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Hannah Brencher: Love letters to strangers
Hannah Brencher: Ljubezenska pisma neznancem
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Hannah Brencher je mama vedno pisala pisma. Tako je po fakulteti, ko je čutila, da se je pogreznila v depresijo, naredila, kar se ji je zdelo naravno - pisala je ljubezenska pisma in jih puščala, da jih najdejo neznanci. To dejanje je postala globalna iniciativa, "Svet potrebuje več ljubezenskih pisem", ki posreduje na roko napisana pisma tistim, ki potrebujejo spodbudo.
Hannah Brencher - Letter enthusiast
Hannah Brencher believes in the power of pen and paper, and has started a global initiative that encourages strangers to exchange love letters. Full bio
Hannah Brencher believes in the power of pen and paper, and has started a global initiative that encourages strangers to exchange love letters. Full bio
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I was one of the only kids in college who had a reason
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Bila sem ena redkih na kolidžu z razlogom,
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to go to the P.O. box at the end of the day,
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da sem šla ob koncu dneva vedno
do nabiralnika,
do nabiralnika,
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and that was mainly because my mother has never believed
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predvsem zato, ker moja mati
nikoli ni verjela
nikoli ni verjela
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in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones in general.
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v e-maile, Facebook, SMS-e
ali mobilne telefone nasploh.
ali mobilne telefone nasploh.
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And so while other kids were BBM-ing their parents,
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In ko so tako ostali pisali SMS-e staršem,
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I was literally waiting by the mailbox
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sem sama dobesedno čakala pri nabiralniku
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to get a letter from home to see how the weekend had gone,
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na pismo od doma, da sem izvedela,
kakšen je bil vikend,
kakšen je bil vikend,
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which was a little frustrating when Grandma was in the hospital,
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kar je bilo kar sitno,
ko je bila babica v bolnici,
ko je bila babica v bolnici,
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but I was just looking for some sort of scribble,
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toda potrebovala sem malce maminih čačk,
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some unkempt cursive from my mother.
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njene površne ležeče pisave.
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And so when I moved to New York City after college
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In ko sem se po kolidžu
preselila v New York
preselila v New York
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and got completely sucker-punched in the face by depression,
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in me je brez opozorila
zadela in podrla depresija,
zadela in podrla depresija,
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I did the only thing I could think of at the time.
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sem naredila edino, česar sem se
takrat lahko domislila.
takrat lahko domislila.
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I wrote those same kinds of letters that my mother had written me
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Pisma, kakršna sem dobivala od mame,
sem začela pisati
sem začela pisati
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for strangers, and tucked them all throughout the city,
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za popolne neznance in jih podtikala
po vsem mestu, na ducate pisem.
po vsem mestu, na ducate pisem.
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dozens and dozens of them. I left them everywhere,
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Puščala sem jih povsod,
v kavarnah in knjižnicah, pri OZN, povsod.
v kavarnah in knjižnicah, pri OZN, povsod.
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in cafes and in libraries, at the U.N., everywhere.
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I blogged about those letters and the days
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Pisala sem blog o pismih in dnevih,
ko sem jih potrebovala,
ko sem jih potrebovala,
01:08
when they were necessary, and I posed
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in bralcem sem na internetu
precej noro obljubila:
precej noro obljubila:
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a kind of crazy promise to the Internet:
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01:13
that if you asked me for a hand-written letter,
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če me prosite za ročno napisano pismo,
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I would write you one, no questions asked.
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ga bom napisala, brez vprašanj.
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Overnight, my inbox morphed into this harbor of heartbreak --
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Moj e-nabiralnik se je čez noč
spremenil v pristanišče strtih src ...
spremenil v pristanišče strtih src ...
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a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied
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mati samohranilka iz Sacramenta,
ustrahovano dekle iz podeželskega Kansasa,
ustrahovano dekle iz podeželskega Kansasa,
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in rural Kansas, all asking me, a 22-year-old girl
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vsi so se obrnili name, 22-letnico,
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who barely even knew her own coffee order,
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ki sem komaj vedela,
kakšno kavo pijem,
kakšno kavo pijem,
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to write them a love letter and give them a reason
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naj jim napišem ljubezensko pismo
in tako dam razlog
in tako dam razlog
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to wait by the mailbox.
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za čakanje ob nabiralniku.
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Well, today I fuel a global organization
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No, danes vodim svetovno organizacijo,
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that is fueled by those trips to the mailbox,
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ki jo poganjajo tiste poti do nabiralnika
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fueled by the ways in which we can harness social media
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in način, kako lahko danes
izkoristimo družabna omrežja
izkoristimo družabna omrežja
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like never before to write and mail strangers letters
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kot nikoli prej, da napišemo
in pošljemo pisma neznancem,
in pošljemo pisma neznancem,
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when they need them most, but most of all,
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ko jih najbolj potrebujejo,
predvsem pa
predvsem pa
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fueled by crates of mail like this one, my trusty mail crate,
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jo poganjajo takšni zaboji pisem,
kot tale moj zvesti zabojček,
kot tale moj zvesti zabojček,
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filled with the scriptings of ordinary people,
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poln rokopisov običajnih ljudi,
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strangers writing letters to other strangers not because
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pisma neznancev neznancem,
ne zato da bi se dobili
in smejali na kavi,
in smejali na kavi,
02:01
they're ever going to meet and laugh over a cup of coffee,
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02:04
but because they have found one another by way of letter-writing.
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ampak zato, ker so našli en drugega
preko pisanja pisem.
preko pisanja pisem.
02:08
But, you know, the thing that always gets me
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Ampak, kar me vedno zadene ob teh pismih,
je, da so večino napisali ljudje,
je, da so večino napisali ljudje,
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about these letters is that most of them have been written
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02:13
by people that have never known themselves loved on a piece of paper.
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ki se niso nikoli čutili ljubljene
zaradi lista papirja.
zaradi lista papirja.
02:18
They could not tell you about the ink of their own love letters.
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Ne morejo nam pripovedovati o črnilu
na lastnih ljubezenskih pismih.
na lastnih ljubezenskih pismih.
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They're the ones from my generation,
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So posamezniki moje generacije,
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the ones of us that have grown up into a world
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tisti, ki so odrasli v svetu,
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where everything is paperless, and where some
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kjer ni nič na papirju, in kjer
nekatere izmed najboljših pogovorov
doživimo preko ekranov.
doživimo preko ekranov.
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of our best conversations have happened upon a screen.
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02:32
We have learned to diary our pain onto Facebook,
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Naučili smo se svoje bolesti
zaupati Facebooku
zaupati Facebooku
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and we speak swiftly in 140 characters or less.
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in naglo izražati v 140 znakih ali manj.
02:39
But what if it's not about efficiency this time?
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Toda kaj če tokrat ne gre za učinkovitost?
02:42
I was on the subway yesterday with this mail crate,
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Včeraj sem se peljala s podzemno
s tem zabojem,
s tem zabojem,
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which is a conversation starter, let me tell you.
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kar je dober povod
za začetek pogovora, resnično,
za začetek pogovora, resnično,
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If you ever need one, just carry one of these. (Laughter)
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če ga kdaj potrebujete,
nosite s sabo zaboj.
nosite s sabo zaboj.
02:49
And a man just stared at me, and he was like,
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Nek moški je kar strmel vame
in mi nato rekel:
in mi nato rekel:
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"Well, why don't you use the Internet?"
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"Zakaj enostavno ne uporabite interneta?"
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And I thought, "Well, sir, I am not a strategist,
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Mislila sem si: "Gospod, nisem strateg,
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nor am I specialist. I am merely a storyteller."
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niti specialist.
Sem le pripovedovalka zgodb."
Sem le pripovedovalka zgodb."
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And so I could tell you about a woman
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Tako vam lahko povem o ženski,
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whose husband has just come home from Afghanistan,
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katere mož se je ravnokar
vrnil iz Afganistana,
vrnil iz Afganistana,
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and she is having a hard time unearthing this thing called conversation,
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ona pa ima težave s ponovnim
vzpostavljanjem pogovora
vzpostavljanjem pogovora
03:11
and so she tucks love letters throughout the house
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in tako nastavlja
ljubezenska pisma po vsej hiši,
ljubezenska pisma po vsej hiši,
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as a way to say, "Come back to me.
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da bi mu povedala: "Vrni se k meni.
Najdi me, ko boš zmogel."
Najdi me, ko boš zmogel."
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Find me when you can."
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Or a girl who decides that she is going to leave love letters
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Ali o dekletu, ki se je odločilo
nastavljati ljubezenska pisma
nastavljati ljubezenska pisma
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around her campus in Dubuque, Iowa, only to find
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po kampusu v Dubuqueu v Iowi,
samo da vidi,
samo da vidi,
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her efforts ripple-effected the next day when she walks out
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kako se njen trud verižno širi,
ko gre naslednji dan
ko gre naslednji dan
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onto the quad and finds love letters hanging
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v park pri kampusu in
njena ljubezenska pisma
njena ljubezenska pisma
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from the trees, tucked in the bushes and the benches.
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visijo z dreves in
tičijo v grmih in klopeh.
tičijo v grmih in klopeh.
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Or the man who decides that he is going to take his life,
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Ali o možu, ki se odloči,
da si bo vzel življenje,
da si bo vzel življenje,
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uses Facebook as a way to say goodbye
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se preko Facebooka poslovi
od prijateljev in družine.
od prijateljev in družine.
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to friends and family.
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03:40
Well, tonight he sleeps safely with a stack of letters
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No, danes varno spi ob kupčku pisem,
kot je tale, pod blazino.
kot je tale, pod blazino.
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just like this one tucked beneath his pillow,
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scripted by strangers who were there for him when.
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Napisali so jih neznanci,
ki so bili tam, ko ...
ki so bili tam, ko ...
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These are the kinds of stories that convinced me
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Zaradi takih zgodb verjamem,
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that letter-writing will never again need to flip back her hair
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da pisanju pisem ne bo
nikoli več treba iskati pozornosti
nikoli več treba iskati pozornosti
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and talk about efficiency, because she is an art form now,
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in govoriti o učinkovitosti, saj je
postalo oblika umetniškega ustvarjanja,
postalo oblika umetniškega ustvarjanja,
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all the parts of her, the signing, the scripting, the mailing,
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vsi deli tega - podpisovanje,
rokopis, pošiljanje, čečkarije na robovih.
rokopis, pošiljanje, čečkarije na robovih.
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the doodles in the margins.
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The mere fact that somebody would even just sit down,
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Že zgolj dejstvo, da se je nekdo
pripravljen usesti,
pripravljen usesti,
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pull out a piece of paper and think about someone
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vzeti list papirja in razmisliti
o nekom z namenom, ki toliko težje pride
o nekom z namenom, ki toliko težje pride
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the whole way through, with an intention that is so much
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04:11
harder to unearth when the browser is up and the iPhone
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na plano, ko je prižgan internet, iPhone
brni in hkrati sodelujemo v 6 pogovorih.
brni in hkrati sodelujemo v 6 pogovorih.
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is pinging and we've got six conversations rolling in at once,
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04:18
that is an art form
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Je oblika ustvarjanja,
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that does not fall down to the Goliath of "get faster,"
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ki ne bo padla pod pestmi goljatovskega
stremljenja k hitrosti,
stremljenja k hitrosti,
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no matter how many social networks we might join.
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ne glede na to, v koliko
družabnih omrežij se še vpišemo.
družabnih omrežij se še vpišemo.
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We still clutch close these letters to our chest,
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Ta pisma si še vedno pritiskamo k srcu,
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to the words that speak louder than loud,
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stiskamo besede, ki nas nagovarjajo
glasneje kot glasno,
glasneje kot glasno,
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when we turn pages into palettes to say the things
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ko preobračamo strani v palete,
da povemo, kar moramo povedati,
da povemo, kar moramo povedati,
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that we have needed to say,
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04:35
the words that we have needed to write, to sisters
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besede, ki smo jih morali napisati,
sestram, bratom, celo neznancem,
dolgo, predolgo.
dolgo, predolgo.
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and brothers and even to strangers, for far too long.
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04:41
Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hannah Brencher - Letter enthusiastHannah Brencher believes in the power of pen and paper, and has started a global initiative that encourages strangers to exchange love letters.
Why you should listen
Hannah Brechner has always loved that her family communicates via handwritten letters. In October of 2010, she began writing love letters intended for strangers and tucking them away in libraries and cafes across New York City, for people to randomly discover. Soon, she offered on her blog HannahBrencher.com to write a letter to anyone who needed one. Over the next year, she mailed out more than 400 hand-penned letters. Today she runs The World Needs More Love Letters, a letter exchange dedicated to connecting strangers across the globe through the art of letter writing.
In addition, Brencher works as a copywriter and creative consultant, helping brands inject human touches into their communications plans.
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