David Kwong: Two nerdy obsessions meet — and it's magic

Prevoditelj: Sanja Srbljnović Čuček Recezent: Neda Vrkic

Enigmatika

i iluzionizam.

Radim na nečemu što većina doživljava

kao dva različita područja,

Puzzles

no za mene su jedno.

and magic.

I work in what most people think

Ja sam i mađioničar

i kreator križaljki New York Timesa,

are two distinct fields,

but I believe they are the same.

što znači da sam uzeo dva najštreberskija hobija

I am both a magician and

i sažeo ih u jednu karijeru.

a New York Times crossword puzzle constructor,

A meni su mađioničarstvo i enigmatika isti

which basically means I've taken

the world's two nerdiest hobbies

jer se oboje koriste jednim od najvažnijih ljudskih nagona:

and combined them into one career.

porivom za rješavanjem.

And I believe that magic and puzzles are the same

Ljudi su stvoreni za rješavanje,

because they both key into one of

da stvore red iz kaosa.

the most important human drives:

the urge to solve.

To je za mene istina.

Cijeli svoj život rješavam.

Human beings are wired to solve,

Srednjoškolsko doba ispunila su Scrabble natjecanja u kafiću

to make order out of chaos.

i nisam baš pričao s djevojkama,

It's certainly true for me.

I've been solving my whole life.

a onda sam negdje u to vrijeme

High school consisted of epic Scrabble matches in the cafeteria

počeo učiti mađioničarske trikove

i uopće nisam pričao s djevojkama.

and not really talking to girls,

Nema boljeg početka razgovora od,

and then at about that time

“Hej, znaš li da ‘iluzionizam’ vrijedi 20 bodova u Scrabbleu?

I started learning magic tricks

and definitely not talking to girls.

There's nothing like starting a conversation with,

Još tada, uočio sam preklapanje

"Hey, did you know that 'prestidigitation' is worth

između enigmatike i iluzije.

20 points in Scrabble?"

Rješavate li križaljku

ili gledate nastup mađioničara

But back then, I noticed an intersection

postajete onaj koji rješava,

between puzzles and illusion.

i vaš je cilj pokušati naći red u kaosu,

When you do the crossword puzzle

or when you watch a magic show,

kaosu, recimo, crno-bijele slagalice,

you become a solver,

vrećice izmiješanih Scrabble pločica,

and your goal is to try to find the order in the chaos,

ili promiješanog špila karata.

the chaos of, say, a black-and-white puzzle grid,

A danas kao autor križaljki —

a mixed-up bag of Scrabble tiles,

23 boda —

i kreator iluzija, ja stvaram taj kaos.

or a shuffled pack of playing cards.

And today, as a cruciverbalist —

Propitujem vašu sposobnost rješavanja.

23 points —

Dakle, istraživanja nam govore

and an illusion designer, I create that chaos.

da je rješavanje jednako prirodno kao jesti i spavati.

I test your ability to solve.

Od rođenja, programirani smo rješavati.

Now, it turns out research tells us

that solving is as primal as eating and sleeping.

U jednom UCLA istraživanju, novorođenčadi su još u bolnici

From birth, we are wired to solve.

pokazivali uzorke poput ovih:

krug, križ, krug, križ.

In one UCLA study, newborns still in the hospital

A onda se uzorak promijenio:

were shown patterns, patterns like this:

trokut, kvadrat.

A prateći pogled novorođenčeta,

circle, cross, circle, cross.

znamo da bebe stare samo dan

And then the pattern was changed: triangle, square.

mogu primijetiti i odgovoriti na remećenje reda.

And by tracking an infant's gaze,

To je fantastično.

Tako od kolijevke sve do u starost,

we know that newborns as young as a day old

sve nas povezuje nagon za rješavanjem.

can notice and respond to disruptions in order.

A čak sam i našao ovu fotografiju na Instagramu.

It's remarkable.

Pop zvijezda Katy Perry

So from infancy through old age,

rješava križaljku uz jutarnju kavu.

the urge to solve unites us all,

Sviđa mi se.

and I even found this photo on Instagram

of pop star Katy Perry solving a crossword puzzle

(Smijeh)

with her morning coffee.

Rješavanje ćete naći u svim kulturama.

Like.

(Laughter)

Križaljka je američki izum,

i ove godine slavimo

Now, solving exists across all cultures.

stotu obljetnicu križaljke,

prvi put objavljene u novinama The New York World.

The American invention is the crossword puzzle,

Mnoge su kulture s autohtonim mozgalicama.

and this year we are celebrating

the 100th anniversary of the crossword puzzle,

Kina nam je dala tangrame

koji iskušavaju sposobnosti rješavača da slože oblike iz razbacanih dijelova.

first published in The New York World.

But many other cultures have their signature puzzles as well.

Kaos.

China gives us tangrams,

Red.

which would test solvers' abilities

Red.

to form shapes from the jumbled pieces.

I red. (Kukurikanje)

Chaos. Order.

Taj mi je najdraži, čujmo ga opet. (Kukurikanje)

Dobro.

Order.

And order.

A što kažete na ovu slagalicu smišljenu u Engleskoj u 18. stoljeću:

That one's my favorite, let's hear it again.

puzle.

Nije li to stvaranje reda iz kaosa?

Okay.

And how about this puzzle

invented in 18th-century England:

Pa kao što vidite,

mi uvijek rješavamo.

the jigsaw puzzle.

Stalno pokušavamo dešifrirati naš svijet.

Is this not making order out of chaos?

To je vječita žudnja.

So as you can see,

Baš kao što je Cervantes opisao

we are always solving.

We are always trying to decode our world.

u “Don Quijoteu,”

otkud potiče i riječ “donkihotìzam”,

najbodovanija Scrabble riječ ikad,

It's an eternal quest.

It's just like the one Cervantes wrote about

365 bodova.

Pa ipak, “Don Quijote” je važna knjiga.

in "Don Quixote,"

which by the way is the root of the word "quixotry,"

Čitali ste “Don Quijotea”, zar ne?

the highest-scoring Scrabble word of all time,

Vidim neki kimaju glavom.

365 points.

Ma dajte ljudi, stvarno?

But anyway, "Don Quixote" is an important book.

Tko je čitao “Don Quijotea”? Dignite ruku ako jeste.

Ajmo. Pametna publika.

You guys have read "Don Quixote," yes?

Tko je čitao “Don Quijotea”?

I'm seeing some heads nod.

Dobro, jer ću sad trebati nekog pametnog

Come on guys, really?

Who's read "Don Quixote?" Let's do this. Raise your hands if you've read "Don Quixote."

jer sad ću vam demonstrirati uz pomoć nekoga od vas

There we go. Smart audience.

Who's read "Don Quixote?" Get them up.

koliko je duboko ukorijenjena vaša žudnja za rješavanjem

Okay, good, because I need somebody smart here

i kako ste svi vi stvoreni za rješavanje,

because now I'm going to demonstrate

pa ću otići u publiku

with the help of one of you

i naći nekog da mi pomogne.

just how deeply rooted your urge to solve is,

Da vidimo.

just how wired to solve all of you really are,

Svi sad naglo gledaju u stranu.

so I'm going to come into the audience

and find somebody to help me.

Mogu li?

Biste li htjeli?

Let's see.

Vaše ime? Gwen.

Everybody's looking away all of a sudden.

Nisam vidovnjak, vidim Vam bedž s imenom.

Pođite sa mnom, Gwen. Molim pljesak dobrodošlice za nju.

Can I? Would you? What is your name? Gwen.

Gwen, poslije Vas.

I'm not a mind reader, I can see your name tag.

(Pljesak)

Come with me, Gwen. Everyone give her a round of applause, make her feel welcome.

Jeste li uzbuđeni?

Znate li da Vaše ime vrijedi osam bodova u Scrabbleu?

Gwen, after you.

(Applause)

Ok, stanite ovdje, Gwen, baš ovdje.

Are you so excited?

A sad, Gwen, prije nego počnemo,

Did you know that your name is worth

eight points in Scrabble?

Htio bih ukazati na dio slagalice,

Okay, stand right here, Gwen, right here.

ovdje u ovoj omotnici,

i neću joj se prbližavati, ok?

Now, Gwen, before we begin,

A ovdje su crteži nekih domaćih životinja.

Možete vidjeti sovu, konja, magarca, pijetla, vola i ovcu,

I'd like to point out a piece of the puzzle,

which is here in this envelope,

a ovdje, Gwen, imamo neke šminkerske flomastere u bojama.

and I will not go near it. Okay?

And over here we have a drawing of some farm animals.

You can see we have an owl, we have a horse,

Možete li vidjeti onu riječ?

Gwen: Kobaltna.

a donkey, a rooster, an ox, and a sheep,

D.K.: Da, kobaltna.

and then here, Gwen, we have

A imamo i srebrni, crveni, smaragdni i žuti flomaster,

some fancy art store markers,

colors like, can you see that word right there?

a Gwen, Vi ćete obojati crteže baš kao da imate pet godina,

Gwen: Cobalt. David Kwong: Cobalt, yes. Cobalt.

But we have a silver, a red, an emerald,

s po jednim flomasterom.

Bit će jako zabavno.

A ja ću otići onamo.

and an amber marker,

Ne želim gledati što radite.

and Gwen, you are going to color this drawing

Nemojte još početi.

just like you were five years old,

Čekajte da dođem i zažmirim.

one marker at a time.

Dakle Gwen, jeste li spremni?

It's going to be a lot of fun.

Izaberite samo jedan flomaster.

But I'm going to go over here.

I don't want to see what you're doing.

Možete mi obojiti konja?

Okay, so don't start yet.

Wait for me to get over here and close my eyes.

Obojite konja —

Now Gwen, are you ready?

črčkajte velikim potezima, ne brinite o urednosti.

Pick up just one marker, pick up just one marker,

and why don't you color in the horse for me?

U redu. Izvrsno.

Color in the horse — big, big, big scribbles,

Mogli bi začepiti taj flomaster i staviti mi ga na stol.

Ok, sad uzmite drugi flomaster iz čaše

broad strokes, don't worry about staying in the lines.

All right. Great.

i odčepite ga

And why don't you take that marker and recap it

and place it on the table for me.

i obojite mi magarca, obojite magarca.

Okay, and pick up another marker out of the cup

Široko črčkanje.

Dobro, sad začepite taj flomaster

and take off the cap

i stavite ga na stol.

and color in the donkey for me, color in the donkey.

Odaberite drugi flomaster i odčepite.

Big scribbles.

Nije li zabavno?

Okay, cool, and re-cap that marker

I obojite mi sovu, obojite sovu.

and place it on the table.

And pick up another marker for me

Ok, sad začepite taj flomaster

and take off the cap. Isn't this fun?

i iz šalice izaberite novi

And color in the owl for me.

i obojite mi pijetla, obojite pijetla.

Color in the owl.

Okay, and recap that marker

Dobro, dobro, dobro, široki potezi, dobro.

Iz šalice izaberite novi flomaster

and pick up another marker out of the cup

and color in the rooster for me, color in the rooster.

i obojite mi vola, obojite vola.

Good, good, good, good, good.

Ok, dobro.

Big, big, big strokes. Good, good.

Stavite puno boje, začepite, vratite na stol

Pick up another marker out of the cup

i izaberite novi flomaster iz šalice.

and color in the ox for me. Color in the ox.

Oh, nemam više?

Okay, good.

Okrećem se.

A lot of color on that, and recap, and place it on the table,

Jesam li što zaboravio?

Zaboravio sam svoj ljubičasti flomaster.

and pick up another marker out of the cup.

Svejedno, mislim, uglavnom će funkcionirati.

Oh, I'm out? Okay, I'm going to turn around.

Did I forget? Oh, I forgot my purple marker.

Gwen, dat ću Vam ovu omotnicu.

Nemojte ju još otvoriti, ne još.

This is still going to work, though.

I think this is still going to work, mostly.

Ali ću napisati što ste izabrali

So Gwen, I'm going to hand you this envelope.

tako da svi mogu vidjeti

ono što ste izabrali.

Don't open it yet. Do not open it yet,

Ok, sjajno.

but I am going to write down your choices

Imamo kobaltnog konja,

so that everybody can see

the choices that you made.

Okay, great. So we have a cobalt horse,

žutu sovu,

srebrnog vola,

amber owl,

da, ok, crvenog magarca,

a silver ox,

a što je bilo zeleno?

Pijetao, smaragdni pijetao.

yes, okay, a red donkey,

Ok.

A sad trenutak istine, Gwen,

and what was the emerald color? A rooster.

zavirit ćemo u omotnicu.

Otvorite i uzmite komad papira iz nje i dodajte mi ga

An emerald rooster. Okay.

Now for the moment of truth, Gwen,

pa ćemo vidjeti odgovara li Vašem izboru.

we're going to take a look in that envelope.

Why don't you open it up and remove

Da, mislim da odgovara.

the one piece of paper from inside

Kobaltni konj, crveni magarac,

and hand it to me,

imamo žutu sovu, zelenog pijetla, srebrnog vola.

and we will see if it matches your choices.

Zaboravih ljubičastu pa je ovca prazna,

a to je prilično nevjerojatna slučajnost, ne?

Yes, I think it does.

We have a cobalt horse, we have a red donkey,

Gwen, bravo.

we have an amber owl, we have an emerald rooster, a silver ox,

Lijepo je. (Pljesak)

I forgot my purple marker so we have a blank sheep,

Uzet ću to natrag.

but that's a pretty amazing coincidence, don't you think?

Dakle, dame i gospodo, kako je to moguće?

Gwen, well done. That's beautiful. (Applause)

Kako je moguće?

Može li biti da je Gwenin mozak tako vješt u rješavanju

I'll take that back from you.

So ladies and gentlemen, how is this possible?

da je dešifrirala skrivene poruke?

How is this possible? Well, could it be

Eto to je zagonetka koju vam dajem.

that Gwen's brain is so wired to solve

Može li biti reda

u kaosu koji sam stvorio?

that she decoded hidden messages?

Pogledajmo pobliže.

Well this is the puzzle I present to you.

Sjećate li se kad sam pokazivao dijelove ove slagalice?

Could there be order

in the chaos that I created?

Što se složilo na kraju?

Let's take a closer look.

Kobaltni konj.

Do you recall when I showed you these puzzle pieces?

Postaje napeto.

A onda smo se igrali tangramima

What image did it ultimately become? A cobalt horse.

sa zelenim pijetlom.

(Kukurikanje)

The plot thickens.

To mi je najdraže.

And then we played a game of tangrams

A onda smo imali eksperiment sa srebrnim volom.

with an emerald rooster.

That one's my favorite.

I Katy Perry pije jutarnju kavu

And then we had an experiment with a silver ox.

iz žute sove.

Hvala, Katy, za ovu fotografiju.

And Katy Perry drinks her morning coffee

Oh, ima još nešto, još nešto.

Mislim da ste magarca obojili crveno, Gwen.

out of an amber owl.

Dame i gospodo, ruke gore

Thank you, Katy, for taking that photo for me.

ako ste pročitali “Don Quijotea”.

Oh, and there's one more, there's one more.

Tko je pročitao “Don Quijotea”?

I believe you colored a red donkey, Gwen.

(Smijeh)

Čekajte, čekajte, ima još, ima još.

Ladies and gentlemen, could you raise your hands

for me if you've read "Don Quixote?"

Gwen, bio sam tako siguran

Who's read "Don Quixote?" (Laughter)

da ćete baš tako birati

da sam napravio još jedno predviđanje,

But wait, but wait, wait, wait, wait, there's more.

There's more.

i stavio ga na još očitije mjesto,

Gwen, I was so confident

a to je upravo ovdje.

that you were going to make these choices

that I made another prediction,

Dame i gospodo, imamo današnji New York Times.

and I put it in an even more indelible place,

Datum je 18. ožujka, 2014.

and it's right here.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Mnogi od vas u prvim redovima

we have today's New York Times.

imate ga pod svojim sjedalima.

Potražite, sakrili smo ga ispod.

The date is March 18th, 2014.

Vidite možete li izvući novine

i otvoriti rubriku kulture

Many of you in the first couple of rows

have it underneath your seats as well.

i naći ćete križaljku,

Really dig. We hid them under there.

a današnju je križaljku

See if you can fish out the newspaper

and open up to the arts section

napisala moja malenkost.

Moje je ime iznad.

Dat ću Vam je Gwen, da je pogledate.

and you will find the crossword puzzle,

and the crossword puzzle today

A pokazat ću je i na ekranu.

was written by yours truly.

You can see my name above the grid.

Sad da pogledamo

I'm going to give this to you, Gwen, to take a look.

još jedan dio slagalice.

And I will also put it up on the screen.

Pogledate li prvi ključ za 1-vodoravno,

Now let's take a look

počinje slovom C, za corrupt,

at another piece of the puzzle.

odmah ispod je O, za outfielder,

If you look at the first clue for 1-across,

a nastavite li čitati prva slova danih ključeva

it starts with the letter C, for corrupt,

dobit ćete kobaltnog konja,

and just below that we have an O, for outfielder,

žutu sovu, srebrnog vola

and if you keep reading the first letters of the clues down,

crvenog magarca i smaragdnog pijetla.

you get cobalt horse,

(Pljesak)

amber owl, silver ox,

Prilično odlično, zar ne?

red donkey, and emerald rooster.

To je The New York Times.

(Applause)

Ali čekajte, čekajte.

That's pretty cool, right?

Oh, Gwen,

sjećate se, zaboravio sam ljubičasti flomaster,

i niste mogli obojati ovcu?

It's The New York Times.

But wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait.

Nastavite li čitati

Oh, Gwen,

počevši od 25 okomito, piše,

do you recall how I forgot my purple marker,

Oh, usput,

and you were unable to color the sheep?

ovca može ostati prazna.”

Well, if you keep reading

starting with 25-down,

(Smijeh)

it says,

(Pljesak)

"Oh, by the way,

the sheep can be left blank."

Ali, čekajte, ima još nešto, još jedna stvar.

Ima još jedan konačni djelić slagalice.

(Laughter) (Applause)

Gwen, jako sam zahvalan na Vašem izboru

But wait, wait, wait, there's one more thing,

there's one more thing,

jer ako pogledamo

there's one final piece of the puzzle.

prva slova Vaših kombinacija

Gwen, I am so grateful for your choices

dobivamo “C-H-A-O-S” za kaos

i “O-R-D-E-R” za red.

because if we take a look

at the first letters of your combinations,

To je kaos i red.

Svi smo mi pravili red iz kaosa.

we get "C-H-A-O-S" for chaos

Pa, dame i gospodo, sljedeći put kad se nađete pred zagonetkom,

and "O-R-D-E-R" for order.

bilo u privatnom životu ili na poslu,

That's chaos and order.

We've all made order out of chaos.

ili za doručka nedjeljom s novinama na stolu,

So ladies and gentlemen, the next time

you find yourself with a puzzle,

sjetite se, svi ste vi stvoreni za rješavanje.

whether it's in your life or in your work,

Hvala vam.

or maybe it's at the Sunday morning

breakfast table with The New York Times,

(Pljesak)

remember, you are all wired to solve.

Thank you.

(Applause)