When I graduated UCLA, I moved to Northern California, and I lived in a little town called Elk, on the Mendocino coast. And I didn't have a phone or TV, but I had US mail. And life was good back then -- if you could remember it. I'd go to the general store for a cup of coffee and a brownie, I'd ship my film to San Francisco, and lo and behold, two days later, it would end up on my front door, which was way better than having to fight the traffic of Hollywood. I didn't have much money,
Nakon što sam diplomirao na UCLA-u, preselio sam se u sjevernu Kaliforniju i živio u malom gradiću zvanom Elk, na obali Mendocino. Nisam imao telefon ni TV, no imao sam poštanski sandučić i život je u to vrijeme bio dobar, ako ga se sjećate. Otišao bih u dućan na šalicu kave i kolačić i poslao bih svoj film u San Francisco. I gle čuda, za dva dana bio bi pred mojim kućnim vratima, što je bilo mnogo bolje nego da sam se morao boriti s prometnom gužvom u Hollywoodu. (Glazba) Nisam imao mnogo novca,
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no imao sam vremena i osjećaj za čuda. (Glazba)
but I had time and a sense of wonder.
So I started shooting time-lapse photography. It would take me a month to shoot a four-minute roll of film, because that's all I could afford.
Počeo sam snimati time-lapse fotografije. Trebalo bi mi mjesec dana kako bih snimio 4-minutni film jer samo sam si to mogao priuštiti.
I've been shooting time-lapse flowers continuously, nonstop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for over 30 years. And to see them move is a dance I'll never get tired of. Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch. It also provides a third of the food we eat.
Neprestano sam snimao životni vijek cvijeća, non-stop, 24 sata dnevno, sedam dana u tjednu, preko 30 godina, a vidjeti ih kako se kreću ples je koji mi nikad neće dosaditi. Njihova nas ljepota uranja u boju, okus, dodir. Također nas snabdijeva trećinom hrane koju jedemo.
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Beauty and seduction are nature's tools for survival, because we protect what we fall in love with. It opens our hearts and makes us realize we are a part of nature, and we're not separate from it. When we see ourselves in nature, it also connects us to every one of us, because it's clear that it's all connected in one.
Ljepota i zavodljivost prirodni su alati za preživljavanje jer mi štitimo ono u što se zaljubimo. To otvara naša srca i tjera nas da shvatimo da smo dio prirode te da nismo odvojeni od nje. Kad sebe vidimo u prirodi, to nas također povezuje sa svakim od nas jer je jasno da je sve povezano u jednu cjelinu.
When people see my images, a lot of times they'll say, "Oh my God." Have you ever wondered what that meant? The "oh" means it caught your attention; it makes you present, makes you mindful. The "my" means it connects with something deep inside your soul. It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up and be heard. And "God"? God is that personal journey we all want to be on, to be inspired, to feel like we're connected to a universe that celebrates life.
Kad ljudi vide moje slike, često kažu: "O, moj Bože!" Jeste li se ikad zapitali što to znači? "O" znači da vam je nešto zaokupilo pažnju, čini vas prisutnima, čini vas pozornima. "Moj" znači da se povezuje s nečim dubokim unutar vaše duše. Stvara prolaz za vaš unutarnji glas, kako bi se podigao i kako bi ga se čulo. A "Bože"? Bog je to osobno putovanje na kojem svi želimo biti, biti inspirirani, osjećati se kao da smo povezani sa svemirom što slavi život.
Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive comes through our eyes, and if you compare light energy to musical scales, it would only be one octave that the naked eye could see, which is right in the middle? And aren't we grateful for our brains, that can take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy to create images in order for us to explore our world? And aren't we grateful that we have hearts that can feel these vibrations in order for us to allow ourselves to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature?
Jeste li znali da 80 posto informacija koje primamo dolazi kroz naše oči? I ako usporedite svjetlosnu energiju s glazbenom ljestvicom, golo oko vidjelo bi samo jednu oktavu, koja je upravo u sredini. Nismo li zahvalni što naš mozak može prenijeti taj električni impuls koji dolazi iz svjetlosne energije kako bi stvorio slike da bismo mi mogli istraživati svoj svijet? I nismo li zahvalni što imamo srce koje može osjetiti te vibracije kako bismo si mogli dopustiti da osjetimo užitak i ljepotu prirode? (Glazba)
Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude. So, I have a gift I want to share with you today, a project I'm working on called "Happiness Revealed." And it'll give us a glimpse into that perspective -- from the point of view of a child and an elderly man -- of that world.
Ljepota prirode dar je koji njeguje uvažavanje i zahvalnost. (Glazba) Imam poklon koji danas želim podijeliti s vama, projekt na kojem radim, a zove se Otkrivena sreća. Dat će nam letimičan uvid u tu perspektivu s gledišta djeteta i starijeg čovjeka iz tog svijeta.
Little girl: When I watch TV, it's just some shows that you just -- that are pretend. And when you explore, you get more imagination than you already had, and when you get more imagination, it makes you want to go deeper in so you can get more and see beautifuller things, like the path, if it's a path, it could lead you to a beach or something, and it could be beautiful.
Dijete: "Kad gledam TV, to su sve neke emisije koje -- u kojima se pretvaraju, a kad istražuješ, dobiješ više mašte nego što si je imao, a kad dobiješ više mašte, onda želiš ići sve dublje kako bi dobio više i vidio ljepše stvari, poput staze, ako je to staza, mogla bi te voditi do plaže ili nečega, i moglo bi biti predivno." (Glazba)
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(Narrator) Brother David Steindl-Rast: Do you think this is just another day in your life? It's not just another day. It's the one day that is given to you: today.
Stariji čovjek: "Misliš da je ovo samo još jedan dan u tvom životu? Nije to samo još jedan dan. To je jedan dan koji ti je darovan danas.
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Dan ti je. To je dar.
It's given to you. It's a gift. It's the only gift that you have right now. And the only appropriate response is gratefulness.
To je jedini dar koji imaš upravo sada i jedini prikladan odgovor jest zahvalnost.
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If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response to the great gift that this unique day is, if you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.
Ako ne radiš ništa osim njegovanja tog odgovora na taj divni dar koji ovaj jedinstven dan jest, ukoliko naučiš odgovarati kao da je to tvoj prvi dan života i posljednji dan, tad ćeš taj dan provesti veoma dobro."
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Počnite otvaranjem očiju i budite iznenađeni
Begin by opening your eyes and be surprised that you have eyes you can open, that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us for our pure enjoyment. Look at the sky. We so rarely look at the sky. We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment, with clouds coming and going. We just think of the weather, and even with the weather, we don't think of all the many nuances of weather. We just think of "good weather" and "bad weather." This day, right now, has unique weather, maybe a kind that will never exactly, in that form, come again. The formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same as it is right now. Open your eyes. Look at that.
što imate oči koje možete otvoriti, to nevjerojatno mnoštvo boja koje nam je neprestano ponuđeno na čisti užitak. Pogledajte nebo. Tako rijetko gledamo u nebo. Tako rijetko zamjećujemo koliko je drugačije iz trenutka u trenutak, s oblacima koji dolaze i odlaze. Samo mislimo na vrijeme, a čak ni s vremenom ne mislimo na mnoge nijanse vremena. Razmišljamo samo o dobrom i o lošem vremenu. Ovaj dan, upravo ovaj, ima jedinstveno vrijeme, možda baš takvo kakvo se nikad više u točno takvom obliku neće pojaviti. Taj poredak oblaka na nebu nikad neće biti isti kao što je sad. Otvorite oči. Pogledajte.
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Look at the faces of people whom you meet. Each one has an incredible story behind their face, a story that you could never fully fathom, not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors. We all go back so far, and in this present moment, on this day, all the people you meet, all that life from generations and from so many places all over the world flows together and meets you here, like a life-giving water, if you only open your heart and drink.
Pogledajte lica ljudi koje srećete. Svatko ima nevjerojatnu priču iza svog lica, priču koju nikad nećete u potpunosti dokučiti, ne samo vlastitu priču, već i priču svojih predaka. Svi potječemo iz davne prošlosti, a u ovom trenu, ovog dana, svi ljudi koje sretnete, sav taj život raznih generacija i s raznih mjesta diljem svijeta zajedno teče i susreće se s vama ovdje poput vode koja život daje, samo ako otvorite svoje srce i pijete.
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Open your heart to the incredible gifts that civilization gives to us. You flip a switch, and there is electric light. You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water, and drinkable water. It's a gift that millions and millions in the world will never experience.
Otvorite svoje srce nevjerojatnim darovima koje nam je civilizacija dala. Stisnete prekidač i tu je električno svjetlo. Odvrnete slavinu i tu su topla i hladna voda i voda za piće. To je dar koji milijuni ljudi na svijetu nikad neće iskusiti.
So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts to which we can open your heart. And so I wish you that you will open your heart to all these blessings, and let them flow through you, that everyone whom you will meet on this day will be blessed by you, just by your eyes, by your smile, by your touch, just by your presence. Let the gratefulness overflow into blessing all around you.
To su samo neki od brojnih darova kojima možemo otvoriti svoje srce. Stoga vam želim da otvorite srce svim tim blagoslovima i dopustite im da teku kroz vas, da svi koje na današnji dan sretnete budu blagoslovljeni vama, vašim očima, vašim osmijehom, vašim dodirom, samom vašom prisutnošću. Neka se zahvalnost prelije u blagoslove posvuda oko vas
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And then, it will really be a good day.
i tad će ovaj dan biti uistinu dobar dan. (Glazba)
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
Louie Schwartzberg: Hvala.
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Puno hvala. (Pljesak)
Thank you very much.
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