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,
当我从加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)毕业后,我搬到北加州 我住在一个叫做Elk的小镇里 在门多西诺海岸 我没有电话、没有电视,但有美国邮政 如果你还记得,那时的生活蛮不错的 我会去百货店享用咖啡 和布朗尼,把我的底片 运到旧金山,你瞧,两天后 我就能收到(冲洗的照片) 这可比在好莱坞与繁忙的交通奋斗 要好多了。(音乐响起) 我那时没什么钱
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但我有时间和对奇迹的感知(音乐)
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.
我开始延时摄影 我能花上一个月时间来完成四分钟长的 一卷胶卷,因为那是我负担得起的
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.
我一直用延时摄影拍摄花朵 没有间断,每天24小时,每周七天 至今已经30年。看花朵运动 就像看一场我永远不会厌倦的舞蹈 那种美带给我们无上的享受,色彩、品味、感动。 它们还为我们提供1/3的食物
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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.
美与诱惑是自然界的生存工具 因为我们会保护我们爱上的东西 它们打开我们的心扉,让我们认识到 我们是自然的一份子,不曾分离 当我们身处自然之中,自然也联系到 我们每一个人,因为显而易见 我们是浑然一体的
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.
当人们看到我的照片,很多时候他们会说 “哦我的上帝!”你们想过这句话意味着什么吗? “哦”说明我引起了你的注意 让你脑中有物 “我的”说明这些作品联结到 你灵魂深处的某样东西 它提供了一个通道,让你内心的声音响起来 能被人听到。“上帝”呢? 上帝是我们都希望走的个人的旅程 被启发,让我们感觉天人合一 赞颂生命
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?
你们知不知道 我们接受的信息中有80%都是来自于视觉? 如果把光能和(钢琴)音域作比较 裸眼能看到的光谱范围 只相当于(钢琴)正中的一个八度音域 我们难道不该心存感激,因为我们的大脑 能够把从光能中探测到的电脉冲信号 转变为我们用来认识世界的图像? 我们难道不该心存感激,因为我们的心 能够感受这些波动 让我们能感受到 自然之美的乐趣? (音乐)
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.
自然之美是天赐礼物 能够滋养欣赏和感激 (音乐) 今天我有一样礼物要与你们分享 是我正在做的一个项目,叫做“揭示幸福” 它告诉我们 孩子和老人的视角中 世界是什么样子的
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.
小孩:我看电视的时候 那上面只是演一些假装出来的事情 当你探索的时候 你的想象力就增加了 当你的想象力增加了 你就会想要更进一步 就能看到更多美丽的事物 比如一条路,能带你去海边 还有其他美丽的东西 (音乐)
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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.
老人:你认为这只是人生中另一个平白无奇的日子? 不是的,这是被赐予的一天 今天
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是上天赐给你的,是一个礼物
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.
这是你手头唯一的礼物 唯一的恰当反应是 感恩
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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.
如果你去培养这种反应 对这恩赐的特别的日子充满感恩 如果你学会这种反应 就好像这是你人生的第一天 也是最后一天 你就能很好地度过这一天
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以睁开双眼为始
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.
对自己目能视物充满惊喜 时刻能感受到色彩那不可思议的光芒而带来的 纯粹的享受 看看天空 我们很少看天 我们很少能注意到 这一刻与下一刻的不同,云彩的来去 我们只是关心天气 就算是天气,我们也不曾 关注天气的各种细微之处 我们只是关心天气是好是坏 今天,此时此刻,有特别的天气 也许这种天气再也不会 以同样的方式再现 云彩的组合也再不会出现 与现在一模一样的 睁大你的双眼,看看这些
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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.
看看你遇到的人的脸庞 每一张脸后面都有一个不平凡的故事 一个你无法完全理解的故事 这个故事不仅关于他们自己,还关于他们的祖先 我们回顾过去 但此时此刻 你遇到的所有人,所有的生命 跨越时间和距离 与你相遇了 就像生命之水,只要你打开心扉,喝下它
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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.
打开心扉去接受文明带给我们的不可思议的 礼物 拨一下开关电灯就亮了 打开水龙头,就有热水和冷水 还有饮用水 这是世界上成千上万的人所 无法体验的礼物
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.
这只是无数礼物中的几件 我们能够打开心扉对待的 我祝愿你们能打开心扉 让这些福祉荡漾在你身心 你们今天遇到的每个人 都能因为蒙荫 因你的双眸 你的微笑 你的触摸 以及你的出现 让这份感激 充满你们身边
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And then, it will really be a good day.
今天将会是真正美好的一天(音乐)
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
Louie Schwartzberg: 谢谢你们
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非常感谢(掌声)
Thank you very much.
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