Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door
Mac Barnett: Zašto je dobra knjiga tajni prolaz
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nam pomaže spoznati istinu
given us to understand.
truthfulness of his lies."
danas sam ovdje
Let's do a Venn diagram.
Napravimo Vennov dijagram.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
(Smijeh) (Pljesak)
za vrijeme fakulteta,
sports, and neither can I.
ne mogu baviti sportom, kao ni ja.
na razini četverogodišnjaka,
spy for the Queen of England.
za kraljicu Engleske.
za Kraljicu Engleske."
to su bile graciozne Ruskinje,
me — I'll never forget this —
— Ovo neću nikad zaboraviti —
named Riley. She was tiny,
Bila je sitna
out her lunch every day
have to eat the fruit."
you throw the fruit in the ivy,
"Pa kako bacaš voće u bršljan,
being a nutritionist for children.
a ne kao nutricionist za djecu.
there and see what you've done."
tamo i pogledaš što si učinila."
the ivy, and then her eyes
there and rushed around her,
i okupila se oko nje,
ruins nature when you do this."
grow a melon in seven days,
uzgojila dinju u sedam dana,
Umjetnost nas tamo može odvesti.
možete zvati umjetnost ili fikcija.
willing suspension of disbelief
nazvao suspenzija nevjerovanja,
story, no matter how strange,
kako god čudna bila,
i to postižemo čitanjem.
that happened in "Ulysses,"
i posjete Baker Street
actually had that address.
and go through to a magical land.
i ušli u čarobnu zemlju.
da tajna vrata zaista postoje
that fictional world, which is —
u taj fikcijski svijet, koji je
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
tajne čarobne zemlje ondje.
I think my mom should know about.
za koje mislim da bi majka trebala znati.
was a publishing company
ondje je bila smještena
za pisanje imena 826 Valencia,
not going to give us a variance,
it, a writer named Dave Eggers,
pisac imena Dave Eggers,
with code, he said, "Fine,
rekao je: "U redu,
možete otvoriti i uzeti limun
koji je bio iza trgovine.
fictional space like this to go do your writing,
fikcijskim prostorom da biste pisali,
da izgradim tu trgovinu dolje.
Trgovinu Putovanja kroz vrijeme Echo Park.
you are, we're already then."
"Kad god ste vi, mi smo već tada."
spremno je pomoći vam.
su kroz naše redove.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
we didn't know what to do.
i nismo znali što činiti.
pokriven crvenim sirupom.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
weigh, like, seven pounds each.
su teške tri kilograma svaka.
comes in lots of great scents:
koji dolazi u puno odličnih vrsta:
pepeo s lomače.
sprej za tijelo
only find on the battlefield,
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
mogu osjetiti ljubav ili strah.
that says "Employees Only"
"Samo za zaposlenike"
zbog objave knjige
trenutak je bio 1960.
kada se glumac okrene publici
tajna vrata koja se otvaraju
činiti u svojim knjigama.
and his Blue Whale Problem."
i njegovi problemi s plavetnim kitom."
koji dobije plavetnog kita za ljubimca
self-addressed stamped envelope
mi nećete poslati plavetnog kita.
from a Norwegian law firm —
od pravne tvrtke iz Norveške —
u carinskim zakonima,
a little while. It digresses.
Odvlači im pažnju.
za sat vremena.
u subotu ili nedjelju,
i zanima me što sada radiš,
he likes a little bit less —
more message from Nico.
još jednu poruku od Nicoa.
vrlo ljubazna prema Randolphu.
čitatelj kojem se mogu nadati.
Djeca poput Nicoa su najbolji čitatelji,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mac Barnett - Children's book authorMac Barnett is a bestselling author of books for children.
Why you should listen
Mac Barnett is the author of fifteen books for children. He was the executive director of 826LA, a nonprofit writing center, and founded the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travelers. In this talk about creativity and wonder, he explains why kids are the ideal readers of literary fiction -- and what adults can learn from them about imagination and the willing suspension of disbelief.
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