TSMC Education & Culture Foundation’s Chief Executive Victor Hsu gave a talk at TNUA on May 20 on pursuing one’s dreams.

The talk was part of a musical educational program jointly introduced by the TSMC Education & Culture Foundation, National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and TNUA aiming to lay a firm foundation for Taiwan’s classical music scene.

At the beginning of the speech, Hsu cited the popular animations "Naruto," "Demon Slayer" and "Jutsu Kaisen" to illustrate his points: how one should boldly pursue one’s dreams.

He said these works are hugely popular because of a few common features: the protagonists having to constantly overcome obstacles and improve themselves, and their fantastic and imaginative worlds. All these remind the audience not to set a framework for themselves, but to have the courage to try and boldly pursue their dreams.

Suggesting a way to break the limitations, Hsu encouraged the audience to learn a second foreign language. He emphasized that behind every language is a culture, and behind a culture is a perspective on things. When we have multiple perspectives, we will not be dominated by the ideas of a single culture and will be able to have comprehensive thinking.

During the talk, Hsu also led group discussions on two potentially life-changing questions: "If you leave the path you’re taking now, what do you want to do?" and "What are the reasons that prevent you from doing this?"

During the enthusiastic discussions, a third-year music student said that if he did not pursue music in the future, he would like to be a miniature model maker. The reason that prevented him from doing this was that he loved music too much.

Finally, Hsu also shared with everyone the philosophy of the TSMC Education & Culture Foundation, which focuses on three aspects: arts and culture promotion; educational cooperation; and youth development. It aims at letting more people share the beauty of art and help art and culture take root.