Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a chance of joy

Prevodilac: Tereza Ivanovic Lektor: Ivana Korom

Clouds.

Oblaci.

Have you ever noticed how much people moan about them?

Da li ste primetili koliko ljudi jadikuje zbog njih?

They get a bad rap.

Oni su na lošem glasu.

If you think about it, the English language

Ako malo razmislite, u engleskom jeziku

has written into it negative associations towards the clouds.

oblaci imaju negativne asocijacije.

Someone who's down or depressed,

Ako je neko potišten ili depresivan,

they're under a cloud.

nad njim se nadvio oblak.

And when there's bad news in store,

Ako se nazire neka loša vest,

there's a cloud on the horizon.

kaže se da je na horizontu oblačno.

I saw an article the other day.

Video sam jedan članak pre nekoliko dana.

It was about problems with computer processing

Bio je o problemima procesora

over the Internet.

nad internetom.

"A cloud over the cloud," was the headline.

Naslov je bio: "Oblak nad oblakom".

It seems like they're everyone's default

Izgleda da je oblak svakome

doom-and-gloom metaphor.

standardna metafora za pesimizam.

But I think they're beautiful, don't you?

Po meni, oni su divni, zar ne?

It's just that their beauty is missed

Samo smo propustili njihovu lepotu

because they're so omnipresent,

jer su sveprisutni,

so, I don't know, commonplace,

pa ih obično

that people don't notice them.

ljudi i ne primećuju.

They don't notice the beauty, but they don't even notice the clouds

Ne zapažaju lepotu, ne zapažaju ni oblake,

unless they get in the way of the sun.

dok ne zaklone sunce.

And so people think of clouds as

Ljudi razmišljaju o oblacima

things that get in the way.

kao o stvarima koje smetaju.

They think of them as the annoying, frustrating obstructions,

Razmišljaju o njima kao o nečem što nervira, što je dosadna prepreka,

and then they rush off and do some blue-sky thinking.

onda odjure i maštaju.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But most people, when you stop to ask them,

Ali većina ljudi, kada zastanete da ih pitate,

will admit to harboring a strange sort of fondness for clouds.

priznaće da krije u sebi neku čudnu naklonost prema oblacima.

It's like a nostalgic fondness,

To je neka nostalgična naklonost

and they make them think of their youth.

i tera ih da misle o mladosti.

Who here can't remember thinking, well,

Ko ovde ne može da se seti

looking and finding shapes in the clouds

gledanja u oblake i nalaženja raznih oblika

when they were kids?

kada smo bili deca?

You know, when you were masters of daydreaming?

Sećate se, kada ste bili majstori sanjarenja.

Aristophanes, the ancient Greek playwright,

Aristofan, drevni grčki dramski pisac,

he described the clouds as the patron godesses

opisao je oblake kao boginje zaštitnice

of idle fellows

usamljenih momaka,

two and a half thousand years ago,

pre dve i po hiljade godina,

i možete razumeti šta je time mislio.

and you can see what he means.

Samo u sadašnjosti, mi odrasli nerado

It's just that these days, us adults seem reluctant

to allow ourselves the indulgence

dozvoljavamo sebi zadovoljstvo

of just allowing our imaginations

da dozvolimo mašti

to drift along in the breeze, and I think that's a pity.

da plovi po povetarcu i mislim da je to šteta.

I think we should perhaps do a bit more of it.

Mislim da bi trebalo više pustiti mašti na volju.

I think we should be a bit more willing, perhaps,

Trebalo bi da smo više voljni

to look at the beautiful sight of the sunlight bursting out

da pogledamo divan prizor probijanja sunčevih zraka

from behind the clouds and go, "Wait a minute,

iza oblaka i da kažemo: "Čekaj samo,

that's two cats dancing the salsa!"

pa ovo su dve mačke koje plešu salsu!"

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

Or seeing the big, white, puffy one up there

Ili ako pogledate ovaj veliki, beli, pufnasti,

over the shopping center looks like

iznad tržnog centra, izgleda kao

the Abominable Snowman going to rob a bank.

neki Užasni Sneško koji će opljačkati banku.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

They're like nature's version of those inkblot images,

Oni su odgovor prirode na mrlje od mastila,

you know, that shrinks used to show their patients

znate, koje su psihijatri pokazivali pacijentima

'60-tih godina,

in the '60s,

and I think if you consider the shapes you see in the clouds,

i ako uzmete u obzir oblike koje vidite u oblacima,

you'll save money on psychoanalysis bills.

uštedećete na računu za psihoanalizu.

Let's say you're in love. All right?

Recimo da ste zaljubljeni. U redu?

And you look up and what do you see?

Pogledate gore i šta vidite?

Right? Or maybe the opposite.

Dobro? Ili možda suprotno.

You've just been dumped by your partner,

Upravo vas je odbacio partner

and everywhere you look, it's kissing couples.

i gde god da gledate, vidite parove koji se ljube.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Perhaps you're having a moment of existential angst.

Možda imate trenutak egzistencijalne strepnje.

You know, you're thinking about your own mortality.

Možda razmišljate o svojoj smrtnosti.

And there, on the horizon, it's the Grim Reaper.

I tamo, na horizontu, je Smrt, sa velikim S.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Or maybe you see a topless sunbather.

Možda vidite nekog ko se sunča u toplesu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

What would that mean?

Šta bi to značilo?

What would that mean? I have no idea.

Šta bi to značilo? Nemam pojma.

But one thing I do know is this:

Ali jedno znam:

The bad press that clouds get is totally unfair.

primedbe u vezi sa oblacima su potpuno nepravedne.

I think we should stand up for them,

Trebalo bi da se zauzmemo za njih,

which is why, a few years ago,

zato sam pre nekoliko godina

osnovao Društvo za uvažavanje oblaka.

I started the Cloud Appreciation Society.

Tens of thousands of members now

Ima desetine hiljada članova

in almost 100 countries around the world.

u skoro 100 zemalja u svetu.

And all these photographs that I'm showing,

Sve ove slike koje prikazujem

they were sent in by members.

poslali su članovi društva.

And the society exists to remind people of this:

Društvo postoji da bi podsetilo ljude na sledeće:

Clouds are not something to moan about.

ne treba jadikovati u vezi sa oblacima.

Far from it. They are, in fact,

Daleko od toga. Oni su, u stvari,

the most diverse, evocative, poetic aspect of nature.

najraznolikiji, najsugestivniji, najpoetičniji aspekt prirode.

I think, if you live with your head in the clouds

Ako ponekad živite u oblacima,

every now and then, it helps you keep your feet on the ground.

to vam pomaže da čvrsto stojite na zemlji.

And I want to show you why, with the help of

A pokazaću vam i zašto, uz pomoć

some of my favorite types of clouds.

nekih mojih omiljenih tipova oblaka.

Let's start with this one. It's the cirrus cloud,

Da počnemo sa ovim. Ovo je oblak cirus,

named after the Latin for a lock of hair.

koji je nazvan po latinskoj reči za uvojak kose.

It's composed entirely of ice crystals

Sastoji se uglavnom od ledenih kristala

cascading from the upper reaches of the troposphere,

koji se stepenasto spuštaju iz gornjih delova troposfere

and as these ice crystals fall,

i dok kristali padaju,

they pass through different layers with different winds

prolaze kroz različite slojeve, sa raznim vetrovima

ubrzavaju se i usporavaju,

and they speed up and slow down,

giving the cloud these brush-stroked appearances,

dajući ovim oblacima izgled kao da su potezi urađeni četkom,

these brush-stroke forms known as fall streaks.

ovi potezi se nazivaju padajući pramenovi.

And these winds up there can be very, very fierce.

Ovi vetrovi gore mogu biti veoma žestoki.

They can be 200 miles an hour, 300 miles an hour.

Mogu biti 300-500 km na sat.

These clouds are bombing along,

Oni jure,

but from all the way down here,

ali odavde

they appear to be moving gracefully, slowly,

izgleda kao da se kreću graciozno, polako,

like most clouds.

kao većina oblaka.

And so to tune into the clouds is to slow down,

Uskladiti se sa oblacima znači usporiti,

to calm down.

smiriti se.

It's like a bit of everyday meditation.

To je vrsta svakodnevne meditacije.

Those are common clouds.

Ovo su obični oblaci.

What about rarer ones, like the lenticularis,

A šta je sa retkom vrstom, kao što su lentikularni oblaci

the UFO-shaped lenticularis cloud?

NLO oblika?

These clouds form in the region of mountains.

Ovi oblaci formiraju se u planinskim područjima.

When the wind passes, rises to pass over the mountain,

Kako vetar prolazi, kako se diže da prođe iznad planine,

it can take on a wave-like path in the lee of the peak,

može se pretvoriti u talasastu stazu u zavetrini na vrhu,

with these clouds hovering at the crest

sa ovim oblacima koji lebde na vrhu

of these invisible standing waves of air,

nevidljivih vazdušnih talasa,

these flying saucer-like forms,

ovi oblici koji liče na leteće tanjire,

and some of the early black-and-white UFO photos

i neke od prvih crno-belih fotografija NLO,

are in fact lenticularis clouds. It's true.

u stvari su lentikularni oblaci. Zaista.

A little rarer are the fallstreak holes. All right?

Malo ređi su oblaci sa otvorima.

This is when a layer is made up of very, very cold

Ovo se dešava kada se omotač sastoji od vrlo hladnih

water droplets, and in one region they start to freeze,

kapljica vode, i na jednom mestu počne zamrzavanje,

and this freezing sets off a chain reaction which spreads outwards

i to pokreće lančanu reakciju koja se širi prema spolja

with the ice crystals cascading and falling down below,

sa ledenim kristalima koji stepenasto padaju

giving the appearance of jellyfish tendrils down below.

i izgledaju odozdo kao kraci meduze.

Rarer still, the Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud.

Još je ređa vrsta oblaka, Kelvin-Helmholc oblak.

Not a very snappy name. Needs a rebrand.

Nije neki moderan naziv. Treba da mu se promeni ime.

This looks like a series of breaking waves,

Izgleda kao serija talasa koji se lome,

and it's caused by shearing winds -- the wind

prouzrokovan promenljivim vetrovima -

above the cloud layer and below the cloud layer

iznad i ispod sloja oblaka

značajno se razlikuju a u sredini, između,

differ significantly, and in the middle, in between,

you get this undulating of the air,

imamo talasanje vazduha

and if the difference in those speeds is just right,

i ako je razlika u brzinama prava,

vrhovi talasa uvijaju se

the tops of the undulations curl over

u ove isprekidane talasaste vrtloge.

in these beautiful breaking wave-like vortices.

All right. Those are rarer clouds than the cirrus,

Oni su ređi oblaci od cirusa

ali ne baš toliko.

but they're not that rare.

If you look up, and you pay attention to the sky,

Ako pogledate gore i obratite pažnju na nebo,

you'll see them sooner or later,

pre ili kasnije ćete ih videti

maybe not quite as dramatic as these, but you'll see them.

možda ne ovako dramatične, ali videćete.

And you'll see them around where you live.

Videćete i kod vas.

Clouds are the most egalitarian

Oblaci su najpravičniji

of nature's displays, because we all have a good,

prikaz prirode, jer svi imamo

fantastic view of the sky.

fantastičan pogled na nebo.

And these clouds, these rarer clouds,

Ovi oblaci, ovi ređi oblaci,

remind us that the exotic can be found in the everyday.

podsećaju nas na to, da egzotiku možemo naći svakodnevno.

Nothing is more nourishing, more stimulating

Ništa nije zdravije, stimulativnije

to an active, inquiring mind than being surprised,

za aktivni, znatiželjni um, od iznenađenja

being amazed. It's why we're all here at TED, right?

oduševljenja. Zato smo svi na TED-u, zar ne?

But you don't need to rush off

Ali ne morate bežati

away from the familiar, across the world

od poznatog u svet

to be surprised.

da biste se iznenadili.

You just need to step outside,

Treba samo da iskoračite,

pay attention to what's so commonplace, so everyday,

da obratite pažnju na ono što je tako uobičajeno, svakodnevno,

so mundane that everybody else misses it.

ovozemaljsko, da niko i ne primećuje.

One cloud that people rarely miss is this one:

Jedan oblak koji se retko propušta je ovaj:

the cumulonimbus storm cloud.

olujni oblak kumulonimbus.

It's what's produces thunder and lightning and hail.

On proizvodi grmljavinu, munju i grad.

These clouds spread out at the top in this enormous

Ovi oblaci šire se na vrhu u ovaj ogroman

anvil fashion stretching 10 miles up into the atmosphere.

oblik nakovnja i prostiru se na 16 km visoko u atmosferu.

They are an expression of the majestic architecture

Oni su izraz veličanstvene arhitekture

of our atmosphere.

naše atmosfere.

But from down below, they are the embodiment

Ali odozdo oni su oličenje

of the powerful, elemental force and power

moćne, elementarne sile i snage

that drives our atmosphere.

koja pokreće atmosferu.

To be there is to be connected in the driving rain

Biti prisutan znači biti povezan sa energičnom kišom

and the hail, to feel connected to our atmosphere.

i gradom, osećati povezanost sa atmosferom.

It's to be reminded that we are creatures

To je podsećanje da smo mi stvorenja

that inhabit this ocean of air.

koja naseljavaju ovaj vazdušni okean.

We don't live beneath the sky. We live within it.

Ne živimo ispod neba. Živimo unutar njega.

And that connection, that visceral connection to our atmosphere

Ta veza, ta intuitivna veza sa atmosferom

feels to me like an antidote.

meni se čini kao protivotrov.

It's an antidote to the growing tendency we have

To je protivotrov koji moramo osetiti prema rastućoj tendenciji

to feel that we can really ever experience life

da stvarno možemo iskusiti život

by watching it on a computer screen, you know,

gledajući ga na ekranu kompjutera

when we're in a wi-fi zone.

ili kad smo u wi-fi zoni.

But the one cloud that best expresses

Ali oblak koji najbolje izražava

why cloudspotting is more valuable today than ever

zašto je posmatanje oblaka vrednije danas, nego ikada ranije,

is this one, the cumulus cloud.

je ovaj kumulus.

Right? It forms on a sunny day.

On nastaje kad je sunčan dan.

If you close your eyes and think of a cloud,

Kada zatvorite oči i pomislite na oblak

it's probably one of these that comes to mind.

verovatno mislite na ovaj.

All those cloud shapes at the beginning,

Svi oni oblici oblaka sa početka

those were cumulus clouds.

bili su kumulusi.

The sharp, crisp outlines of this formation

Oštri, jasni obrisi ovih formacija

make it the best one for finding shapes in.

najbolji su za pronalaženje raznih oblika u njima.

And it reminds us

Podseća nas

of the aimless nature of cloudspotting,

na besciljnu prirodu posmatranja oblaka,

what an aimless activity it is.

koliko je to spontana aktivnost.

You're not going to change the world

Nećete promeniti svet

by lying on your back and gazing up at the sky, are you?

ako ležite na leđima zureći u nebo.

It's pointless. It's a pointless activity,

To je beznačajna aktivnost,

which is precisely why it's so important.

baš je zato toliko važna.

The digital world conspires to make us feel

Digitalni svet kuje zaveru da bismo se osećali

eternally busy, perpetually busy.

večito užurbani, neprestano zauzeti.

You know, when you're not dealing with

Znate, kada niste

the traditional pressures of earning a living

pod pritiskom zarađivanja za život,

and putting food on the table, raising a family,

obezbeđivanja hrane i podizanja porodice,

writing thank you letters,

pisanja pisama zahvalnosti,

you have to now contend with

kada morate odgovoriti

answering a mountain of unanswered emails,

na brdo imejlova na koje niste odgovorili,

updating a Facebook page,

morate ažurirati Fejsbuk stranicu,

feeding your Twitter feed.

i tvitovati.

And cloudspotting legitimizes doing nothing.

A posmatranje oblaka vam daje za pravo da ne radite ništa.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And sometimes we need —

Ponekad treba -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Sometimes we need excuses to do nothing.

Ponekad nam trebaju izgovori da ne bismo ništa radili.

We need to be reminded by these

Treba da nas podsećaju

patron goddesses of idle fellows

ove boginje zaštitnice usamljenih momaka

that slowing down

da usporimo,

and being in the present, not thinking about

da budemo prisutni u sadašnjosti, da ne mislimo o tome

what you've got to do and what you should have done,

šta treba da radimo i šta je trebalo da uradimo,

but just being here, letting your imagination

nego samo da postojimo, da dozvolimo mašti

lift from the everyday concerns down here

da nas uzdigne od svakodnevnih briga

and just being in the present, it's good for you,

i da jednostavno budemo prisutni u sadašnjosti, to je za vaše dobro,

and it's good for the way you feel.

dobro je za vaše raspoloženje.

It's good for your ideas. It's good for your creativity.

Dobro je za ideje. Dobro je za kreativnost.

It's good for your soul.

Dobro je za dušu.

So keep looking up,

Nastavite da gledate gore,

marvel at the ephemeral beauty,

divite se prolaznoj lepoti

and always remember to live life with your head in the clouds.

i zapamtite: živite sa glavom u oblacima.

Thank you very much.

Mnogo vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)