Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Simon Tutek Reviewer: Nika Kotnik

When I graduated UCLA, I moved to Northern California,

Po diplomi na UCLA sem se preselil v severno Kalifornijo,

and I lived in a little town called Elk, on the Mendocino coast.

v majhno mestece po imenu Elk

na obali Pacifika.

And I didn't have a phone or TV, but I had US mail.

Nisem imel telefona, ne televizije, pošiljal pa sem pošto.

And life was good back then -- if you could remember it.

Takrat je bilo življenje lepo, če se spomnite tistih časov.

I'd go to the general store for a cup of coffee and a brownie,

Šel sem na kavo, kolaček

I'd ship my film to San Francisco,

in poslal moj film v San Francisco.

and lo and behold, two days later,

In poglej, dva dni kasneje

it would end up on my front door,

se je pojavil pri mojih vhodnih vratih,

which was way better than having to fight the traffic of Hollywood.

kar je bilo bistveno bolje od vožnje

po Hollywood-u v prometni konici.

I didn't have much money,

Nisem imel veliko denarja,

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but I had time and a sense of wonder.

a imel sem čas in smisel za navdih. (Glasba)

So I started shooting time-lapse photography.

Tako sem začel snemati počasne posnetke.

It would take me a month to shoot a four-minute roll of film,

V mesecu dni sem uspel posneti štiri minute filma.

because that's all I could afford.

To je bilo vse, kar sem si lahko privoščil.

I've been shooting time-lapse flowers continuously, nonstop,

Snemal sem počasne posnetke cvetlic,

nenehno, 24 ur na dan, sedem dni na teden,

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

for over 30 years.

več kot 30 let. Opazovati jih, kako se gibajo,

And to see them move is a dance I'll never get tired of.

kot da plešejo. Tega se ne morem naveličati.

Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch.

Lepota cvetlic nas očara z barvami, okusom, dotikom.

It also provides a third of the food we eat.

Cvetlice nam tudi zagotavljajo 1/3 hrane.

(Music)

(Glasba.)

Beauty and seduction are nature's tools for survival,

Lepota in zapeljevanje sta orodji preživetja za naravo,

because we protect what we fall in love with.

ker ščitimo, v kar se zaljubimo.

It opens our hearts

Ljubezen odpre naša srca in prinaša spoznanje,

and makes us realize we are a part of nature,

da smo vsi del narave, ne ločeni od nje.

and we're not separate from it.

When we see ourselves in nature,

Kadar se zedinimo z naravo, se tudi povežemo

it also connects us to every one of us,

med seboj. Postane nam jasno,

because it's clear that it's all connected in one.

da je vse povezano v eno.

When people see my images, a lot of times they'll say,

Kadar ljudje vidijo moje posnetke, pogosto izgovorijo:

"Oh my God."

"O, moj bog." Ste se kdaj vprašali, kako to interpretirati?

Have you ever wondered what that meant?

The "oh" means it caught your attention;

"O" izraža preskok pozornosti,

vas osredotoči, aktivira razmišljanje.

it makes you present, makes you mindful.

The "my" means it connects with something deep inside your soul.

"moj" pomeni, da tematiko povežete z nečim globoko

v vaši duši.

It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up and be heard.

Ustvari vrata za vaš notranji glas, da se povzdigne

in je slišan. In "bog"?

And "God"?

God is that personal journey we all want to be on,

Bog je tista osebna pot, po kateri želimo vsi hoditi,

to be inspired,

biti navdušen, občutiti povezanost z vesoljem,

to feel like we're connected to a universe that celebrates life.

ki slavi življenje.

Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive

Ali ste vedeli, da 80 odstotkov

informacij prejmemo skozi oči?

comes through our eyes,

and if you compare light energy to musical scales,

In če bi primerjali svetlobno energijo z glasbo,

it would only be one octave that the naked eye could see,

bi golo oko lahko videlo samo eno oktavo,

which is right in the middle?

tisto, ki je ravno na sredini?

And aren't we grateful for our brains,

Ali nismo hvaležni za naše možgane, ki lahko sprejmejo

that can take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy

električni signal, ki izhaja iz svetlobne energije,

to create images in order for us to explore our world?

da lahko ustvari sliko, s katero raziskujemo naš svet?

And aren't we grateful that we have hearts that can feel these vibrations

Ali nismo hvaležni, da imamo srca,

ki lahko čutijo te vibracije,

in order for us to allow ourselves

da si lahko dovolimo uživati

to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature?

v lepoti narave?

(Glasba.)

Lepota narave je dar, ki goji

Nature's beauty is a gift

that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

občudovanje in hvaležnost.

(Glasba.)

So, I have a gift I want to share with you today,

Prinesel sem dar, ki ga želim deliti z vami,

a project I'm working on called "Happiness Revealed."

projekt, na katerem delam. Imenuje se "Happiness Revealed" (Razkrita sreča).

And it'll give us a glimpse into that perspective --

Naj vam pokažem delček nazora

from the point of view of a child and an elderly man --

iz vidika otroka in starca

of that world.

o tem svetu.

Little girl: When I watch TV,

Deklica: Kadar gledam televizijo

it's just some shows that you just -- that are pretend.

so to samo oddaje, ki jih -- kjer se pretvarjajo.

And when you explore,

Kadar pa raziskuješ, dobiš več domišljije, kot si je že imel.

you get more imagination than you already had,

and when you get more imagination,

Ko dobiš več domišljije,

it makes you want to go deeper in

te to spodbudi iti globlje,

so you can get more and see beautifuller things,

da lahko dobiš še več in vidiš lepše stvari.

Kot pot, če je pot, lahko te vodi na obalo

like the path,

if it's a path, it could lead you to a beach or something,

ali kam drugam in lahko bi bilo čudovito.

and it could be beautiful.

(Glasba.)

(Music)

Starec: Misliš, da je to samo še en dan v tvojem življenju?

(Narrator) Brother David Steindl-Rast: Do you think this is just another day

in your life?

It's not just another day.

Ni samo še en dan. To je dan, ki ti je podarjen

It's the one day that is given to you:

today.

danes.

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It's given to you.

Podarjen ti je. Je darilo.

It's a gift.

It's the only gift that you have right now.

Je edino darilo, ki ga imaš prav danes

And the only appropriate response

in edini primeren odziv

is gratefulness.

je hvaležnost.

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If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response

Če ne narediš nič drugega, kot da gojiš takšen odziv

to the great gift that this unique day is,

do tega darila, kar je ta edinstven dan,

če se naučiš odzvati,

if you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life

kot da je prvi dan tvojega življenja

in čisto zadnji dan,

and the very last day,

then you will have spent this day very well.

potem si ta dan porabil zelo dobro.

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Begin by opening your eyes

Začni z odpiranjem oči in bodi presenečen,

and be surprised that you have eyes you can open,

da imaš oči, ki jih lahko odpreš,

that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us

da obstajajo neverjetne barve, ki so nam nenehno ponujene

for our pure enjoyment.

za čisti užitek.

Poglej v nebo.

Look at the sky.

We so rarely look at the sky.

Tako redko pogledamo v nebo.

Tako redko opazimo, kako raznoliko je

We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment,

od trenutka do trenutka. Oblaki prihajajo in odhajajo.

with clouds coming and going.

Razmišljamo samo o vremenu

We just think of the weather,

and even with the weather,

in celo pri vremenu ne razmišljamo

we don't think of all the many nuances of weather.

o vseh podrobnostih.

We just think of "good weather" and "bad weather."

Vreme ocenjujemo samo kot lepo vreme in slabo vreme.

This day, right now, has unique weather,

Ta dan, pravkar, ima edinstveno vreme,

maybe a kind that will never exactly, in that form, come again.

morda takšno vreme, ki se natančno takšno

ne bo nikoli več ponovilo.

The formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same

Postavitev oblakov na nebu ne bo nikdar

as it is right now.

enaka, kot je sedaj.

Open your eyes. Look at that.

Odpri oči. Poglej tole.

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Look at the faces of people whom you meet.

Poglej obraze ljudi, ki jih srečaš.

Vsak obraz ima neverjetno zgodbo,

Each one has an incredible story

behind their face,

a story that you could never fully fathom,

zgodbo, ki je ne moreš nikoli popolnoma dojeti,

not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors.

ne samo njihovo lastno zgodbo, temveč tudi zgodbo njihovih prednikov.

We all go back so far,

Vsi imamo preteklost

and in this present moment, on this day,

in v tem trenutku, na ta dan,

all the people you meet, all that life from generations

vsi ljudje, ki jih srečaš, vsa življenja prednikov

and from so many places all over the world

in iz vseh koncev sveta

flows together and meets you here,

se stekajo in te srečajo

kot voda, ki daje življenje, če le odpreš srce in piješ.

like a life-giving water,

if you only open your heart and drink.

(Music)

(Glasba)

Open your heart to the incredible gifts

Odpri srce za neverjetne darove,

that civilization gives to us.

ki nam jih daje civilizacija.

You flip a switch, and there is electric light.

Obrneš stikalo in tu je električna svetloba.

You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water,

Odpreš pipo in tu je topla voda in hladna voda

and drinkable water.

in pitna voda.

It's a gift that millions and millions in the world

To je dar, ki ga milijoni ljudi

ne bodo nikoli doživeli.

will never experience.

So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts

Tukaj je samo nekaj od ogromne količine darov,

to which we can open your heart.

katerim lahko odpreš svoje srce.

And so I wish you that you will open your heart

Želim ti, da odpreš svoje srce

to all these blessings,

vsem blagoslovom in naj tečejo skozi tebe,

and let them flow through you,

that everyone whom you will meet on this day

da blagosloviš vsakogar,

will be blessed by you,

ki ga srečaš ta dan

just by your eyes,

s svojimi očmi,

by your smile,

s svojim nasmehom,

z dotikom,

by your touch,

just by your presence.

samo s svojo prisotnostjo.

Let the gratefulness overflow

Naj hvaležnost prekipi

into blessing all around you.

v blagoslov vsega okrog tebe

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And then, it will really be

in potem bo zagotovo dober dan. (Glasba.)

a good day.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

Louie Schwartzberg: Hvala.

Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much.

Najlepša hvala. (Aplavz)

(Applause)