Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

譯者: Marssi Draw 審譯者: Joan Liu

When I graduated UCLA, I moved to Northern California,

我從加州大學洛杉磯分校畢業後 搬到加州北部

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

我住在一個名為麋鹿林的小鎮

位於門多西諾海岸

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

我沒有電話和電視 但是我有美國郵政

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

如果你還記得，那時的生活十分美好

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

我會到雜貨店裡去喝杯咖啡、買布朗尼蛋糕

然後帶著膠捲搭船到舊金山

I'd ship my film to San Francisco,

待個兩天，四處看看

and lo and behold, two days later,

it would end up on my front door,

最後回到家

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

這樣的方式比起在好萊塢繁忙的交通裡開車好多了

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I didn't have much money,

我沒有很多錢

(Music)

but I had time and a sense of wonder.

不過我有時間和好奇心 （音樂）

So I started shooting time-lapse photography.

因此我開始拍攝縮時影片

拍攝四分鐘長的膠捲要花一個月的時間

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

因為那是我可以負擔的極限

because that's all I could afford.

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

一直以來，我持續拍攝花朵的縮時影片

毫不間斷，一天二十四小時，一週七天

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

for over 30 years.

歷經三十年，看著它們像跳舞般的變化

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

是我永遠不會厭煩的事情

Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch.

它們的美讓我們沉浸在色彩、味道和觸感之中

It also provides a third of the food we eat.

它們也提供了我們三分之一的食物來源

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Beauty and seduction are nature's tools for survival,

美麗和魅力是大自然賴以生存的工具

because we protect what we fall in love with.

因為我們會保護我們愛的事物

It opens our hearts

它打開我們的心胸

and makes us realize we are a part of nature,

讓我們了解我們是大自然的一部份 而且密不可分

and we're not separate from it.

When we see ourselves in nature,

當我們看見自己身處在大自然裡

it also connects us to every one of us,

它也讓我們聯繫了彼此

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

因為很顯然的，一切皆合而為一。

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

大部份的人看了我的影片會說

"Oh my God."

「喔！我的天啊！」 你可曾思考過這句話的意義？

Have you ever wondered what that meant?

The "oh" means it caught your attention;

「喔！」意味著它吸引了你的注意力

讓你活在當下、留心此時此刻

it makes you present, makes you mindful.

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

「我的」則代表了某樣東西

和你靈魂深處的某樣東西有了連結

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

它為你內在的聲音打開了一扇門

來幫助你被看見、被聽見

And "God"?

「天」則是每個人夢寐以求的地方

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

to be inspired,

我們想要得到啟發

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

並感受到自己和讚揚生命的宇宙連結

Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive

你知道我們所接受到的訊息中

有百分之八十透過眼睛嗎?

comes through our eyes,

and if you compare light energy to musical scales,

如果你將光能和音階相比

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

人類裸視時只能看得見一個八度的範圍

which is right in the middle?

剛好是正中間的那個八度？

And aren't we grateful for our brains,

難道我們不該感謝我們的大腦

that can take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy

讓我們可以從藉由光能、按下快門、創造影像

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

來探索世界？

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

難道我們不該感謝我們擁有心

讓我們可以有這些感受

in order for us to allow ourselves

感覺到喜悅

to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature?

以及大自然的美麗？

（音樂）

大自然的美麗是一份禮物

Nature's beauty is a gift

that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

讓我們培養感謝與感恩之情

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

今天我想和你分享一份禮物

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

這是我目前正在進行的計畫 名為「展現喜悅」

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

這個計畫將讓我們透過

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

孩童與老人的觀點

of that world.

來看這個世界

Little girl: When I watch TV,

孩童：當我看電視時

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

那只是一些作假的電視節目

And when you explore,

當你探索時

you get more imagination than you already had,

你得到多於以往的想像

and when you get more imagination,

當你得到更多的想像

it makes you want to go deeper in

那會讓你想要更深入探究

so you can get more and see beautifuller things,

你就可以看到更多漂亮的事物

像是一條小徑 如果那是一條小徑，它可以指引你到海邊

like the path,

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

或是其它地方，那可能是漂亮的地方

and it could be beautiful.

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(Music)

老人：你覺得這只是生活中另一個平凡的日子嗎？

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

in your life?

It's not just another day.

這是與眾不同的一天 這是特別給你的一天

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

today.

那就是「今天」

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It's given to you.

這是老天給你的恩典 是一份禮物

It's a gift.

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

這是你現在僅有的禮物

And the only appropriate response

而唯一適當的回應

is gratefulness.

就是感謝

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如果你好好的回應

If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response

to the great gift that this unique day is,

這樣特別的一天是多麼棒的禮物

如果你學著去回應

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

就如同這是你生命中的第一天

也是最後一天

and the very last day,

then you will have spent this day very well.

那麼你就會好好地渡過這一天

(Music)

以睜開你的雙眼開始

Begin by opening your eyes

and be surprised that you have eyes you can open,

能夠睜開眼睛是多麼令人驚喜的事

that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us

美麗的五光十色帶給我們

for our pure enjoyment.

單純的喜悅

看看天空

Look at the sky.

我們很少仔細仰望天空

We so rarely look at the sky.

我們極少寫下每一刻的不同

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

以及雲朵來來去去的變化

with clouds coming and going.

我們只想到天氣

We just think of the weather,

and even with the weather,

即使是天氣

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

我們也不曾察覺天氣的細微差異

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

只去分辨天氣是好是壞

This day, right now, has unique weather,

今天，此刻，有獨一無二的天氣

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

也許是永遠不會

再出現的樣子了

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

雲朵在天空的景象

as it is right now.

將不會再次出現相同的模樣

Open your eyes. Look at that.

打開你的眼睛看看它

(Music)

仔細端詳身旁人們的臉龐

Look at the faces of people whom you meet.

在每一張臉孔背後都有獨一無二的故事

Each one has an incredible story

behind their face,

一個你永遠不會想到的故事

a story that you could never fully fathom,

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

不只是他們自己的故事，還有他們祖先的故事

We all go back so far,

我們都有歷史的

而在此時此刻

and in this present moment, on this day,

all the people you meet, all that life from generations

所有與你相遇的人們

and from so many places all over the world

歷經了數個世代、從地球上各個角落

flows together and meets you here,

聚集在一起 然後在此地與你相遇的人們

就像是生命的泉水 只要你敞開心，然後喝下那泉水

like a life-giving water,

if you only open your heart and drink.

(Music)

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為文明帶給我們的禮物

Open your heart to the incredible gifts

that civilization gives to us.

打開你的心

You flip a switch, and there is electric light.

只要你打開開關，燈光就在眼前

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

只要你打開水龍頭 就會有溫水和冷水

and drinkable water.

以及可以飲用的水

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

這是一份禮物

是世上千萬人無法體驗到的

will never experience.

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

這些僅是可以打開你心房的

無數禮物之一

to which we can open your heart.

And so I wish you that you will open your heart

希望你為這些祝福打開你的心房

to all these blessings,

讓它們進入你的心

and let them flow through you,

that everyone whom you will meet on this day

讓所有將與你見面的人

will be blessed by you,

都得到你的祝福

just by your eyes,

只要透過你的眼睛

by your smile,

你的微笑

你的觸碰

by your touch,

或僅僅是你的出現

just by your presence.

Let the gratefulness overflow

讓你身邊的感謝

into blessing all around you.

轉化為祝福

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And then, it will really be

如此一來，今天就會是美好的一天 （音樂）

a good day.

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Louie Schwartzberg：謝謝！

Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.

(Applause)

Thank you very much.

謝謝大家！ （掌聲）

(Applause)