Shake up your story | Raghava KK

譯者: Wang-Ju Tsai 審譯者: Kai Cheong Chan

Hi everyone.

大家好!

I'm an artist and a dad -- second time around.

我是個藝術家，也是第二次當爹了。

Thank you.

謝謝!

And I want to share with you my latest art project.

我想跟大家分享我最新的藝術計劃。

It's a children's book for the iPad.

那是在iPad上看的一部童書。

It's a little quirky and silly.

它有一點搞怪、不太正經。

It's called "Pop-It,"

名字叫做“爆爆勁書”,

And it's about the things little kids do with their parents.

是關於小孩子們跟爸媽做的事。

(Music)

（音樂）

So this is about potty training --

是關於上廁所的訓練 -

as most of you, I hope, know.

我想大家都應該曉得的吧？

You can tickle the rug.

你可以摸摸地墊。

You can make the baby poop.

你可以讓小貝比便便。

You can do all those fun things.

那些有趣的事你都可以去做。

You can burst bubbles.

你可以刺破泡泡。

You can draw, as everyone should.

你可以畫畫，大家都該畫畫畫。

But you know, I have a problem with children's books:

但是你知嗎?我對童書有些意見:

I think they're full of propaganda.

我覺得它們的宣導性太強了。

At least an Indian trying to get one of these American books in Park Slope, forget it.

至少別要我這個印度人去買上流白人的童書。

It's not the way I was brought up.

我可不是這樣被帶大的。

So I said, "I'm going to counter this with my own propaganda."

所以我說,"我要用我自己的宣導來跟它抗衡。

If you notice carefully,

如果你細心看的話,

it's a homosexual couple bringing up a child.

這是一對男同性戀伴侶養育小孩的故事。

You don't like it?

你不喜歡的話。

Shake it, and you have a lesbian couple.

搖它一搖,就變成了一對女同性戀者。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Shake it, and you have a heterosexual couple.

再搖它一搖,就變成一對異性戀夫婦。

You know, I don't even believe in the concept of an ideal family.

你知道嗎?我根本不相信理想家庭的觀念。

I have to tell you about my childhood.

我必須告訴你我的童年。

I went to this very proper Christian school

我上的是這所知名的基督教學校

taught by nuns, fathers, brothers, sisters.

受修女、神父、弟兄、姊妹教導。

Basically, I was brought up to be a good Samaritan,

基本上,他們要把我教導成爲一個善人,

and I am.

我也的確是個善人。

And I'd go at the end of the day to a traditional Hindu house,

每天傍晚我都會去一間傳統印度教的會館,

which was probably the only Hindu house

這大概是在回教徒群居區裏

in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood.

唯一的一間印度教會館。

Basically, I celebrated every religious function.

基本上,我會慶祝每個宗教慶典。

In fact, when there was a wedding in our neighborhood,

事實上,當我們有鄰居舉行婚禮時,

all of us would paint our houses for the wedding.

所有的人都會粉刷房子一同慶祝。

I remember we cried profusely

我還記得,當那些夏天和我們一起玩的小山羊

when the little goats we played with in the summer

被做成了羊肉飯時

became biriani.

我們哭得死去活來。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We all had to fast during Ramadan.

回教齋戒月時我們都要一同禁食。

It was a very beautiful time.

那些真是很美好的日子。

But I must say,

但我要說,

I'll never forget, when I was 13 years old, this happened.

我永遠忘不了我13歲時發生的這一件事。

Babri Masjid --

Babri Masjid

one of the most beautiful mosques in India,

印度最漂亮的清真寺之一,

built by King Babur, I think, in the 16th century --

我想是由Babur王在16世紀建成 -

was demolished by Hindu activists.

被印度教活躍激進分子摧毀掉。

This caused major riots in my city.

這在我的城市裏掀起了暴動。

And for the first time,

這也是我第一次

I was affected

受到族群暴動

by this communal unrest.

的影響。

My little five-year-old kid neighbor

我那個5歲大的小鄰居

comes running in,

跑進來我家

and he says, "Rags, Rags.

邊跑邊喊 “ Rags, Rags

You know the Hindus are killing us Muslims. Be careful."

你知道印度教徒正屠殺我們穆斯林嗎?小心吖!”

I'm like, "Dude, I'm Hindu."

我當下的反應是，"老弟，我是印度教徒啊!"

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

He's like, "Huh!"

而他的反應則是 “什麽!”

You know, my work is inspired

你知嗎?我的作品

by events such as this.

都是受類似這些事件的啓發的。

Even in my gallery shows,

甚至在我的畫展裡,

I try and revisit historic events

我嘗試去回顧像Babri Masjid清真寺

like Babri Masjid,

等歷史事件,

distill only its emotional residue

只濾清它情感方面的沉澱

and image my own life.

和自己生命的印象。

Imagine history being taught differently.

想像著用不同的角度來教授歷史。

Remember that children's book

還記得那本

where you shake and the sexuality of the parents change?

搖一搖父母的性取向便會改變的童書嗎？

I have another idea.

我還有另一個主意。

It's a children's book about Indian independence --

一本有關印度獨立的童書 -

very patriotic.

一本十分愛國的書。

But when you shake it, you get Pakistan's perspective.

但是當你搖它一搖,你會看到巴基斯坦的觀點。

Shake it again, and you get the British perspective.

再搖它一下,就看到英國的觀點。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

You have to separate fact from bias, right.

你必須分辨事實和偏見，對吧?

Even my books on children

即使在我的童書裏

have cute, fuzzy animals.

也有可愛的、毛茸茸的動物。

But they're playing geopolitics.

但他們是在玩地沿政治。

They're playing out Israel-Palestine,

他們正演出以色列與巴基斯坦,

India-Pakistan.

印度與巴基斯坦的衝突。

You know, I'm making a very important argument.

你知嗎?我正提出一個很重要的論點。

And my argument [is]

我的論點就是

that the only way for us to teach creativity

培養創意的唯一方法

is by teaching children perspectives

是在最早階段

at the earliest stage.

教導小孩看事物的不同觀點。

After all, children's books are manuals on parenting,

畢竟,童書都是子女教育手冊,

so you better give them children's books that teach them perspectives.

所以你最好給他們看教導不同觀點的童書。

And conversely,

反過來說,

only when you teach perspectives

只有當你教導他們不同的觀點

will a child be able to imagine

他們才能想像

and put themselves in the shoes

和設身處地地

of someone who is different from them.

為與自己不同的人設想。

I'm making an argument that art and creativity

我的結論是藝術和創意

are very essential tools in empathy.

是培養同理心的必要工具。

You know, I can't promise my child

你知嗎?我不能允諾我的小孩

a life without bias --

毫無偏見的一生 -

we're all biased --

我們都有一些偏見 -

but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

但我允諾給我的孩子有不同觀點的偏見。

Thank you very much.

非常多謝大家!

(Applause)

（掌聲）