characters seemed male. We enjoyed seeing how the parent feels and joy that grows within from the love of their child."

sometimes you just can't change the world. All you can really change, is you. And that's what matters the most. being young is a true gift; a chance you have to change you and those in your future

I love this. All of his happiness comes from his kid and the dad lets go of his normal routine to make sure his kid is still happy, even if the kid's dreams aren't familiar.

Quien más viendo el video para su CTE? Mayo 2021

What I learned? Prioritizing finding a balance. Orange didn't mind classes as long as they had fun with it. I mean, there's even that very popular saying that All Work and No Play Makes you dull

Moral - don't stifle your child's creativity and love of life if you want to survive yourself. But I do love that this one parent cared more about his kid than what others thought. :)

Damn, this reminds me of that quote from Dead Poets Society which went something like, “Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”

Un vídeo muy conmovedor, pero desgraciadamente son las mismas autoridades educativas quienes imponen un sistema basado en calificaciones en donde se exigen evidencias de trabajo y se deja de lado otras cualidades que forman parte del desarrollo integral de los alumnos. Por eso depende de cada adulto, docente y padre de familia poner nuestro granito de arena para mantener esa alegría, chispa y capacidad de asombro en los niños.

I love this. At my daughters school they started using a method called "exploring writing" They went on some school trip (close by or a bus trip away), the next day they made some art about what they had seen, and THEN they would write. With the letters the knew or just doodles. Learning to write through the force of having something to say was super effective (Y)

Aw, his happiness relies on his son’s happiness

The movie is great. False beliefs and distorted perceptions of the good life result in unhappy and lost people who are easily manipulated. This movie should be watched by every parent.

Moral of the story, be the parent you need to be and let your child grow. Don't keep forcing them to astray from their happiness and interests. Be who you wanna be instead of making a false person.

¿Quién más vino a ver el video por el C.T.E. de mayo? ♥

I'm literally crying when seeing this video....In India you cannot imagine how they give importance to unnecessary memory education....very less people talk about creativity....

This really shows.... We live in a society.

I relate to this so badly because school genuinely gave me depression. I had to go to a therapist because that's how bad it god. Leaving it was one of the most relieving things ever.

El problema es que el sistema te recomienda ver este tipo de videos para que reflexionemos y seamos empáticos con nuestros alumnos pero todo el ciclo están pidiendo resultados en lo académico, te exigen que los alumnos logren los aprendizajes esperados y si no lo consiguen o eres un mal maestro o tienes que hacer un plan emergente para rescatar a esos alumnos. Ahí no les importan los intereses de los niños, sus talentos, sus aptitudes. ¡ Es tan contradictorio todo esto!

It’s sad that creativity is never appreciated and understood, we need creativity so that it helps us to enjoy life. My philosophy is creativity is a child’s development tool.

they should show this in cinemas for gods sake🥺💖

After so many years I still cried so hard every time i watch

When this film's message is about individualism, but your school forces you to write an essay about it _irony_

I just realized that everyone in the film is right handed except for the father and the son. I love this short so much

okay, sad and all, but is anybody going to comment about how skilled the kid is at drawing? Seriously.

like si vienes por la 7ma sesion del cte en el 2021 :v

Llore, es muy hermoso. me fascino así debería de ser la vida de uno, no apagar nuestro color y brillo por lo rutinario. el amor de padre e hijo, y ver por la felicidad de tu hijo, tiene que ser lo mas importante y lo mas bonito.

Someone, PLEASE get this recommended to TWOSET I need them to talk about the kid being denied from living his ling ling dream w/ violin in the beginning

"We are seen dancing and thought insane. By those who cant hear the music." Rakkan.

I like how the title can have so many different meanings to it. It can represent how similar everyone in the city is to one another, but it also shows how similar the father is to his child. I've noticed that the film focuses of the relationship of the two characters instead of the world around them. A good example is when the two are having deep moments together, the world fades away, leaving only the two of them to be seen by the viewer. Great film super cute story.

like si estas viendolo por el 7mo CTE del dia de mañana Comenta ¿ cómo te sientes?

This really hits me because it reminds me of my dad and me when I was a little kid, he always fought to make me smile, he never failed.

Ima give this one ALike

Sad and wonderful. The most important thing is to remain ourselves!

¿Quién más está aquí por el CTE de mañana?

I'm fucking crying right now. This film hit home too hard

i love getting here along with the rest of the people who’ve just been given this gift just a bit late by youtube, here we go again squad

Notice how the color changes from being vibrant into pale. May we find our genuine happiness.

i wish my kid's creativity never goes away. i wish for it to last forever.

What I found most interesting about this story is how long it took for the child to forget his true identity and how quickly he remembered it. That's really how I think it works. We resist with all our strength the message from culture that we are somehow less than beautiful, wise, loving, creative and infinite. Eventually, most of us succumb to the endless onslaught. We forget. But not really. It is impossible for the flame of Who We Really Are to ever go out entirely. And sometimes all it takes is the gentlest of reminders for us to see the truth. I see it every day with my clients. A new light in their eyes. A spark of recognition. A hidden emotion rising up in them in response to a brief moment of clarity. I don't need to add anything to this system. The best (and only) service that I offer as a Transformative Coach is to point. I simply do my best to point them in the direction of their already present wholeness, peace, clarity and happiness. Not because I always know the way there, but because I trust that they will know it when they really see it. To some this may not seem like much of a service. Where are the goals? Where's the motivation and rah rah rah? Where's the advice and instructions and strategy? I'm not questioning that those things may have their place. But my experience with myself and my clients is that they just aren't as necessary when we remember Who We Really Are. It's an odd service to offer, this pointing. But I love it. And my client's lives are changing. So many messages in our world are designed make us forget Who We Really Are. I'm glad that it's my job to help us remember. www.energyrichliving.com

So I'm not the only one who was recommended this video.

vivimos una vida tan mecanizada que nos olvidamos de las cosas que verdaderamente importan . El trabajo nos absorbe de tal manera que vamos dejando de lado nuestra parte mas tierna, la sensibilidad, las ganas de vivir. Perdemos el contacto cercano con nuestros hijos, les exigimos que sean buenos estudiantes pero no estamos atentos a lo que verdaderamente nos quieren expresar. Nos convertimos en una especie de robots donde trabajamos y producimos pero no sabemos a donde vamos. Al final del corto el hombre decide salirse del circulo vicioso y elije vivir la vida como se merece, con arte y con amor.

Man this short needs to pick one meaningful and deep message, they've got how some parents entire life revolves around their children and if their child becomes unhappy they basically break, and how the education pushes out any emotions, opinions, or personality a child might have just to force feed them the same useless information to them every day, or how people would rather be normal then happy. Im probably over thinking this arent I

Dude, get that kid a violin.

That’s so true! In America they want you to heavily work on the logical side, at least in Finland they have you working on the creative one. Plus they have the best education system in the world! 🌺

This is how life is today. Not many people get to express their real passion, just because they want to fit in or no body let's them.

started crying very suddenly about 4 minutes in. anyone else notice that the kid's arms look like wings? so when he willingly holds them up for the backpack, it's the equivalent of a bird deliberately flying itself into a cage

This is true and I'm crying now because this family

what this video is implying, that all human beings are stripped of their creativity and curiosity early on in life because they're put down by ones higher up in the ladder of life than them, this is such an important message to spread, because so many people have lived and died, not following their dreams because they were ruthlessly crushed down at an early age. and i feel worried that if i became a father or teacher or any other kind of figure a child looks up to, i'm worried i'll make that mistake.

To have a parent listen carefully and respect their child is an awesome but rare gift. Beautiful film! ❤

How I wish all parents are the first person to support and acknowledge the good in every kids life and not the first one to discourage them.

This isn't trying to say "school is awful, drop out".The message of the film is that you have to find time to do something creative, something that makes you happy, not what society thinks is best for you.

Oh and added comment... I love the moments when the dad and child after together and the world falls away... nice touch! Because the most important thing is not this world of judgers and clones but the people you love and desire to flourish! Especially our kids! We should want to our kids to shine at their passions...

Kepp alive ur creativity(ur happiness )whitih u... Forever

I can really relate to this. I am a highly creative person. I find it really hard to relate to others. My father is a high powered lawyer. My sister is a VP of a company. I am an artist, I make no money, but I am happy. Not everyone wants to work in some stupid office.

I like to interpret this as saying that you shouldn’t hide your creativity And my music teacher showed our class this and that was great! But then I thought about my...HOMEROOM.

"To our Families for helping us not to lose our colour" I'm crying, this is so heartwarming!

I couldn’t help but notice how as the child loses his fun his yellow shade fades a little

A professora do meu curso recomendou nós assistirmos a esse curta metragem, é ótimo pois nos mostra a visão que temos do mundo hoje e que não podemos apenas pensar em trabalho mas sim quem está ao nosso lado, seja um familiar, um amigo. Parabéns aos desenvolvedores!!!

The fact that the father relies so much on this kids happiness really resonates with me. Beautiful animation, truly! ❤️❤️