Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke | TED

Translator: Emma Toft Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

I was hoping today to talk a little bit about creativity.

Jeg håbede på, i dag, at tale en smule om kreativitet.

You know, a lot of people really struggle

Du ved, en masse mennesker kæmper meget

to give themselves permission to be creative.

med at give sig tilladelse til at være kreativ.

And reasonably so.

Og rimeligt nok,

I mean, we're all a little suspect of our own talent.

Jeg mener, vi er alle lidt suspekte over vores eget talent.

And I remember a story I came across in my early 20s

Og jeg kan huske en historie jeg hørte første i mine 20'ere

that kind of meant a lot to me.

som egentlig betyder meget for mig.

I was really into Allen Ginsberg,

Jeg var fan af Allen Ginsberg,

and I was reading his poetry,

og jeg læste his poesi,

and I was reading -- he did a lot of interviews --

og jeg læste -- han lavede mange interviews --

and one time, William F. Buckley had this television program

og en gang, William F. Buckley havde dette TV program

called "Firing Line,"

kaldet "Firing Lane,"

and Ginsberg went on there and sang a Hare Krishna song

og Ginsberg deltog og sang en Hara Krishna sang

while playing the harmonium.

mens han spillede stueorgel.

And he got back to New York to all his intelligentsia friends,

Og han tog tilbage til New York til hans intelligentsia venner

and they all told him,

og de fortalte ham,

"Don't you know that everybody thinks you're an idiot,

"Ved du ikke at alle synes du er en idiot,

and the whole country's making fun of you?"

og at hele landet laver grin med dig?"

And he said, "That's my job.

Og han sagde, "Det er mit job.

I'm a poet, and I'm going to play the fool.

Jeg er en poet, og jeg kommer til at spille narren.

Most people have to go to work all day long,

De fleste mennesker skal gå på arbejde hele dagen,

and they come home and they fight with their spouse,

og de kommer hjem og de skændes med deres partner,

and they eat, and they turn on the old boob tube,

og de spiser, og de tænder for det gamle TV

and somebody tries to sell them something,

og nogle prøver på at sælge dem noget,

and I just screwed all that up.

og det ødelagde jeg fuldstændig.

I went on and I sang about Krishna,

Jeg gik på og sang om Krishna

and now they're sitting in bed and going, 'Who is this stupid poet?'

og nu sidder de i sengen og siger, "Hvem er den dumme poet?"

And they can't fall asleep, right?"

og de kan ikke falde i søvn, ikke?"

And that's his job as a poet.

Og det er hans job som poet.

And so, I find that very liberating,

Og så, jeg finder det meget befriende,

because I think that most of us really want to offer the world

fordi jeg tror at de fleste af os virkelig gerne vil tilbyde verden

something of quality,

noget af kvalitet,

something that the world will consider good or important.

noget som verden vil anse som godt eller vigtigt.

And that's really the enemy,

Og det er den sande fjende,

because it's not up to us whether what we do is any good,

fordi det er ikke op til os om hvad vi gør er noget godt,

and if history has taught us anything,

og hvis historien har lært os noget,

the world is an extremely unreliable critic.

verden er en ekstremt upålidelig kritiker.

Right?

Ikke?

So you have to ask yourself:

Så du siger til dig selv:

Do you think human creativity matters?

Tror du vores kreativitet har betydning?

Well, hmm.

Men, hmm.

Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry. Right?

De fleste mennesker bruger ikke meget tid på at tænke på poesi. Ikke?

They have a life to live,

De har et liv at leve,

and they're not really that concerned with Allen Ginsberg's poems

og de er egentlig ikke så bekymret om Allen Ginsberg's digte

or anybody's poems,

eller nogens digte,

until their father dies,

indtil deres far dør,

they go to a funeral,

de tager til begravelse,

you lose a child,

du mister et barn,

somebody breaks your heart, they don't love you anymore,

nogle knuser dit hjerte, de elsker dig ikke mere,

and all of a sudden,

og lige pludeslig,

you're desperate for making sense out of this life,

er du desperat efter at forstå mening med dette liv,

and, "Has anybody ever felt this bad before?

og, "Har nogen nogensinde haft det så dårligt før?

How did they come out of this cloud?"

Hvordan kom de ud af denne sky?"

Or the inverse -- something great.

Eller det modsatte -- noget skønt.

You meet somebody and your heart explodes.

Du møder nogen og dig hjerte eksploderer.

You love them so much, you can't even see straight.

Du elsker dem så meget, du kan ikke engang se lige.

You know, you're dizzy.

Du ved, du er svimmel.

"Did anybody feel like this before? What is happening to me?"

"Har nogen følt sådan her før? Hvad sker der med mig?"

And that's when art's not a luxury, it's actually sustenance.

Og der er kunst ikke en luksus, det er faktisk næring.

We need it.

Vi har brug for det.

OK. Well, what is it?

OK. Men, hvad er det?

Human creativity is nature manifest in us.

Menneskelig kreativitet er naturen inden i os.

We look at the, oh ...

Vi kigger på, øhm ...

the aurora borealis. Right?

nordlyset. Ikke?

I did this movie called "White Fang" when I was a kid,

Jeg var med i filmen "White Fangs", da jeg var barn,

and we shot up in Alaska,

og vi filmede i Alaska,

and you go out at night

og du gik ud om natten

and the sky was like rippling with purple and pink and white,

og himlen var fyldt med lilla og pink og hvid,

and it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw.

og det var det smukkeste syn jeg har set.

It really looked like the sky was playing.

Det så ud som om himlen legede.

Beautiful.

Smukt.

You go to Grand Canyon at sundown.

Du ser Grand Canyon ved solnedgang

It's beautiful.

Det er smukt.

We know that's beautiful.

Vi ved det er smukt.

But fall in love?

Men at være forelsket?

Your lover's pretty beautiful.

Din elsker er ret smuk.

I have four kids.

Jeg har fire børn.

Watching them play?

At se dem lege?

Watching them pretend to be a butterfly

Se dem lade som om at de er sommerfugle

or run around the house and doing anything,

eller løbe rundt i huset og gøre alt muligt,

it's so beautiful.

det er så smukt.

And I believe that we are here on this star in space

Og jeg tror på at vi er her på denne stjerne i universet

to try to help one another. Right?

for at prøve at hjælpe hinanden. Ikke?

And first we have to survive,

Og først skal vi overleve,

and then we have to thrive.

og så skal vi trives.

And to thrive, to express ourselves,

Og for at trives, udtrykke os selv,

alright, well, here's the rub: we have to know ourselves.

okay, men, her er tricket: vi skal kende os selv.

What do you love?

Hvad elsker du?

And if you get close to what you love,

Og hvis du kommer tæt på hvad du elsker,

who you are is revealed to you,

hvem du er bliver afsløret for dig,

and it expands.

og det udvides.

For me, it was really easy.

For mig, det var virkelig nemt.

I did my first professional play. I was 12 years old.

Jeg havde min første professionelle rolle. Jeg var 12.

I was in a play called "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw

Jeg var i stykket "Saint Joan" af George Bernard Shaw

at the McCarter Theatre,

i McCarter teateret,

and -- boom! -- I was in love.

og -- boom! -- jeg var forelsket.

My world just expanded.

Min verden blev større.

And that profession -- I'm almost 50 now --

Og den karriere -- Jeg er snart 50 år nu --

that profession has never stopped giving back to me,

den karriere har aldrig stoppet med at give mig tilbage,

and it gives back more and more,

og den giver mere og mere,

mostly, strangely,

mest, mærkeligt nok,

through the characters that I've played.

gennem karakterne som jeg har spillet.

I've played cops, I've played criminals,

Jeg har spillet politibetjente, kriminelle

I've played priests, I've played sinners,

jeg har spillet præste og syndere,

and the magic of this over a lifetime, over 30 years of doing this,

og magien af dette over en livstid, over 30 år med det her,

is that you start to see that my experiences,

er at du begynder at se at mine oplevelser,

me, Ethan, is not nearly as unique

mig, Ethan, er ikke nær så unikke

as I thought.

som jeg troede.

I have so much in common with all these people.

Jeg har så meget til fælles med alle disse mennesker.

And so they have something in common with me.

Og så har de også noget til fælles med mig.

You start to see how connected we all are.

Du begynder at se hvor forbundet vi alle er.

My great-grandmother, Della Hall Walker Green,

Min oldemor, Della Hall Walker Green,

on her deathbed,

på hendes dødsleje,

she wrote this little biography in the hospital,

skrev hun en lille biografi på hospitalet,

and it was only about 36 pages long,

og den var kun 36 sider lang,

and she spent about five pages

og hun brugte omkring fem sider

on the one time she did costumes for a play.

på om dengang hun lavede kostumer til et stykke.

Her first husband got, like, a paragraph.

Hendes første mand fik, jamen, en paragraf.

Cotton farming, of which she did for 50 years, gets a mention.

Bomuldshøstning, som hun gjorde i 50 år, blev kort nævnt.

Five pages on doing these costumes.

Fem sider om at lave kostumer.

And I look -- my mom gave me one of her quilts that she made,

Og jeg kigger -- min mor gav mig et af de tæpper hun lavede,

and you can feel it.

og du kan føle det.

She was expressing herself,

Hun udtrykte sig selv,

and it has a power that's real.

og det har en kraft som er virkelig.

I remember my stepbrother and I went to go see "Top Gun,"

Jeg kan huske min stedbror og jeg tog i biografen for at se "Top Gun",

whatever year that came out.

det år den udkom.

And I remember we walked out of the mall, it was, like, blazing hot,

Og jeg kan huske vi gik ud af storcenteret, det var stegende hedt,

I just looked at him,

Jeg kiggede bare på ham,

and we both felt that movie just like a calling from God.

og vi følte begge den film var et kald fra Gud.

You know? Just ...

Du ved? Bare ...

But completely differently.

Men komplet anderledes.

Like, I wanted to be an actor.

Ja, jeg ville være skuespiller

I was like, I've got to make something that makes people feel.

Jeg tænkte, jeg skal lave noget som får folk til at føle.

I just want to be a part of that.

Jeg ville gerne være en del af det.

And he wanted to be in the military.

Og han ville være i militæret.

That's all we ever did was play FBI, play army man,

Det var alt vi gjorde, legede FBI, legede militær,

play knights, you know, and I'd like, pose with my sword,

legede riddere, du ved, og jeg ville posere med mit sværd

and he would build a working crossbow

og han lavede en fungerende armbrøst

that you could shoot an arrow into a tree.

så du kunne skyde en pil ind i træet.

So he joins the army.

Så han begynder i hæren.

Well, he just retired a colonel in the Green Berets.

Altså, han er pensioneret oberst i De Grønne Baratter.

He's a multidecorated combat veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Han er multi dekoreret krigsveteran fra Afghanistan og Irak.

He now teaches a sail camp for children of fallen soldiers.

Han underviser nu en sejllads lejr for børn af faldne soldater.

He gave his life to his passion.

Han gav hans liv til hans passion.

His creativity was leadership,

Hans kreativitet var lederskab,

leading others,

at lede andre,

his bravery, to help others.

hans mod, at hjælpe andre.

That was something he felt called to do,

Det var det han følte hans kald var,

and it gave back to him.

og det gav tilbage til ham.

We know this -- the time of our life is so short,

Vi ved dette -- denne tid i vores liv er så kort,

and how we spend it --

og hvordan vi bruger den

are we spending it doing what's important to us?

bruger vi den på hvad der er vigtigt for os?

Most of us not.

De fleste af os gør ikke.

I mean, it's hard.

Jeg mener, det er hårdt.

The pull of habit is so huge,

Vaner er så svære at bryde,

and that's what makes kids so beautifully creative,

og det er hvad der gør børn så fantastisk kreative,

is that they don't have any habits,

at de ikke har nogle vaner,

and they don't care if they're any good or not, right?

og de tænker ikke over om de er gode eller ej, ikke?

They're not building a sandcastle going,

De bygger ikke et sandsolt og siger,

"I think I'm going to be a really good sandcastle builder."

"Jeg tror at jeg bliver en rigtig god sandslotsbygger."

They just throw themselves at whatever project you put in front of them --

De kaster bare sig selv ind i de opgaver du stille foran dem ---

dancing, doing a painting,

dans, at lave et maleri,

building something:

at bygge noget:

any opportunity they have,

hvilken mulighed de har,

they try to use it to impress upon you their individuality.

de bruger den til at vise dig deres individualitet.

It's so beautiful.

Det er så smukt.

It's a thing that worries me sometimes whenever you talk about creativity,

Det er en ting som bekymrer mig sommetider når du snakker om kreativitet,

because it can have this kind of feel that it's just nice,

fordi det kan have den følelse af at det bare er rart,

you know, or it's warm or it's something pleasant.

du ved, eller det er varmt eller noget behageligt.

It's not.

Det er det ikke.

It's vital.

Det er livsvigtigt.

It's the way we heal each other.

Det er en måde at helbrede hinanden på.

In singing our song,

Ved at synge vores sang,

in telling our story,

ved at fortælle vores historie,

in inviting you to say,

at invitere dig til at sige,

"Hey, listen to me, and I'll listen to you,"

"Hey, lyt til mig, og jeg vil lytte til dig,"

we're starting a dialogue.

Vi starter en dialog.

And when you do that, this healing happens,

Og når du gør det, så starter helbredningen,

and we come out of our corners,

og vi kommer ud af vores hjørner,

and we start to witness each other's common humanity.

og vi begynder at vidne hinanden's fælles menneskehed.

We start to assert it.

Vi begynder at fastholde det.

And when we do that, really good things happen.

Og når vi gør det, sker virkelig gode ting.

So, if you want to help your community, if you want to help your family,

Så, hvis du vil hjælpe dit samfund, hvis du vil hjælpe din familie,

if you want to help your friends,

hvis du vil hjælpe dine venner,

you have to express yourself.

skal du udtrykke dig selv.

And to express yourself, you have to know yourself.

Og for at udtrykke dig selv, skal du kende dig selv.

It's actually super easy.

Det er egentlig super nemt.

You just have to follow your love.

Du skal bare følge din kærlighed.

There is no path.

Der er ingen sti.

There's no path till you walk it,

Der er ingen sti indtil du går på den,

and you have to be willing to play the fool.

og du skal være villig til at spille fjolset.

So don't read the book that you should read,

Så læs ikke bogen som du skal læse,

read the book you want to read.

læs bogen du har lyst til at læse.

Don't listen to the music that you used to like.

Lyt ikke til det musik som du plejede at kunne lide.

Take some time to listen to some new music.

Brug noget tid på at lytte til noget nyt musik.

Take some time to talk to somebody that you don't normally talk to.

Brug noget tid på at tale med nogen som du normalt ikke taler med.

I guarantee, if you do that,

Jeg lover, at hvis du gør det,

you will feel foolish.

du vil føle dig fjollet.

That's the point.

Det er meningen.

Play the fool.

Spil fjolset.

(Plays guitar)

(Spiller guitar)

(Sings) Well, I want to go Austin, and I wanna stay home.

(Synger) Men, jeg vil til Austin, og jeg vil blive hjemme.

Invite our friends over but still be alone.

Invitere vores venner over men stadig være alene.

Live for danger.

Leve for fare.

Play it cool.

Vær sej.

Have everyone respect me for being a fool.

Have alle respektere mig for at være et fjols.