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,
Kada sam diplomirao na UCLA-u, preselio sam se u severnu Kaliforniju, živeo sam u Elku, malom gradiću na Mendokino obali. Nisam imao ni telefon, ni TV, ali postojala je pošta, ukoliko se toga sećate, život je tada bio dobar. Otišao bih u prodavnicu da kupim kafu i čokoladni kolač, poslao bih film u San Francisko i verovali ili ne - dva dana kasnije našao bih ga ispred ulaznih vrata, što je bilo mnogo bolje u poređenju sa vožnjom kroz Holivud. (Muzika) Nisam imao mnogo novca,
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ali sam imao vremena i uživao sam u čudima. (Muzika)
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 da se bavim ubrzanim fotografisanjem. Trebalo mi je mesec dana kako bih snimio četiri minuta filma jer je to bilo sve što sam mogao da priuštim.
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.
Snimao sam pokrete cveća bez prekida, non-stop, 24 časa dnevno, sedam dana u nedelji, preko 30 godina - i posmatranje njihovih pokreta je ples kojeg se nikada neću zasititi. Njihova lepota nas obasipa bojama, ukusima, dodirom. Takođe, to je i trećina 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.
Lepota i zavođenje su oruđe za preživljavanje u prirodi jer mi štitimo ono u šta se zaljubimo. To otvara naša srca i pomaže nam da shvatimo da smo deo prirode i od nje ne možemo biti odvojeni. Kada se nađemo u prirodi, to nas međusobno povezuje, jer postaje jasno da je sve povezano u jedno.
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.
Kada ljudi vide moje slike, često kažu: "O moj bože". Da li ste se ikada zapitali šta to znači? "O" , znači da je to privuklo vašu pažnju, čini vas prisutnim i uključenim. "Moj" znači da vas povezuje sa nečim što je uklesano u vašoj duši. To stvara putanju vašem unutrašnjem "ja" da se probudi i da ga čujete. I "bože"? Bog je to lično putovanje na kojem svi želimo da budemo, da budemo inspirisani i da osetimo povezanost sa univerzumom koji 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?
Da li ste znali da 80% informacija primamo putem čula vida? Ukoliko uporedite svetlosnu energiju sa muzičkom skalom, to bi značilo da golim okom možete da vidite samo jednu oktavu, koja je tačno u sredini. Zar nismo zahvalni da naš mozak može da pretvori električne impulse svetlosne energije u slike, kako bismo mogli da istražujemo naš svet? Zar nismo zahvalni što imamo srca koja mogu da osete te vibracije i koja nam dozvoljavaju da osetimo zadovoljstvo i lepotu prirode? (Muzika)
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.
Lepota prirode je dar koji razvija poštovanje i zahvalnost. (Muzika) Danas bih sa vama podelio jedan poklon, to je projekat na kom radim, a zove se "Otkrivanje sreće", a pružiće vam delić te perspektive iz ugla deteta i starijeg čoveka koji žive u ovom svetu.
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.
Dete: Kada gledam TV, to je samo neki program koji je izmišljen, a kada istražujete, tada radite na svojoj moći zamišljanja, a kada više zamišljate i maštate želite da to dublje ispitate, kako biste dobili više i videli više lepih stvari, npr. putanja, ukoliko je putanja, može vas odvesti na plažu ili negde slično tome, a to može biti lepo. (Muzika)
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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 čovek: Misliš da je ovo samo još jedan dan u tvom životu? Nije samo još jedan dan. To je dan koji ti je dat, danas.
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To ti je dato. To je poklon.
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 poklon koji trenutno imaš, a jedini odgovarajući odgovor je 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.
Ukoliko ne radiš ništa drugo, već samo neguješ reakciju na divan poklon - a to je ovaj jedinstveni dan, ukoliko naučiš da ga prihvatiš kao da je to prvi ili poslednji dan u tvom životu, tada ćeš smisleno iskoristiti ovaj dan.
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Počni tako što ćeš se iznenaditi kada se probudiš
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.
time što imaš oči koje možeš da otvoriš, taj neverovatan spektar boja koji je konstantno pred nama, to je čisto uživanje. Pogledaj nebo. Tako retko posmatramo nebo. Tako retko primetimo koliko je različito iz trenutka u trenutak, sa oblacima koji dolaze i odlaze. Samo razmišljamo o vremenu, i čak i ne primećujemo sve te suptilne razlike u vremenu kakvo jeste. Mi razmišljamo o dobrom i lošem vremenu. Ovaj današnji dan, baš sada, se odlikuje jedinstvenim vremenom možda se nikada na isti način neće ponoviti. Oblici oblaka na nebu nikada neće biti identični onom koji imaju sada. Otvori svoje oči. Pogledaj to.
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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.
Posmatraj lica ljudi koje upoznaješ. Svako od njih poseduje neverovatnu priču zapisanu na svom licu, priču koju nikada nećete u potpunosti razumeti, ne samo njihovu sopstvenu, već i priču njihovih predaka. Svi mi imamo svoje korene, i u ovom trenutku, baš ovog dana, svi ljudi koje sretnete, te generacije života, sa toliko različitih mesta na ovom svetu, se stapaju i sreću vas ovde kao voda koja daruje život, samo ukoliko otvorite svoja srca i popijete je.
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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 za te neverovatne poklone koje nam je civilizacija udelila. Samo pritisnete prekidač i pojavi se električno svetlo. Otvorite slavinu i poteče topla i hladna voda, pijaća voda. To je poklon koji nije dostupan milionima i milionima ljudi širom sveta.
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.
Ovo je samo nekoliko od velikog broja poklona koje treba da budete spremni da prihvatite. Želim vam da otvorite svoja srca za sve ove blagodeti i da im dozvolite da vas obuzmu, tako da svakoga koga sretnete danas blagoslovite, samo vašim očima, vašim osmehom, vašim dodirom, samo vašim prisustvom. Pustite zahvalnost da preraste u blagoslov oko vas
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And then, it will really be a good day.
i tada će ovo biti zaista dobar dan. (Muzika)
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
Luji Švarcberg: Hvala vam.
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Mnogo vam hvala. (Aplauz)
Thank you very much.
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