Everything Is Improvisation — Including This TED Talk | Reggie Watts | TED

翻译人员: Fanglin ren 校对人员: Manlin Fang

(Accent) Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

（口音）谢谢你们， 女士们、先生们。

Certainly, it's pleasure to be back here. All of you guys here?

当然，很高兴回到这里。 你们都在这里？

Certainly a special show here, TED.

这里肯定是一个特别的节目，TED。

You know, TED is one of those places.

你知道，TED就是其中一个地方。

Makes me feel like I'm somewhere.

让我感觉自己好像在某个地方。

And that means something these days.

如今，这意味深长。

(British accent) Now,

（英国口音）现在，

people ask me, why start like that.

人们问我，为什么要这样开始。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I don't really have an answer,

我真的没有答案，

but all I can say is that I'm really motivated

但我只能说， 我真正受到

by something called improvisation.

一种叫做即兴创作的激励。

Many of you are familiar with improvisation

你们中的许多人熟悉即兴创作，

because you've heard the word, and sometimes --

因为你听过这个词，有时——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

sometimes, that's enough.

有时，这已经足够了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But what is it, really? Improvisation?

但是，到底是什么呢？即兴创作？

Why am I speaking like this?

我为什么要这样说话？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

How do I really sound?

我到底听起来怎么样？

(Low voice) I don't know.

（低声）我不知道。

But I try, as much as I can,

但是，

to be as truthful about who I am in the moment,

即使我使用不同的声音，

even if I'm using different voices.

我也会尽我所能地真实 地说出自己现在的身份。

I know that there are times

我知道有时

(Normal voice) when some of us are wondering

（普通声音）我们当中有些人 想知道

what is truth and what isn't.

什么是真理，什么不是。

But here's a quick summary.

但这里有一个简短的总结。

Truth is the intersection of two different things

真理是两个不同事物的交汇点，

that are constantly colliding

它们不断碰撞，

for no other reason than the fact that they need to collide

除了它们需要

in a moment of perception.

在感知时刻碰撞 的事实外，没有其他原因。

Why does perception come into it?

为什么感知会进入其中？

Because that’s super cool,

因为那太酷了，

and no one loves perception more than people who are conscious.

没有人比有意识的人更喜欢感知。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So I've been dealing with improvisation all of my life.

所以我一生都在玩即兴创作。

It's hard for me to write things down.

我很难把事情写下来。

TED was so gracious to allow me to come up here on the stage,

TED 非常友好地允许我上台，

when they keep asking, "Can we see that script?"

他们一直在问：“我们能看那个剧本吗？”

And I was like, "I'm sorry, I don't have that.

我当时想，“对不起，我没有。

But after I perform it, then you'll have that."

但是在我表演之后，你就会有了。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But they've been so kind to just trust me

但是他们非常友善地相信我，

and let me come up here and do my thing.

让我来这里做我的事情。

I wanted to explain a little bit about improvisation

我想解释一下我对即兴创作的看法， 也就是说，

in the way I think of it as I'm doing it, which is,

在我看来，

improvisation, to me,

即兴创作，

is something that some people are very fearful of,

是一些人想到上去直接说话

when they think about going up and just speaking on the fly.

时非常害怕的事情。

But in actuality, you're doing it all the time.

但实际上，你一直在做。

A conversation that you're having with a friend is improvisation,

你和朋友的对话是即兴创作，

unless it's scripted, and that would be a weird friendship --

除非是剧本，那会是一种奇怪的友谊——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

but I suppose those do exist.

但我猜这些确实存在。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Improvisation is something that I love very much,

我非常喜欢即兴创作，

because it is the center of existence to me,

因为它是我生存 的中心，对我来说，

and for me, that allows me to reformat any situation at any given time.

它使我能够在任何给定时间重新设置 任何场景。

Because I do think about situations

因为我确实在考虑你可能

where you might feel imprisoned in some way.

会以某种方式感到被监禁的情况。

Perhaps you did something strange and it wasn't thought of as very cool,

也许你做了一些奇怪的事情， 但人们认为它不太酷，

and then you end up in prison.

然后你最终入狱。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You always have your mind,

你永远有自己的想法，

and you can always recontextualize anything at any given time.

你可以随时对任何事物进行重新情境化。

And so I think that's how I lead my life.

所以我认为我就是这样过着人生的。

You know, there's a scene out of the "Airplane!" movie.

你知道，“飞机！” 里面有个场景电影。

I don't know if you guys remember

我不知道你们是否记得

this movie "Airplane!" by the Zucker brothers.

这部电影《飞机！》 由扎克兄弟创作。

There was a moment where one of the air-traffic controllers

曾经有一刻， 其中一名空中交通管制员收

was handed a piece of paper, and the person said,

到了一张纸，那个人说：

"What can you make of this?"

“你能看出这个怎么样？”

And they say, "I could make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl ..."

然后他们说：“我可以做 一顶帽子、一枚胸针、一只翼手龙...”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And that's how I lead my life.

我的人生就是这样过的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Anything can be anything at any given time.

任何东西在任何时候都可以是任何东西。

You don't have to accept things for face value.

你不必为了面值而接受事物。

And so because of that, I do things that I really enjoy

因此，正因为如此， 我做一些我真正喜欢

that may not necessarily exist,

但不一定存在的事情，

but I try to bring them out if I can.

但如果可以的话，我会努力把它们展现出来。

So I'd like to show you an element of improvisation

因此，

that I would like to show you,

正如我刚才所说，

as I've just said.

我想向你展示 一种即兴创作的元素。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So we're at this station right here,

所以我们在这个车站，

and I'm going to start by doing something like this.

我将从做这样的事情开始。

(Beatboxing)

（Beatboxing）

(Beatboxing on loop)

（循环播放Beatboxing）

Because this is looping,

因为这是循环播放，

it gives me time to think about what I want to do next.

所以我有时间 思考接下来要做什么。

So I think I'll probably add, who knows, maybe a bass-like thing.

所以我想我可能会加上，谁知道， 可能是一个类似低音的东西。

So let's see if I can remember what a bass looks like.

所以让我们看看我能不能记得低音 是什么样子。

OK, now that'll tell me what it sounds like.

好吧，现在这会告诉我这听起来像 什么。

(Recording new beatbox loops)

（录制新的节拍箱循环）

Now maybe I'd like to subdivide.

现在也许我想细分一下。

(Recording new beatbox loops)

（录制新的 beatbox 循环）

And then, I might just stop. (Loops stop)

然后，我可能会停下来。（循环停止）

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So what is interesting about improvisation

所以即兴创作的有趣之处在于，

is that you can constantly do it, all the time.

你可以一直不停地做。

So if you're ever in a situation where you hate where you're working,

因此，如果你曾经遇到过讨厌在哪里工作的情况，

just realize that you're constantly improvising,

只要意识到自己一直在即兴创作，

even when you have to go to reach for a pencil on the desk,

即使你必须伸手 去办公桌上拿一支铅笔，

you're still thinking about how you're going to do it.

你仍在考虑如何去做。

Sometimes, it's a huge ordeal.

有时候，这是一场巨大的磨难。

You have to actually lift your hand from where it was resting on your lap,

实际上，你必须将手 从躺在腿上的位置抬起，

and avoid the desk,

避开办公桌，

because if you just raised your hand,

因为如果你只是举手，

you would just come in contact with some wood,

你会碰到一些木头，

and then, you move around that, navigate it,

然后，你在那里四处移动， 在它上面导航，

and grab that pencil and know where it is,

拿起那支铅笔，知道它在哪里，

and the feel of it, so that you know that you're grabbing the right thing

它的感觉，这样你就知道

if you're not looking at it

如果你不看它，

while gracefully handing someone something from another desk.

同时优雅地从另一张桌子上递给别人 一些东西，你就会知道自己在抓对东西。

So, with that, I would like to demonstrate how that comes into being,

因此，我想通过这样做来证明

by doing this.

它是如何产生的。

(Recording a low-tone loop)

（录制低音循环）

(Vocalizing)

（发声）

(Rattling sound)

（嘎吱作响的声音）

(Vocalizing)

（发声）

(Shorter vocalizations)

（较短的发声）

(Stops low-tone loop)

（停止低音循环）

So again, that's an example of a way that you can --

所以再说一遍，这是你可以——

(Applause)

（掌声）

sample the environment around you.

对周围环境进行采样的一个例子。

So this is what I expect all of you guys to be doing at the end of this session.

因此，这就是我希望你们所有人在本次演讲结束时 要做的事情。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

All the things that you're hearing,

你所听到的所有东西，

just remember them and reflect them back in a way that you think is creative,

只要记住它们，然后用你认为有创意的方式反思它们，

as though you've been given a box of LEGOs that have been dismantled

就好像你得到了一盒已经拆解

and no longer a part of any particular package that you bought previously,

的乐高积木，不再是你之前购买的任何特定包装的一部分，

so the instructions make no longer any sense,

所以这些说明不再有意义，

and just dump them on the ground and see what you can come up with.

然后把它们丢在地上， 看看你能想出什么。

Now, because of that principle, I have adapted three out of six

现在，由于这个原则， 我改编了我以前在TED Talks上谈到的六个

of the former principles that I used to talk about at TED Talks.

原则中的三个。

And this is my seventh TED Talk.

这是我的第七次TED演讲。

I usually skip the last two,

我通常会跳过最后两个，

and I'm going to include these two right now,

现在我将把这两项包括在内，

by going back two measures in time

回到过去的两个衡量标准，

and reallocating that space

然后重新分配空间，这样对你们

in a way that might be a little bit more comprehensive to some of you

中一些想知道到底发生了什么

who are wondering what exactly is happening.

的人来说可能更全面一些。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Playing a bass-drum loop)

（播放低音鼓循环）

I don't know if you remember this song, but I think it'll come back pretty quick.

我不知道你是否记得这首歌， 但我认为它很快就会回来。

(Playing a bass-drum loop)

（播放低音鼓循环）

(Adding a synth loop)

（添加合成器循环）

(Beatboxing on loop)

（循环播放Beatboxing）

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah, right.

是的，对。

(Rapping in a British accent) All the people at TED,

（用英国口音说唱）TED 的所有人都在做他们

doing all that they do, when they're doing it well,

所做的一切， 当他们做得好的时候，

like technology, yeah, it's really cool and stuff.

比如科技，是的，真的 很酷之类的。

I like my entertainment and my design as well.

我也喜欢我的娱乐 和设计。

Yo, I'm launching satellites to monitor the methane, everyone's looking,

哟，我正在发射卫星来监测 甲烷，每个人都在看，

they're looking at all the methane.

他们在看所有的甲烷。

You can't complain if you're monitoring the methane.

如果你在监测甲烷，你不能抱怨。

The methane is the method of the madness, you know, light a match.

甲烷是疯狂的方法， 你知道，点燃火柴。

See what happens with that methane? You never know.

看看甲烷会发生什么？ 你永远不会知道。

Sometimes it makes you go insane. The methane is the answer.

有时候它会让你发疯的。 答案是甲烷。

I think it may be, I don't know. Listen --

我想可能是，我不知道。听--

(Vocalizing)

（发声）

(Vocalizing echos)

（发出回声）

(Vocalizing)

（发声）

(Vocalizing more quietly)

（更安静地发声）

(Heavy breaths)

（大量呼吸）

(Vocalizing and loops stop)

（发声和循环停止）

So now you can improvise any time you want.

所以现在你可以随时随地即兴创作。

Have a good time. Thank you.

祝大家拥有美好时光，谢谢。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼和掌声）