ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

Louie Schwartzberg: Natura. Bellesa. Gratitud

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La bellesa de la natura passa desapercebuda amb facilitat, però no per a la càmera de Louie Schwartzberg. Les seves impressionants fotografies realitzades a intervals de temps i l'enèrgic discurs del monjo benedictí David Steindl-Rast ens fan reflexionar sobre la necessitat de sentir-nos agraïts cada dia.
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and I livedvivia in a little townciutat calledanomenat ElkAnt
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i vaig viure en un poblet
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on the MendocinoMendocino coastCosta,
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a la costa de Mendocino.
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and I didn't have a phonetelèfon or TVTV, but I had U.S. mailmail,
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No tenia telèfon ni televisió,
però sí el correu dels Estats Units.
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and life was good back then, if you could rememberrecorda it.
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Llavors la vida era fàcil,
si ho recordeu.
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I'd go to the generalgeneral storebotiga for a cuptassa of coffeecafè
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Anava a la botiga
a fer un café
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and a browniebrownie, and I'd shipvaixell my filmpel·lícula
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i un brownie
i enviava la meva pel·lícula
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to SanSan FranciscoFrancisco, and loho and beholdheus aquí, two daysdies latermés tard,
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a San Francisco. I qui m'ho anava a dir,
dos dies més tard
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it would endfinal up on my frontfront doorporta,
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tornava a ser a la meva porta,
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whichquin was way better than havingtenint to fightlluitar the traffictrànsit
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que era millor que haver
d'enfrontar-me al trànsit
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of HollywoodHollywood. (MusicMúsica)
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de Hollywood. (Música)
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I didn't have much moneydiners,
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No tenia massa diners,
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but I had time and a sensesentit of wondermeravella. (MusicMúsica)
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però tenia temps
i molta curiositat. (Música)
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So I startedva començar shootingtirar time-lapselapse de temps photographyfotografia.
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Així doncs, vaig començar
a capturar imatges a intèrvals.
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It would take me a monthmes to shootdisparar a four-minutequatre minuts
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Tardava un mes
en filmar quatre minuts
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rollrotllo of filmpel·lícula, because that's all I could affordpagar.
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de pel·lícula, perquè era tot
el que em podia permetre.
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I've been shootingtirar time-lapselapse de temps flowersflors continuouslycontínuament,
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He estat filmant flors
a intèrvals contínuament,
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non-stopsense parar, 24 hourshores a day, sevende set daysdies a weeksetmana,
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sense parar, 24 hores al dia,
set dies a la setmana,
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for over 30 yearsanys, and to see them movemoure's
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durant 30 anys.
I veure-les canviar
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is a dancedansa I'll never get tiredcansat of.
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és una dansa
que no em cansa mai.
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TheirSeva beautybellesa immersessubmergeix us with colorcolor, tastegust, touchtocar.
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La seva bellesa ens submergeix
en el color, el sabor, el tacte.
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It alsotambé providesproporciona a thirdtercer of the foodmenjar we eatmenjar.
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I també ens proporciona un terç
dels aliments que mengem.
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(MusicMúsica)
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(Música)
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BeautyBellesa and seductionseducció is nature'snaturalesa toolseines for survivalsupervivència,
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La bellesa i la seducció són les eines
de la natura per sobreviure,
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because we protectprotegir what we fallcaure in love with.
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perquè protegim
el que ens enamora.
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It openss'obre our heartscors, and makesfa us realizeadonar-se
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Obre els nostres cors
i ens recorda
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we are a partpart of naturenaturalesa and we're not separateseparat from it.
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que som part de la natura
i no estem separats d'ella.
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When we see ourselvesnosaltres mateixos in naturenaturalesa, it alsotambé connectses connecta us
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Quan ens veiem en la natura,
també ens connectem
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to everycada one of us, because it's clearclar
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entre nosaltres,
perquè és evident
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that it's all connectedconnectat in one.
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que tot està interconnectat.
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When people see my imagesimatges, a lot of timestemps they'llho faran say,
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Quan la gent veu les meves imatges,
moltes vegades diuen:
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"Oh my God." Have you ever wonderedpreguntat what that meantsignificava?
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"Oh, Déu meu!". Us heu preguntat
mai què significa això?
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The "oh" meanssignifica it caughtatrapat your attentionatenció,
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L'expressió "oh" significa
que t'ha cridat l'atenció,
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makesfa you presentpresent, makesfa you mindfulatent.
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que hi ets present
i que n'ets conscient.
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The "my" meanssignifica it connectses connecta with something deepprofund
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El "meu" significa que connecta
amb allò més profund
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insidedins your soulànima.
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de l'ànima.
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It createscrea a gatewayporta d'entrada for your innerinterior voiceveu to risepujar up
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Crea una porta perquè
la teva veu interior s'enlairi
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and be heardescoltat. And "God"?
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i sigui escoltada. I "Déu"?
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God is that personalpersonal journeyviatge we all want to be on,
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Déu és aquell viatge personal
del qual tots volem formar part
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to be inspiredinspirat, to feel like we're connectedconnectat to a universeunivers
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per sentir-nos inspirats
i connectats a un univers
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that celebratescelebra life.
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que celebra la vida.
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Did you know that 80 percentpercentatge
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Sabíeu que el 80 %
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of the informationinformació we receiverebre comesve througha través our eyesulls?
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de la informació que rebem
ve pels ulls?
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And if you comparecomparar lightllum energyenergia to musicalmusical scalesescales,
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I si comparem l'energia de la llum
amb les escales musicals,
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it would only be one octaveoctava that the nakednu eyeull could see,
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a simple vista
sols veuríem una octava,
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whichquin is right in the middlemig?
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que és just al mig.
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And aren'tno ho són we gratefulagraït for our brainscervells that can, you know,
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I no us sentiu agraïts
que el nostre cervell pugui
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take this electricalelèctrica impulseimpuls that comesve from lightllum energyenergia
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agafar aquell impuls elèctric
que prové de l'energia de la llum
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to createcrear imagesimatges in orderordre for us to exploreexplora our worldmón?
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i convertir-lo en imatges
perquè puguem explorar el nostre món?
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And aren'tno ho són we gratefulagraït that we have heartscors
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I no us sentiu agraïts
de tenir un cor
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that can feel these vibrationsvibracions
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capaç de rebre aquelles vibracions
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in orderordre for us to allowpermetre'l ourselvesnosaltres mateixos to feel the pleasureplaer
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perquè puguem experimentar el plaer
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and the beautybellesa of naturenaturalesa?
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i la bellesa de la natura?
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Nature'sNaturalesa beautybellesa is a giftregal that cultivatescultiva
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La bellesa de la natura
és un obsequi que cultiva
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appreciationapreciació and gratitudegratitud.
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l'estima i la gratitud.
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(MusicMúsica)
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So I have a giftregal I want to shareCompartir with you todayavui,
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Tinc un regal que m'agradaria compartir
amb vosaltres avui,
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a projectprojecte I'm workingtreball on calledanomenat HappinessFelicitat RevealedRevelat,
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un projecte en el qual treballo
anomenat la Felicitat Revelada,
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and it'llho farà give us a glimpsealbirar into that perspectiveperspectiva
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que us donarà
una idea de la perspectiva,
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from the pointpunt of viewveure of a childnen and an elderlyancians man
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des del punt de vista d'una nena
i d'una persona gran,
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of that worldmón.
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d'aquest món.
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ChildNen: When I watch TVTV,
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Nena: Quan miro la tele,
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it's just some showsespectacles that you just -- that are pretendfingir,
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veig programes que…
són de mentida,
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and when you exploreexplora, you get
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i quan explores, obtens
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more imaginationimaginació than you alreadyja had,
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més imaginació de la que tenies,
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and when you get more imaginationimaginació,
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i quan obtens més imaginació,
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it makesfa you want to go deepermés profund in
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vols anar més enllà
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so you can get more and see beautifullerbeautifuller things,
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i aconseguir-ne més
per veure coses més boniques,
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like the pathCamí, if it's a pathCamí, it could leaddirigir you to a beachplatja,
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com un camí, si és un camí,
et pot portar a la platja
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or something, and it could be beautifulbonic.
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o a qualsevol altre lloc bonic.
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ElderlyGent gran Man: You think this is just anotherun altre day in your life?
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Persona gran: Creus que aquest
és un altre dia de la teva vida?
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It's not just anotherun altre day. It's the one day that is givendonat to you
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No és sols un altre dia.
És el dia que se t'ha regalat
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todayavui.
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avui.
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It's givendonat to you. It's a giftregal.
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Te l'han donat.
És un regal.
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It's the only giftregal that you have right now,
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És l'únic regal
que tens ara mateix
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and the only appropriateapropiat responseresposta
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i l'única resposta vàlida
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is gratefulnessAgraïments.
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és la gratitud.
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If you do nothing elsealtra cosa but to cultivatecultivar that responseresposta
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Si et dediques a cultivar
aquesta resposta
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to the great giftregal that this uniqueúnic day is,
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al magnífic regal
de viure un dia únic,
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if you learnaprendre to respondrespon
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si aprens a respondre
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as if it were the first day in your life
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com si fos el primer dia
de la teva vida
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and the very last day,
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i l'últim,
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then you will have spentgastat this day very well.
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aleshores hauràs passat un bon dia.
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BeginComençar by openingobertura your eyesulls and be surprisedsorprès
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Comenceu per obrir els ulls
i sorpreneu-vos
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that you have eyesulls you can openobert,
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de tenir ulls que podeu obrir,
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that incredibleincreïble arraymatriu of colorscolors that is constantlyconstantment offeredoferts to us
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aquesta col·lecció increïble de colors
que constantment se'ns ofereix
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for purepur enjoymentgaudi.
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per poder gaudir-la.
06:07
Look at the skycel.
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MIreu el cel.
06:10
We so rarelypoques vegades look at the skycel.
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No solem mirar el cel.
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We so rarelypoques vegades notenota how differentdiferent it is
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No ens adonem dels canvis,
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from momentmoment to momentmoment, with cloudsnúvols comingarribant and going.
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núvols que van i vénen.
06:24
We just think of the weatherclima,
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Només pensem en el temps
06:27
and even with the weatherclima, we don't think of
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i així i tot, no pensem en
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all the manymolts nuancesmatisos of weatherclima.
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els diferents matisos del temps.
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We just think of good weatherclima and baddolent weatherclima.
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Únicament pensem
en el bon temps i el mal temps.
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This day, right now, has uniqueúnic weatherclima,
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Aquest dia, ara mateix,
té un temps únic
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maybe a kindamable that will never exactlyexactament
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que probablement no tornarem
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in that formforma come again.
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a veure mai més exactament com avui.
06:47
That formationformació of cloudsnúvols in the skycel will never be the samemateix
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Aquella formació dels núvols al cel
mai no tornarà
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as it is right now.
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a ser la mateixa.
06:54
OpenObert your eyesulls. Look at that.
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Obriu els ulls. Mireu-ho.
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Look at the facescares of people whomqui you meettrobar-se.
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Mireu les cares
de les persones que coneixeu.
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EachCada one has an incredibleincreïble storyhistòria behinddarrere theirels seus facecara,
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Cada una amaga
una història extraordinària,
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a storyhistòria that you could never fullycompletament fathombraça,
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una història que potser mai
arribeu a comprendre,
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not only theirels seus ownpropi storyhistòria, but the storyhistòria of theirels seus ancestorsavantpassats.
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no sols la seva història, sino també
la dels seus avantpassats.
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We all go back so farlluny,
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Tots venim de molt enrere,
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and in this presentpresent momentmoment, on this day,
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i en aquest moment precís, avui,
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all the people you meettrobar-se, all that life from generationsgeneracions
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totes les persones que has conegut,
totes aquelles vides de generacions
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and from so manymolts placesllocs all over the worldmón
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i de tants llocs diferents del món
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flowsfluxos togetherjunts and meetscompleix you here
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conflueixen i et troben aquí
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like a life-givingdóna vida wateraigua, if you only openobert your heartcor and drinkbeure.
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com aigua que dóna la vida,
si obriu el cor i beveu.
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(MusicMúsica)
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OpenObert your heartcor to the incredibleincreïble giftsregals that civilizationcivilització
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Obriu el cor als fantàstics regals
que ens dóna
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givesdóna to us.
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la civilització.
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You flipflip a switchinterruptor and there is electricelèctric lightllum.
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Accionem un interruptor
i tenim llum,
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You turngirar a faucetAixeta and there is warmcàlid wateraigua and coldfred wateraigua,
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Obrim l'aixeta
i tenim aigua calenta i freda,
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and drinkablepotable wateraigua.
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fins i tot potable.
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It's a giftregal that millionsmilions and millionsmilions in the worldmón
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És un regal
que milions de persones al món
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will never experienceexperiència.
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no podran experimentar mai.
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So these are just a fewpocs of an enormousenorme numbernúmero of giftsregals
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Aquests són alguns
dels nombrosos regals
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to whichquin we can openobert your heartcor.
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als quals podem obrir el nostre cor.
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And so I wishdesitjar you that you will openobert your heartcor
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I us desitjo que obriu el vostre cor
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to all these blessingsbenediccions, and let them flowflux througha través you,
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a tots aquests obsequis i deixeu
que flueixin a través vostre
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that everyonetothom whomqui you will meettrobar-se on this day
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i que tots els qui conegueu
en aquest dia
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will be blessedbeneït by you,
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siguin beneïts per vosaltres,
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just by your eyesulls,
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per la vostra mirada,
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by your smilesomriure,
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el vostre somriure,
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by your touchtocar,
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el vostre tacte,
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just by your presencepresència.
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per la vostra presència.
09:05
Let the gratefulnessAgraïments overflowdesbordament
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Deixeu que la gratitud doni pas
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into blessingbenedicció all around you,
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a la benedicció i, aleshores,
09:15
and then it will really be a good day. (MusicMúsica)
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serà realment un bon dia. (Música)
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(ApplauseAplaudiments)
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(Aplaudiments)
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LouieLouie SchwartzbergSchwartzberg: Thank you.
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Louie Schwartzberg: Gràcies.
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Thank you very much. (ApplauseAplaudiments)
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Moltes gràcies. (Aplaudiments)
Translated by SANELA BILAL
Reviewed by Jaume Campdelacreu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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