Shantell Martin: How drawing can set you free | TED

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: mohamed Al-Dose ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: Shimaa Nabil
00:12
So here we are.
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ุฅุฐู‹ุง ู‡ุง ู†ุญู† ุฐุง.
00:14
I'm at home, as I'm sure many of you are, too.
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ุฃู†ุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ูƒู…ุง ุฃุฌุฒู… ุฃู†ู‘ูŽ ูƒุซูŠุฑู‹ุง ู…ู†ูƒู… ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง.
00:17
And we've all begun to understand
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ูˆู‚ุฏ ุจุฏุฃู†ุง ุฌู…ูŠุนู‹ุง ููŠ ูู‡ู…
00:19
how our relationship with ourselves,
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ูƒูŠู ุฃู†ูŽู‘ ุนู„ุงู‚ุชู†ุง ู…ุน ุฃู†ูุณู†ุงุŒ
00:21
with each other
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ู…ุน ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†
00:22
and the spaces we exist in
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ูˆู…ุน ุงู„ุฃู…ุงูƒู† ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุชูˆุงุฌุฏ ููŠู‡ุง
00:24
can deeply impact our sense of identity and purpose.
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ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชุคุซุฑ ุจุดูƒู„ู ูƒุจูŠุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุฅุญุณุงุณู†ุง ุจุงู„ู‡ูˆูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู‡ุฏู.
00:27
So much has dramatically changed.
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ุฅู†ู‘ูŽ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู‚ุฏ ุชุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุจุดูƒู„ู ูƒุจูŠุฑ.
00:30
There's a sense of distance now unlike ever before.
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ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฅุญุณุงุณ ุจุงู„ุจูุนุฏ ุงู„ุขู† ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ุฃูŠ ูˆู‚ุชู ู…ุถู‰.
00:33
But what if I told you
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู’ ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ูˆ ุฃุฎุจุฑุชูƒู…
00:35
that you could find a way from your heart to your hand
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ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูƒู… ุฅูŠุฌุงุฏ ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุจูŠู† ู‚ู„ุจูƒู… ูˆูŠุฏูƒู…
00:39
to reconnect again,
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ู„ู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู…ุฌุฏู‘ุฏู‹ุงุŒ
00:41
and that through this practice and embracing this cause,
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ูˆุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุฉ ูˆุจุงุนุชู†ุงู‚ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุจุฏุฃุŒ
00:45
I could help you to recalibrate your mind
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ูุฅู†ู‘ู‡ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู’ ุฃุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุชููƒูŠุฑูƒู…
00:48
so that you could explore this new reality with joy,
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ู„ุชุชู…ูƒู‘ู† ู…ู† ุงูƒุชุดุงู ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠุฏ ุจู…ุชุนุฉุŒ
00:52
enthusiasm, imagination and hope?
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ุญู…ุงุณ ูˆุฎูŠุงู„ ูˆุฃู…ู„ุŸ
00:56
And all it would take is a simple pen.
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ูˆูƒู„ ู…ุง ูŠุชุทู„ู‘ุจู‡ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู‡ูˆ ู‚ู„ู… ุจุณูŠุท.
00:59
To get you there,
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ู„ุฃุตู„ ุจูƒู… ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ู†ุงูƒุŒ
01:00
let's go back to the beginning.
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ุฏุนูˆู†ุง ู†ุนูˆุฏ ู„ู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ.
01:02
As a kid growing up in a council estate in Southeast London,
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ูƒุทูู„ุฉู ู†ุดุฃุชู’ ููŠ ุณูŽูƒูŽู† ุงู„ู…ุฌู„ุณ ุฌู†ูˆุจ ุดุฑู‚ ู„ู†ุฏู†ุŒ
01:06
I was an outsider.
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ูƒู†ุชู ุดุฎุตู‹ุง ู…ุชู…ุฑู‘ุฏู‹ุง.
01:08
I'm the oldest of six kids,
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ูƒู†ุชู ุฃูƒุจุฑ ุฅุฎูˆุชูŠ ุงู„ุณุชู‘ุฉุŒ
01:09
and all of my siblings look very English:
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ูˆูƒู„ู‘ู‡ู… ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุจุฏูˆ ุนู„ูŠู‡ู… ู…ุธุงู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุจุฑูŠุทุงู†ูŠูŠู†:
01:12
blond hair, blue eyes, very cute.
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ุงู„ุดู‘ุนุฑ ุงู„ุฃุดู‚ุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฃุนูŠู† ุงู„ุฒุฑู‚ุงุก ูˆูƒุงู†ูˆุง ุฌู…ูŠู„ูŠู† ุฌุฏู‘ู‹ุง.
01:14
And then there was me:
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ูˆู‡ุง ุฃู†ุง ุฐุง:
01:15
half Nigerian, brown, with an Afro.
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ุจู†ุตูู ู†ูŠุฌูŠุฑูŠู‘ุŒ ุณู…ุฑุงุก ู…ุน ุดุนุฑู ู…ุฌุนู‘ุฏ.
01:19
So what happens when you look different
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ู„ุฐุง ู…ุง ุงู„ู‘ุฐูŠ ูŠุญุฏุซ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุจุฏูˆ ู…ุฎุชู„ูู‹ุง
01:22
and you feel different,
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ูˆุชุดุนุฑ ุจุฃู†ู‘ูƒ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุŒ
01:23
and in many ways, start to think differently
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ูˆุจุทุฑู‚ู ุนุฏูŠุฏุฉ ุชุจุฏุฃ ุจุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ุจุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ
01:25
from everyone and everything around you?
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ุนู† ูƒู„ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ูˆุงู„ุฃุดูŠุงุก ู…ู† ุญูˆู„ูƒุŸ
01:28
How do you find your way out of a dark, racist, homophobic
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ูƒูŠู ุชุฌุฏ ุทุฑูŠู‚ูƒ ุฎุงุฑุฌ ุงู„ุธู‘ู„ู…ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุนู†ุตุฑูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุฑู‡ุงุจ ุงู„ู…ุซู„ูŠุฉ
01:34
and very lonely place?
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ูˆู…ูƒุงู†ู ู…ูˆุญุดุŸ
01:36
This is where the pen comes in.
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ู‡ู†ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุฏูˆุฑ ุงู„ู‚ู„ู….
01:38
I started to draw.
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ุจุฏุฃุช ุจุงู„ุฑู‘ุณู….
01:40
So as you can see, I've got this pen,
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ู„ุฐุง ูƒู…ุง ุชุฑูˆู†ุŒ ุญุตู„ุช ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู‚ู„ู…ุŒ
01:42
and it knows where it's going.
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ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠุนุฑู ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃูŠู† ูŠุชู‘ุฌู‡.
01:44
And I've learned very well how to follow it.
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ูˆุชุนู„ู‘ู…ุช ุจุดูƒู„ ุฌูŠู‘ุฏ ูƒูŠู ุฃุชุจุนู‡.
01:46
And the first thing I did is I followed this line,
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ูˆุจุงุฏุฆ ุฐูŠ ุจุฏุก ู‚ู…ุชู ุจุงุชู‘ุจุงุน ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฎุทุŒ
01:50
and I drew myself out of a culture
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ูˆู‚ู…ุชู ุจุฑุณู… ู†ูุณูŠ ุงู„ุซู‘ุงุฆุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุซู‚ุงูุฉ
01:52
that was only telling me what I couldn't do.
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ูˆุงู„ู‘ุชูŠ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชุฎุจุฑู†ูŠ ูู‚ุท ู…ุง ุงู„ู‘ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ุฃุณุชุทูŠุน ูุนู„ู‡.
01:55
I trusted my pen,
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ูˆุซู‚ุชู ุจู‚ู„ู…ูŠุŒ
01:57
and it led me to Central Saint Martin's,
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ูˆู‚ุงุฏู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุณุงู†ุช ู…ุงุฑุชู† ุงู„ู…ุฑูƒุฒูŠุฉุŒ
02:00
a very fancy art school in London,
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ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนุชุจุฑ ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ูู†ูˆู† ุจุงู‡ุธุฉ ุงู„ุซู…ู† ููŠ ู„ู†ุฏู†ุŒ
02:02
where I graduated top of my year.
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ุญูŠุซ ูƒู†ุชู ู…ู† ุฃูˆุงุฆู„ ุงู„ู…ุชุฎุฑู‘ุฌูŠู†.
02:05
However, I soon realized there wasn't a place for me in London,
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ูˆู…ุน ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ูุฅู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช ููŠ ูˆู‚ุช ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠูˆุฌุฏ ู„ูŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ููŠ ู„ู†ุฏู†ุŒ
02:09
because whether you wish to believe it or not,
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ู„ุฃู†ู‘ู‡ - ุตุฏู‘ู‚ ุฃูˆ ู„ุง ุชุตุฏู‘ู‚ -
02:12
England is still a country that is rooted and functions within
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ุฅู†ุฌู„ุชุฑุง ู…ุง ุฒุงู„ุช ุจู„ุฏุง ู…ุชุฌุฐู‘ุฑุง ูˆู…ุชุฃุตู‘ู„ุง
02:15
the class system.
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ููŠ ุงู„ุทู‘ุจู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุบู†ูŠู‘ุฉ.
02:16
And as a young, black, gay female artist from a working-class family,
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ูˆูƒูู†ู‘ุงู†ุฉ ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ูˆุณูˆุฏุงุก ูˆู…ุซู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุฌู†ุณ ู…ู† ุนุงุฆู„ุฉ ุงู„ุทู‘ุจู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู…ู„ุฉุŒ
02:22
I didn't stand a chance.
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ู„ู… ุชูุชูŽุญ ู„ูŠ ูุฑุตุฉ ุงู„ู†ุฌุงุญ.
02:24
So I left London and I moved to Japan,
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ู„ุฐุง ูุฅู†ู‘ู†ูŠ ุชุฑูƒุช ู„ู†ุฏู† ูˆุงู†ุชู‚ู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ูŠุงุจุงู†ุŒ
02:27
where I didn't experience people asking me where I was really from.
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ุญูŠุซ ู„ู… ูŠู…ุฑู‘ ุนู„ูŠู‘ูŽ ุฃู†ุงุณู ูŠุณุฃู„ูˆู†ู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุฃูŠู† ุฃู†ุง.
02:31
I was just another gaijin,
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ูƒู†ุชู ูู‚ุท ุฃุฌู†ุจูŠู‘ุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ุŒ
02:33
which, ironically, means "outsider."
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ "ู…ู†ุจูˆุฐุฉ" ุจุดูƒู„ ู…ุซูŠุฑ ู„ู„ุณุฎุฑูŠุฉ.
02:36
I was immersed in a culture that honors both making and craft,
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ูƒู†ุชู ู…ุบู…ูˆุฑุฉ ููŠ ุซู‚ุงูุฉ ุชูƒุฑู‘ู… ูƒู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตู‘ู†ุงุนุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญุฑู ุงู„ูŠุฏูˆูŠู‘ุฉุŒ
02:40
where people perfect their craft over generations.
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ุญูŠุซ ูŠุชู‚ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุญุฑูุชู‡ู… ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุฑ ุงู„ุฃุฌูŠุงู„.
02:43
It's a culture that masters both time and space,
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ุฅู†ู‘ู‡ุง ุซู‚ุงูุฉ ุชุชู‚ู† ูƒู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุงุญุฉุŒ
02:46
so that artists can truly create with freedom.
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ูƒูŠ ูŠุชู…ูƒู† ุงู„ูู†ุงู†ูˆู† ู…ู† ุฃู†ู’ ูŠุจุฏุนูˆุง ุจุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ.
02:50
And what I discovered was a place I wasn't angry with.
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ูˆู…ุง ุงูƒุชุดูุชู‡ ู‡ูˆ ู…ูƒุงู† ู„ู… ุฃุบุถุจ ุจุณุจุจู‡.
02:54
Tokyo hadn't wronged me in any way.
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ุทูˆูƒูŠูˆ ู„ู… ุชุบุถุจู†ูŠ ุจุฃูŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ.
02:56
I could no longer create with anger
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ู„ู… ุฃุณุชุทุน ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ุขู† ุฃู† ุฃุจุฏุน ุจุณุจุจ ุงู„ุบุถุจ
02:58
or out of pain.
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ุฃูˆ ุจุณุจุจ ุงู„ุฃู„ู….
03:00
I had to bravely allow myself to create from a different place.
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ูƒุงู† ูŠู†ุจุบูŠ ุนู„ูŠู‘ ูˆุจูƒู„ ุดุฌุงุนุฉ ุฃู† ุฃุณุชู„ู‡ู… ุฅุจุฏุงุนูŠ ู…ู† ุดูŠุกู ู…ุฎุชู„ู.
03:04
And what I found is this incredible tool
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ูˆู…ุง ูˆุฌุฏุชู‡ ู‡ูˆ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุฃุฏุงุฉ ุงู„ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ
03:07
transcended a line on paper.
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฌุงูˆุฒุช ุงู„ุณุทุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุฑู‚.
03:10
I found this thing
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ูˆุฌุฏุช ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุดูŠุก
03:12
that connected my head to my heart
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ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ ูˆุตู„ ุนู‚ู„ูŠ ุจู‚ู„ุจูŠ
03:14
and my hand to everything.
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ูˆูˆุตู„ ูŠุฏูŠ ุจูƒู„ ุดูŠุก.
03:17
I could see the world in new ways.
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ุงุณุชุทุนุช ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุจุทุฑู‚ู ุฌุฏูŠุฏุฉ.
03:20
I found connections in corners
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูˆุฌุฏุช ุฑูˆุงุจุท ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฒูˆุงูŠุง
03:22
and the solutions to problems I never knew existed.
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ูˆุญู„ูˆู„ ู„ู…ุดุงูƒู„ ู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ู„ุฃุนู„ู… ุจูˆุฌูˆุฏู‡ุง ู‚ุท.
03:24
It's like the world with all its positive and negative spaces
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ูŠุจุฏูˆ ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‘ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุจูƒู„ ู…ุณุงุญุงุชู‡ ุงู„ุฅูŠุฌุงุจูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุณู„ุจูŠุฉ
03:28
could now be seen.
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ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู†ู’ ูŠูุฑูŽู‰ ุงู„ุขู†.
03:29
And just by seeing it,
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ูˆุจู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุฑุคูŠุชู‡ุŒ
03:31
there was no longer any fear.
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ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃูŠ ุฎูˆู.
03:33
It's like my pen was a flashlight,
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ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‘ ู‚ู„ู…ูŠ ูƒุงู† ูƒุดู‘ุงูู‹ุงุŒ
03:35
and the unknown was still there,
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ูˆุงู„ู…ุฌู‡ูˆู„ ู…ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ู‡ู†ุงูƒุŒ
03:38
but it wasn't scary.
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‘ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู…ุฎูŠูู‘ุง.
03:39
After five years of living in Japan and focusing on my craft,
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ุจุนุฏ ุฎู…ุณ ุณู†ูˆุงุช ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูŠุด ููŠ ุงู„ูŠุงุจุงู† ูˆุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุฒ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู‡ู†ุชูŠุŒ
03:43
I felt like I needed a new challenge.
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ุดุนุฑุชู ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‘ู†ูŠ ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ุชุญุฏู ุฌุฏูŠุฏ.
03:46
So I moved to New York,
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ู„ุฐุง ุงู†ุชู‚ู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒุŒ
03:48
because that's what you do as an artist, right?
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ู„ุฃู†ู‘ูŽ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ุง ุชูุนู„ู‡ ุฅุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ูู†ู‘ุงู†ู‹ุงุŒ ุตุญูŠุญุŸ
03:50
You move to the greatest city in the world
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ุชู†ุชู‚ู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุนุธู… ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…
03:52
that has the ability
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ูˆุงู„ู‘ุชูŠ ู„ู‡ุง ุงู„ู‚ุฏุฑุฉ
03:53
to make you feel completely and utterly invisible.
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ุฃู† ุชุฌุนู„ูƒ ู…ุชุฎูู‘ูŠู‹ุง ุชู…ุงู…ู‹ุง.
03:58
This is when I began to truly ask myself,
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ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุญูŠุซ ุจุฏุฃุช ุฃุณุฃู„ ู†ูุณูŠ ุญู‚ู‹ู‘ุงุŒ
04:01
"Who are you?"
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"ู…ู† ุฃู†ุชูุŸ"
04:04
I would wake up in the morning, and before I began my day,
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ูƒู†ุช ุฃุณุชูŠู‚ุธ ููŠ ุงู„ุตู‘ุจุงุญุŒ ูˆู‚ุจู„ ุฃู†ู’ ูŠุจุฏุฃ ูŠูˆู…ูŠุŒ
04:07
I would meditate on this.
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ูƒู†ุช ุฃุชุฃู…ู‘ู„ ู…ู„ูŠู‘ู‹ุง ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุณุคุงู„.
04:09
And with this question in mind,
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ูˆู…ุน ุฅุจู‚ุงุก ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุณุคุงู„ ููŠ ุฐู‡ู†ูŠุŒ
04:11
I kept drawing.
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ุงุณุชู…ุฑุฑุช ููŠ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุณู….
04:12
I followed the line.
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ุชุจุนุช ุงู„ุฎุทู‘.
04:14
I let it lead the way.
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ุฌุนู„ุชู‡ ูŠู‚ูˆุฏ ุงู„ุทู‘ุฑูŠู‚.
04:15
The process of picking up a pen,
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ุฅู†ู‘ ุนู…ู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ู„ู…ุŒ
04:18
something everyone has access to,
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ู‡ูŠ ุดูŠุก ูŠู…ูƒู† ู„ู„ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ูˆุตูˆู„ ุฅู„ูŠู‡ุŒ
04:20
the act of giving myself permission to let go
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ุฅู†ู‘ูŽ ุนู…ู„ูŠู‘ุฉ ู…ู†ุญ ู†ูุณูŠ ุงู„ุฅุฐู† ู„ุฃุทู„ู‚ ุงู„ุนู†ุงู†
04:24
of all thoughts, all fears, insecurities --
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ู„ูƒู„ ุงู„ุฃููƒุงุฑ ูˆู„ูƒู„ ุงู„ู…ุฎุงูˆู ูˆู„ุนุฏู… ุงู„ุงุณุชู‚ุฑุงุฑ -
04:28
anything that would get in the way
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ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก ุณูŠุนุชุฑุถ ุณุจูŠู„ูŠ
04:29
of allowing myself to be completely me --
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ู„ูƒูŠ ู„ุง ูŠุณู…ุญ ู„ูŠ ุจุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ุฃู†ุง ุจุดูƒู„ ุชุงู… -
04:32
that became my way of experiencing freedom.
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ุชู„ูƒ ูƒุงู†ุช ุทุฑูŠู‚ุชูŠ ู„ุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุงู„ุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ.
04:35
When I got to New York,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูˆุตู„ุช ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒุŒ
04:37
I didn't want to play by the rules of the art world.
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ู„ู… ุฃูุฑูุฏ ุฃู† ุฃุชุจู†ู‘ู‰ ู‚ูˆุงุนุฏ ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ูู†ู‘.
04:40
I continued my practice as an outsider.
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ุชุงุจุนุช ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุชูŠ ูƒู…ุชู…ุฑู‘ุฏุฉ.
04:43
I kept drawing.
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ุชุงุจุนุช ุงู„ุฑู‘ุณู….
04:45
Curiosity became the ink for my pen,
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ุงู„ูุถูˆู„ ุฃุตุจุญ ุญุจุฑ ู‚ู„ู…ูŠุŒ
04:48
and I continued to dive deeper.
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ูˆุงุณุชู…ุฑุฑุช ููŠ ุฃู†ู’ ุฃุบูˆุต ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุนู…ุงู‚.
04:50
Over time, I began to create a bold, confident space for myself,
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ู…ุน ู…ุฑูˆุฑ ุงู„ูˆู‚ุชุŒ ุจุฏุฃุช ุจุฅู†ุดุงุก ู…ุณุงุญุฉ ุฌุฑูŠุฆุฉ ูˆุฌุณูˆุฑุฉ ู„ู†ูุณูŠุŒ
04:54
a space that was all my own.
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ู…ุณุงุญุฉ ูƒุงู†ุช ูƒู„ู‘ู‡ุง ู…ู„ูƒู‹ุง ู„ูŠ.
04:56
Initially, it was just my bedroom.
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ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉุŒ ูƒุงู†ุช ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ุณุงุญุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุบุฑูุฉ ู†ูˆู…ูŠ ูู‚ุท.
04:59
But that bedroom ended up in "The New York Times,"
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ูˆู„ูƒู† ุบุฑูุฉ ุงู„ู†ูˆู… ุชู„ูƒ ุงู†ุชู‡ู‰ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุทุงู ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุฌู„ุฉ "The New York Times"ุŒ
05:02
and suddenly, I was being seen and known
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ูˆูุฌุฃุฉู‹ุŒ ุฃุตุจุญุชู ู…ุญุทู‘ูŽ ุงู„ุฃู†ุธุงุฑ ูˆู…ุดู‡ูˆุฑุฉู‹
05:05
for this world I had created.
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ุจุณุจุจ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู‚ู…ุชู ุจุฅู†ุดุงุฆู‡.
05:08
Since then,
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ู…ู†ู’ ูˆู‚ุชู‡ุงุŒ
05:09
I've created and collaborated with some of the most unique artists,
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ู‚ู…ุชู ุจุงู„ุงุณุชุซู…ุงุฑ ูˆุงู„ุชู‘ุนุงูˆู† ู…ุน ุจุนุถ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุชู…ูŠุฒู‹ุงุŒ
05:12
institutions and spaces,
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ุงู„ู…ุนุงู‡ุฏ ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุณุงุญุงุชุŒ
05:14
from the screens of Times Square,
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ู…ู† ุดุงุดุงุช ุชุงูŠู… ุณูƒูˆูŠุฑุŒ
05:16
to the New York City Ballet for their incredible artist series,
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ุฅู„ู‰ ูุฑู‚ุฉ ุจุงู„ูŠู‡ ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ ู„ุณู„ุณุฉ ุงู„ูู†ู‘ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุงุฆุนุฉ ุงู„ุฎู‘ุงุตุฉ ุจู‡ู…ุŒ
05:20
where I interviewed a number of dancers.
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ุญูŠุซ ู‚ุงุจู„ุช ุนุฏุฏู‹ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑู‘ุงู‚ุตูŠู†.
05:23
Their stories and words became the foundation
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ุฅู†ู‘ูŽ ู‚ุตุตู‡ู… ูˆูƒู„ู…ุงุชู‡ู… ุฃุตุจุญุช ู…ุตุฏุฑ ุฅู„ู‡ุงู…
05:26
of over 30 drawings and artworks,
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ู„ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 30 ุฑุณู…ู‹ุง ูˆุนู…ู„ู‹ุง ูู†ูŠู‘ู‹ุงุŒ
05:28
which took over the promenade walls,
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ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุงุณุชูˆู„ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุฌุฏุฑุงู† ุงู„ู…ู†ุชุฒู‡ุŒ
05:31
windows and floors.
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ุงู„ู†ูˆุงูุฐ ูˆุงู„ุฃุฑุงุถูŠ.
05:34
For a long time,
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ู„ูˆู‚ุชู ุทูˆูŠู„ุŒ
05:35
I wanted to create a space for contemplation and poetry.
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ุฃุฑุฏุช ุฃู†ู’ ุฃู†ุดุฆ ู…ูƒุงู†ุง ู„ู„ุชุฃู…ู„ ูˆุงู„ุดุนุฑ.
05:38
And in 2019,
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ูˆููŠ ุนุงู… 2019ุŒ
05:40
I was given the opportunity to do just that
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ู…ูู†ูุญุช ู„ูŠ ุงู„ูุฑุตุฉ ู„ุฃูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ
05:42
by the Trust of Governor's Island.
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ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ Trust of Governor's Island.
05:44
They provided me with the perfect canvas
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ู‚ุงู…ูˆุง ุจุชูˆููŠุฑ ุงู„ู‚ู…ุงุด ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„ูŠ ู„ูŠ
05:47
in the form of a former military chapel.
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ุนู„ู‰ ุดูƒู„ ูƒู†ูŠุณุฉ ุนุณูƒุฑูŠู‘ุฉ ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ ุณุงุจู‚ุฉ.
05:49
Meet "The May Room."
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ุฅู„ูŠูƒู… "The May Room."
05:51
With drawings on the exterior inspired by the history of the island,
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ู…ุน ุฑุณูˆู…ุงุชู ููŠ ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌ ู…ุณุชู„ู‡ู…ุฉ ู…ู† ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุงู„ุฌุฒูŠุฑุฉุŒ
05:55
you walk inside, you take your shoes off,
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุฎุทูˆ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ ูˆุชุฎู„ุน ู†ุนู„ูŠูƒุŒ
05:58
and there's a drawing on the floor in the form of a maze
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ูุฅู†ู‘ูƒ ุชุฌุฏ ุฑุณู…ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถ ุนู„ู‰ ุดูƒู„ ู…ุชุงู‡ุฉ
06:01
that brings you back to you.
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ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนูŠุฏูƒ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ.
06:03
It's an invitation to become calm.
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ุฅู†ู‘ู‡ุง ุชุดุฌูŠุน ู„ุฃู†ู’ ุชุตุจุญ ู‡ุงุฏุฆู‹ุง.
06:05
And this allows you to see phrases on the wall.
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ูŠุณู…ุญ ู„ูƒ ุจุฑุคูŠุฉ ุนุจุงุฑุงุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุญุงุฆุท.
06:09
"May you be wise."
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"ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ุฃู†ู’ ุชูƒูˆู† ุญูƒูŠู…ู‹ุง."
06:10
"May you sleep soundly at night."
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"ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ุฃู† ุชู†ุงู… ุจู‡ุฏูˆุก ุจุงู„ู„ูŠู„."
06:13
"May we save trees."
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"ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ุฃู†ู’ ู†ู†ู‚ุฐ ุงู„ุฃุดุฌุงุฑ."
06:15
"May you," "may you," "may we."
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"ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ู„ูƒุŒ" "ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ู„ูƒุŒ" "ุฃุชู…ู†ู‘ู‰ ู„ู†ุง."
06:17
And these phrases seem like they're rising from you
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ูˆู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนุจุงุฑุช ุชุจุฏูˆ ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชุญู„ู‘ู‚ ุจุนูŠุฏู‹ุง ุนู†ูƒ
06:20
or falling into you.
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ุฃูˆ ุชู‡ุจุท ุจุงุชุฌุงู‡ูƒ.
06:24
I've let my lines become much like a language,
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุฌุนู„ุชู ุฎุทูˆุทูŠ ุชุตุจุญ ู…ุซู„ ู„ุบุฉุŒ
06:26
a language that has unfolded much like life.
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ู„ุบุฉ ู‚ุฏ ูƒุดูุช ุงู„ุบุทุงุก ุนู† ู…ุซู„ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ.
06:29
And when there has been silence,
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฎูŠู‘ู… ุงู„ุตู‘ู…ุชุŒ
06:31
I've sought connection through conversation,
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ุณุนูŠุช ูˆุฑุงุก ุงู„ุงุชู‘ุตุงู„ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุงู„ู…ุญุงุฏุซุฉุŒ
06:33
asking questions to push through the discomfort.
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ุฃุณุฃู„ู ู†ูุณูŠ ุฃุณุฆู„ุฉู‹ ู„ุฃุชุฌุฑู‘ุน ู…ุฑุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ู…ุดู‚ู‘ุฉ.
06:36
Drawing has taught me how to create my own rules.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู‘ู…ู†ูŠ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุณู… ูƒูŠู ุฃุจุชูƒุฑู ู‚ูˆุงุนุฏูŠ ุงู„ุฎุงุตู‘ุฉ.
06:39
It has taught me to open my eyes to see not only what is,
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู‘ู…ู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุฃูุชุญ ุจุตูŠุฑุชูŠ ู„ูŠุณ ูู‚ุท ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ูƒุงุฆู†ุŒ
06:43
but what can be.
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ูˆู„ูƒู† ู…ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู†ู’ ูŠูƒูˆู†.
06:45
And where there are broken systems,
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ูˆุญูŠุซู…ุง ูˆูุฌุฏุช ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ู…ุนุทู‘ู„ุฉุŒ
06:47
we can create new ones that actually function and benefit all,
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ูุฅู†ู‘ู‡ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฃู†ู’ ู†ุจุชูƒุฑ ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ุฌุฏูŠุฏุฉ ุชูˆุงูู‚ ูˆุชููŠุฏ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠุนุŒ
06:52
instead of just a select few.
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ุจุฏู„ู‹ุง ู…ู† ุฃู†ู’ ุชููŠุฏ ุงู„ุฃู‚ู„ูŠู‘ุฉ.
06:55
Drawing has taught me how to fully engage with the world.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ุนู„ู‘ู…ู†ูŠ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุณู… ูƒูŠู ุฃู†ุฎุฑุทู ููŠ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุจุดูƒู„ู ูƒู„ู‘ูŠ.
06:58
And what I've come to realize through this language of lines
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ูˆู…ุง ุฃุฏุฑูƒุชู‡ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฃุณุทุฑ ู‡ุฐู‡
07:01
is not the importance of being seen,
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ู‡ูˆ ู„ูŠุณ ุฃู‡ู…ูŠุฉ ุฃู† ูŠูุฑู‰ ุงู„ุดู‘ุฎุตุŒ
07:04
but rather the gift of seeing that we give to others
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู’ ุจุงู„ุฃุญุฑู‰ ู…ูˆู‡ุจุฉ ุงู„ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุนุทูŠู‡ุง ู„ู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†
07:07
and how true freedom is the ability to see.
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ูˆูƒูŠู ุฃู†ู‘ูŽ ุงู„ุญุฑูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠู‘ุฉ ุชูƒู…ู† ููŠ ู‚ุฏุฑุชู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑู‘ุคูŠุฉ.
07:11
And I don't mean that literally,
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ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุฃุนู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุญุฑููŠู‘ู‹ุงุŒ
07:12
because sight is only one way in which one can see.
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ู„ุฃู†ู‘ูŽ ุงู„ุจุตูŠุฑุฉ ู‡ูŠ ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุทุฑู‚ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู†ู’ ูŠุฑู‰ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ุดุฎุต.
07:16
But what I mean is to experience the world in its entirety,
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู’ ู…ุง ุฃุนู†ูŠู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ู†ุนูŠุด ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ุจูƒู„ู‘ูŠู‘ุชู‡ุŒ
07:19
maybe even more so during the most challenging moments
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ูˆุฎุงุตู‘ุฉู‹ ููŠ ุฃุตุนุจ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุงุช
07:23
like the one we face today.
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ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุนูŠุดู‡ุง ุงู„ูŠูˆู….
07:25
I'm Shantell Martin.
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ุฃู†ุง ุดุงู†ุชูŠู„ ู…ุงุฑุชูŠู†.
07:27
I draw.
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ุฃู†ุง ุฃุฑุณู….
07:28
And I invite you to pick up a pen
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ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุฏุนูˆูƒ ู„ุฃู†ู’ ุชุญู…ู„ ู‚ู„ู…ู‹ุง
07:30
and see where it takes you.
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ูˆุชุฑู‰ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃูŠู† ุณูŠุฃุฎุฐูƒ.
07:32
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(ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰)
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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