Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: Karen SONG 校对人员: Jenny Zhou

When I graduated UCLA, I moved to Northern California,

当我从加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)毕业后，我搬到北加州

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

我住在一个叫做Elk的小镇里

在门多西诺海岸

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

我没有电话、没有电视，但有美国邮政

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

如果你还记得，那时的生活蛮不错的

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

我会去百货店享用咖啡

和布朗尼，把我的底片

I'd ship my film to San Francisco,

运到旧金山，你瞧，两天后

and lo and behold, two days later,

it would end up on my front door,

我就能收到（冲洗的照片）

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

这可比在好莱坞与繁忙的交通奋斗

要好多了。（音乐响起）

I didn't have much money,

我那时没什么钱

(Music)

but I had time and a sense of wonder.

但我有时间和对奇迹的感知（音乐）

So I started shooting time-lapse photography.

我开始延时摄影

我能花上一个月时间来完成四分钟长的

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

一卷胶卷，因为那是我负担得起的

because that's all I could afford.

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

我一直用延时摄影拍摄花朵

没有间断，每天24小时，每周七天

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

for over 30 years.

至今已经30年。看花朵运动

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

就像看一场我永远不会厌倦的舞蹈

Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch.

那种美带给我们无上的享受，色彩、品味、感动。

It also provides a third of the food we eat.

它们还为我们提供1/3的食物

(Music)

（音乐）

Beauty and seduction are nature's tools for survival,

美与诱惑是自然界的生存工具

because we protect what we fall in love with.

因为我们会保护我们爱上的东西

It opens our hearts

它们打开我们的心扉，让我们认识到

and makes us realize we are a part of nature,

我们是自然的一份子，不曾分离

and we're not separate from it.

When we see ourselves in nature,

当我们身处自然之中，自然也联系到

it also connects us to every one of us,

我们每一个人，因为显而易见

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

我们是浑然一体的

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

当人们看到我的照片，很多时候他们会说

"Oh my God."

“哦我的上帝！”你们想过这句话意味着什么吗？

Have you ever wondered what that meant?

The "oh" means it caught your attention;

“哦”说明我引起了你的注意

让你脑中有物

it makes you present, makes you mindful.

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

“我的”说明这些作品联结到

你灵魂深处的某样东西

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

它提供了一个通道，让你内心的声音响起来

能被人听到。“上帝”呢？

And "God"?

上帝是我们都希望走的个人的旅程

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

to be inspired,

被启发，让我们感觉天人合一

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

赞颂生命

Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive

你们知不知道

我们接受的信息中有80%都是来自于视觉？

comes through our eyes,

and if you compare light energy to musical scales,

如果把光能和（钢琴）音域作比较

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

裸眼能看到的光谱范围

which is right in the middle?

只相当于（钢琴）正中的一个八度音域

And aren't we grateful for our brains,

我们难道不该心存感激，因为我们的大脑

that can take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy

能够把从光能中探测到的电脉冲信号

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

转变为我们用来认识世界的图像？

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

我们难道不该心存感激，因为我们的心

能够感受这些波动

in order for us to allow ourselves

让我们能感受到

to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature?

自然之美的乐趣？

（音乐）

自然之美是天赐礼物

Nature's beauty is a gift

that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

能够滋养欣赏和感激

（音乐）

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

今天我有一样礼物要与你们分享

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

是我正在做的一个项目，叫做“揭示幸福”

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

它告诉我们

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

孩子和老人的视角中

of that world.

世界是什么样子的

Little girl: When I watch TV,

小孩：我看电视的时候

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

那上面只是演一些假装出来的事情

And when you explore,

当你探索的时候

you get more imagination than you already had,

你的想象力就增加了

and when you get more imagination,

当你的想象力增加了

it makes you want to go deeper in

你就会想要更进一步

so you can get more and see beautifuller things,

就能看到更多美丽的事物

比如一条路，能带你去海边

like the path,

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

还有其他美丽的东西

and it could be beautiful.

（音乐）

(Music)

老人：你认为这只是人生中另一个平白无奇的日子？

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

in your life?

It's not just another day.

不是的，这是被赐予的一天

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

today.

今天

(Music)

It's given to you.

是上天赐给你的，是一个礼物

It's a gift.

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

这是你手头唯一的礼物

And the only appropriate response

唯一的恰当反应是

is gratefulness.

感恩

(Music)

如果你去培养这种反应

If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response

to the great gift that this unique day is,

对这恩赐的特别的日子充满感恩

如果你学会这种反应

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

就好像这是你人生的第一天

也是最后一天

and the very last day,

then you will have spent this day very well.

你就能很好地度过这一天

(Music)

以睁开双眼为始

Begin by opening your eyes

and be surprised that you have eyes you can open,

对自己目能视物充满惊喜

that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us

时刻能感受到色彩那不可思议的光芒而带来的

for our pure enjoyment.

纯粹的享受

看看天空

Look at the sky.

我们很少看天

We so rarely look at the sky.

我们很少能注意到

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

这一刻与下一刻的不同，云彩的来去

with clouds coming and going.

我们只是关心天气

We just think of the weather,

and even with the weather,

就算是天气，我们也不曾

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

关注天气的各种细微之处

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

我们只是关心天气是好是坏

This day, right now, has unique weather,

今天，此时此刻，有特别的天气

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

也许这种天气再也不会

以同样的方式再现

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

云彩的组合也再不会出现

as it is right now.

与现在一模一样的

Open your eyes. Look at that.

睁大你的双眼，看看这些

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看看你遇到的人的脸庞

Look at the faces of people whom you meet.

每一张脸后面都有一个不平凡的故事

Each one has an incredible story

behind their face,

一个你无法完全理解的故事

a story that you could never fully fathom,

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

这个故事不仅关于他们自己，还关于他们的祖先

We all go back so far,

我们回顾过去

但此时此刻

and in this present moment, on this day,

all the people you meet, all that life from generations

你遇到的所有人，所有的生命

and from so many places all over the world

跨越时间和距离

flows together and meets you here,

与你相遇了

就像生命之水，只要你打开心扉，喝下它

like a life-giving water,

if you only open your heart and drink.

(Music)

（音乐）

打开心扉去接受文明带给我们的不可思议的

Open your heart to the incredible gifts

that civilization gives to us.

礼物

You flip a switch, and there is electric light.

拨一下开关电灯就亮了

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

打开水龙头，就有热水和冷水

and drinkable water.

还有饮用水

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

这是世界上成千上万的人所

无法体验的礼物

will never experience.

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

这只是无数礼物中的几件

我们能够打开心扉对待的

to which we can open your heart.

And so I wish you that you will open your heart

我祝愿你们能打开心扉

to all these blessings,

让这些福祉荡漾在你身心

and let them flow through you,

that everyone whom you will meet on this day

你们今天遇到的每个人

will be blessed by you,

都能因为蒙荫

just by your eyes,

因你的双眸

by your smile,

你的微笑

你的触摸

by your touch,

以及你的出现

just by your presence.

Let the gratefulness overflow

让这份感激

into blessing all around you.

充满你们身边

(Music)

And then, it will really be

今天将会是真正美好的一天（音乐）

a good day.

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Louie Schwartzberg: 谢谢你们

Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much.

非常感谢（掌声）

(Applause)