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,
我從加州大學洛杉磯分校畢業後 搬到加州北部 我住在一個名為麋鹿林的小鎮 位於門多西諾海岸 我沒有電話和電視 但是我有美國郵政 如果你還記得,那時的生活十分美好 我會到雜貨店裡去喝杯咖啡、買布朗尼蛋糕 然後帶著膠捲搭船到舊金山 待個兩天,四處看看 最後回到家 這樣的方式比起在好萊塢繁忙的交通裡開車好多了 (音樂) 我沒有很多錢
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不過我有時間和好奇心 (音樂)
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.
因此我開始拍攝縮時影片 拍攝四分鐘長的膠捲要花一個月的時間 因為那是我可以負擔的極限
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.
一直以來,我持續拍攝花朵的縮時影片 毫不間斷,一天二十四小時,一週七天 歷經三十年,看著它們像跳舞般的變化 是我永遠不會厭煩的事情 它們的美讓我們沉浸在色彩、味道和觸感之中 它們也提供了我們三分之一的食物來源
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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.
美麗和魅力是大自然賴以生存的工具 因為我們會保護我們愛的事物 它打開我們的心胸 讓我們了解我們是大自然的一部份 而且密不可分 當我們看見自己身處在大自然裡 它也讓我們聯繫了彼此 因為很顯然的,一切皆合而為一。
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.
大部份的人看了我的影片會說 「喔!我的天啊!」 你可曾思考過這句話的意義? 「喔!」意味著它吸引了你的注意力 讓你活在當下、留心此時此刻 「我的」則代表了某樣東西 和你靈魂深處的某樣東西有了連結 它為你內在的聲音打開了一扇門 來幫助你被看見、被聽見 「天」則是每個人夢寐以求的地方 我們想要得到啟發 並感受到自己和讚揚生命的宇宙連結
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?
你知道我們所接受到的訊息中 有百分之八十透過眼睛嗎? 如果你將光能和音階相比 人類裸視時只能看得見一個八度的範圍 剛好是正中間的那個八度? 難道我們不該感謝我們的大腦 讓我們可以從藉由光能、按下快門、創造影像 來探索世界? 難道我們不該感謝我們擁有心 讓我們可以有這些感受 感覺到喜悅 以及大自然的美麗? (音樂)
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.
大自然的美麗是一份禮物 讓我們培養感謝與感恩之情 (音樂) 今天我想和你分享一份禮物 這是我目前正在進行的計畫 名為「展現喜悅」 這個計畫將讓我們透過 孩童與老人的觀點 來看這個世界
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.
孩童:當我看電視時 那只是一些作假的電視節目 當你探索時 你得到多於以往的想像 當你得到更多的想像 那會讓你想要更深入探究 你就可以看到更多漂亮的事物 像是一條小徑 如果那是一條小徑,它可以指引你到海邊 或是其它地方,那可能是漂亮的地方 (音樂)
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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:你覺得這只是生活中另一個平凡的日子嗎? 這是與眾不同的一天 這是特別給你的一天 那就是「今天」
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這是老天給你的恩典 是一份禮物
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.
這是你現在僅有的禮物 而唯一適當的回應 就是感謝
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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.
如果你好好的回應 這樣特別的一天是多麼棒的禮物 如果你學著去回應 就如同這是你生命中的第一天 也是最後一天 那麼你就會好好地渡過這一天
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以睜開你的雙眼開始
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.
能夠睜開眼睛是多麼令人驚喜的事 美麗的五光十色帶給我們 單純的喜悅 看看天空 我們很少仔細仰望天空 我們極少寫下每一刻的不同 以及雲朵來來去去的變化 我們只想到天氣 即使是天氣 我們也不曾察覺天氣的細微差異 只去分辨天氣是好是壞 今天,此刻,有獨一無二的天氣 也許是永遠不會 再出現的樣子了 雲朵在天空的景象 將不會再次出現相同的模樣 打開你的眼睛看看它
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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.
仔細端詳身旁人們的臉龐 在每一張臉孔背後都有獨一無二的故事 一個你永遠不會想到的故事 不只是他們自己的故事,還有他們祖先的故事 我們都有歷史的 而在此時此刻 所有與你相遇的人們 歷經了數個世代、從地球上各個角落 聚集在一起 然後在此地與你相遇的人們 就像是生命的泉水 只要你敞開心,然後喝下那泉水
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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.
為文明帶給我們的禮物 打開你的心 只要你打開開關,燈光就在眼前 只要你打開水龍頭 就會有溫水和冷水 以及可以飲用的水 這是一份禮物 是世上千萬人無法體驗到的
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.
這些僅是可以打開你心房的 無數禮物之一 希望你為這些祝福打開你的心房 讓它們進入你的心 讓所有將與你見面的人 都得到你的祝福 只要透過你的眼睛 你的微笑 你的觸碰 或僅僅是你的出現 讓你身邊的感謝 轉化為祝福
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And then, it will really be a good day.
如此一來,今天就會是美好的一天 (音樂)
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
Louie Schwartzberg:謝謝!
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謝謝大家! (掌聲)
Thank you very much.
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