ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Phil Hansen - Multimedia artist
Taking a cue from his own artistic journey, Phil Hansen challenges us to spark our creativity by thinking inside the box.

Why you should listen

As an art student, Phil Hansen’s intense style of pointillism led to a tremor in his hand and a diagnosis of nerve damage. Devastated, he dropped out and lost his way ... until a neurologist suggested he “embrace the shake.” That piece of advice tweaked Hansen’s point of view and sent him on a quest to invent different approaches to making art by embracing personal and universal limitations.

Hansen challenged himself to create art using unconventional materials (dandelion puffs, matches, live worms, hamburger grease) and canvases (a stack of Satrbucks cups, his torso, bananas). The resulting time-lapse videos of his creative processes are his meta-art, showing that art is action, not just results. Through an integrated view of what sparks creativity, Hansen has devoted himself to teaching others the approaches to creativity that have changed both his outlook and his artistic endeavors. You can read more in his 2012 book, Tattoo a Banana.

Hansen has just started a new project via Kickstarter, inviting people to share their stories of overcoming limitations with him. Anyone who calls him at 651-321-4996 and tells him their story will become a part of the work, the creation of which is watchable on a live feed

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Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake

Phil Hansen: 拥抱颤抖

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就读艺术学院时,Phil Hansen的手出现不自觉颤抖的症状,使他无法继续从事热爱的点画创作。Hansen感到心灰意冷,没有人生目标。直到一位神经科医生给了他一个简单的建议:拥抱这个限制…并超越它。
- Multimedia artist
Taking a cue from his own artistic journey, Phil Hansen challenges us to spark our creativity by thinking inside the box. Full bio

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So, when I was in art艺术 school学校,
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当我就读艺术学院时
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I developed发达 a shake in my hand,
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手开始出现颤抖症状
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and this was the straightest直的 line线 I could draw.
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这是我能画出最直的线
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Now in hindsight事后, it was actually其实 good for some things,
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现在看来
其实这对某些事来说还挺好的
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like mixing混合 a can of paint涂料 or shaking发抖 a Polaroid宝丽来,
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例如摇匀罐中的颜料,或甩干拍立得相片
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but at the time this was really doomsday末日.
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但当时的感觉确实像世界末日
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This was the destruction毁坏 of my dream梦想 of becoming变得 an artist艺术家.
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这摧毁了我成为艺术家的梦想
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The shake developed发达 out of, really,
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颤抖症状事实上来自于
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a single-minded专一 pursuit追求 of pointillism点画,
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我专研点画的结果
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just years年份 of making制造 tiny, tiny dots.
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经年累月地描绘极小的点
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And eventually终于 these dots went from being存在 perfectly完美 round回合
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最后这些点从完美的圆形
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to looking more like tadpoles蝌蚪, because of the shake.
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变成类似蝌蚪状,因为颤抖的缘故
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So to compensate补偿, I'd hold保持 the pen钢笔 tighter更紧,
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为了改善这一点,我将笔握得更紧
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and this progressively逐步 made制作 the shake worse更差,
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却使颤抖症状地更加厉害
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so I'd hold保持 the pen钢笔 tighter更紧 still.
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因此我只能将笔握得更紧
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And this became成为 a vicious恶毒 cycle周期 that ended结束 up
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这成了恶性循环
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causing造成 so much pain疼痛 and joint联合 issues问题,
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最后导致剧痛和关节问题
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I had trouble麻烦 holding保持 anything.
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我几乎握不住任何东西
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And after spending开支 all my life wanting希望 to do art艺术,
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就在努力追寻从事艺术的毕生梦想后
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I left art艺术 school学校, and then I left art艺术 completely全然.
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我离开艺术学院,同时与艺术分道扬镳
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But after a few少数 years年份, I just couldn't不能 stay away from art艺术,
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但几年后,我对艺术依然无法忘怀
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and I decided决定 to go to a neurologist神经学家 about the shake
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我决定求助神经科医生,诊治颤抖症状
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and discovered发现 I had permanent常驻 nerve神经 damage损伤.
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却发现我的神经已永久受损
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And he actually其实 took one look at my squiggly弯弯曲曲 line线,
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事实上,医生看了一眼我画的扭曲线条
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and said, "Well, why don't you just embrace拥抱 the shake?"
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开口说,「你何不试着与颤抖共处呢?」
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So I did. I went home, I grabbed抓起 a pencil铅笔,
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因此我依言照办,回家后,我拿起笔来
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and I just started开始 letting出租 my hand shake and shake.
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任由我的手不停颤抖
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I was making制造 all these scribble pictures图片.
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我创作出类似这样的涂鸦
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And even though虽然 it wasn't the kind of art艺术
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即使这并非
我理想中的艺术作品,感觉却很棒
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that I was ultimately最终 passionate多情 about, it felt great.
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即使这并非
我理想中的艺术作品,感觉却很棒
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And more importantly重要的, once一旦 I embraced拥抱 the shake,
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更重要的是,一旦我设法与颤抖共处
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I realized实现 I could still make art艺术.
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我发现我依然能创作艺术
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I just had to find a different不同 approach途径
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我只需要寻找不同的方式
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to making制造 the art艺术 that I wanted.
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创作我想要的艺术
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Now, I still enjoyed享受 the fragmentation碎片 of pointillism点画,
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现在,我依然喜爱点画的片段感
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seeing眼看 these little tiny dots come together一起
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看着这些小点聚集成一幅完整的图画
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to make this unified统一 whole整个.
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看着这些小点聚集成一幅完整的图画
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So I began开始 experimenting试验 with other ways方法 to fragment分段 images图片
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因此我开始尝试以其他方式分割图像
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where the shake wouldn't不会 affect影响 the work,
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避免因颤抖而影响作品
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like dipping浸渍 my feet in paint涂料 and walking步行 on a canvas帆布,
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例如用脚沾颜料,在画布上行走
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or, in a 3D structure结构体 consisting of two-by-fours两个由四肢着地,
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或以木条组成二乘四的3D结构
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creating创建 a 2D image图片 by burning燃烧 it with a blowtorch喷灯.
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用喷灯在表面烙上2D图像
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I discovered发现 that, if I worked工作 on a larger scale规模 and with bigger materials物料,
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我发现,如果使用大型素材从事大型创作
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my hand really wouldn't不会 hurt伤害,
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手部的问题完全不会造成影响
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and after having gone走了 from a single approach途径 to art艺术,
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当我跳脱单一艺术创作方式后
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I ended结束 up having an approach途径 to creativity创造力
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我找到激发创造力的方法
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that completely全然 changed my artistic艺术的 horizons视野.
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使我的艺术视野完全改观
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This was the first time I'd encountered遇到 this idea理念
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这是我第一次领悟到这个观点
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that embracing拥抱 a limitation局限性 could actually其实 drive驾驶 creativity创造力.
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处于局限中确实能激发创造力
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At the time, I was finishing精加工 up school学校,
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当时我即将毕业
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and I was so excited兴奋 to get a real真实 job工作 and finally最后 afford给予 new art艺术 supplies耗材.
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我十分高兴能找到一份正职
终于买得起新的美术工具
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I had this horrible可怕 little set of tools工具, and I felt like
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我有一套十分简陋的工具组
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I could do so much more with the supplies耗材
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我自认能创作出更棒的作品
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I thought an artist艺术家 was supposed应该 to have.
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只要拥有我理想中的艺术家必备工具
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I actually其实 didn't even have a regular定期 pair of scissors剪刀.
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事实上我连普通剪刀也没有
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I was using运用 these metal金属 shears until直到 I stole偷了 a pair
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我一直使用金属剪代替
直到我从办公室偷来一把剪刀
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from the office办公室 that I worked工作 at.
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我一直使用金属剪代替
直到我从办公室偷来一把剪刀
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So I got out of school学校, I got a job工作, I got a paycheck薪水,
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因此我离开学校、找到工作、领到薪水
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I got myself to the art艺术 store商店,
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我前往美术用品店
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and I just went nuts坚果 buying购买 supplies耗材.
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疯狂地采购美术用品
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And then when I got home, I satSAT down
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回家后,我坐下来
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and I set myself to task任务 to really try to create创建 something
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全心投入工作,努力试着创作某些
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just completely全然 outside of the box.
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完全跳脱框架的作品
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But I satSAT there for hours小时, and nothing came来了 to mind心神.
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但我坐了好几个小时,却毫无灵感
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The same相同 thing the next下一个 day, and then the next下一个,
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同样情形日复一日地上演
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quickly很快 slipping滑倒 into a creative创作的 slump暴跌.
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我瞬间陷入创作低潮
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And I was in a dark黑暗 place地点 for a long time, unable无法 to create创建.
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很长一段时间,我处于黑暗中,无法创作
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And it didn't make any sense, because I was finally最后 able能够
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这完全没道理,因为我终于能
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to support支持 my art艺术, and yet然而 I was creatively创造性 blank空白.
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致力于艺术创作,却丝毫没有创作灵感
03:28
But as I searched搜索 around in the darkness黑暗,
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但当我在黑暗中摸索时
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I realized实现 I was actually其实 paralyzed by all of the choices选择
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我意识到,事实上我已被
之前不曾拥有的众多选择麻痹
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that I never had before.
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我意识到,事实上我已被
之前不曾拥有的众多选择麻痹
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And it was then that I thought back to my jittery风声鹤唳 hands.
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此时我想起那双颤抖的手
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Embrace拥抱 the shake.
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与颤抖共处
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And I realized实现, if I ever wanted my creativity创造力 back,
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于是我领悟到,如果想找回创作力
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I had to quit放弃 trying so hard to think outside of the box
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必须不再专注于跳脱框架的念头
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and get back into it.
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试着回到框架中
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I wondered想知道, could you become成为 more creative创作的, then,
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我思索
难道追寻极限使人变得更有创造力吗?
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by looking for limitations限制?
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我思索
难道追寻极限使人变得更有创造力吗?
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What if I could only create创建 with a dollar's美元 worth价值 of supplies耗材?
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如果我只能用价值一美元的素材创作呢?
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At this point, I was spending开支 a lot of my evenings晚上 in --
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当时我花了许多夜晚-
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well, I guess猜测 I still spend a lot of my evenings晚上 in Starbucks星巴克
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好吧,我想我现在还是
经常在星巴克度过夜晚时光-
04:07
but I know you can ask for an extra额外 cup杯子 if you want one,
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我知道可以跟店员多要一个纸杯
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so I decided决定 to ask for 50.
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因此我决定要 50 个
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Surprisingly出奇, they just handed them right over,
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令人讶异地,他们二话不说地给了我
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and then with some pencils铅笔 I already已经 had,
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藉由一些我原本就有的铅笔
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I made制作 this project项目 for only 80 cents.
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仅花了 80 美分,我就完成这项作品
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It really became成为 a moment时刻 of clarification澄清 for me
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那一刻我恍然大悟
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that we need to first be limited有限
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我们必须先处于限制中
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in order订购 to become成为 limitless无限.
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才能超越限制
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I took this approach途径 of thinking思维 inside the box
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我把这个局限于框架中的想法运用到
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to my canvas帆布, and wondered想知道 what if, instead代替 of
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画布上,我思索,如果无法
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painting绘画 on a canvas帆布, I could only paint涂料 on my chest胸部?
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在画布上作画,只能在自己胸前作画呢?
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So I painted 30 images图片, one layer at a time,
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于是我画了 30 张图,一次一层
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one on top最佳 of another另一个,
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彼此相叠
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with each picture图片 representing代表 an influence影响 in my life.
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每幅画都代表某个影响我人生的事件
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Or what if, instead代替 of painting绘画 with a brush,
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或者,如果无法用笔刷作画
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I could only paint涂料 with karate空手道 chops印章? (Laughter笑声)
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只能用手劈呢? (笑声)
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So I'd dip my hands in paint涂料,
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因此我将双手沾上颜料
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and I just attacked袭击 the canvas帆布,
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直接劈向画布
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and I actually其实 hit击中 so hard that I bruised伤痕累累 a joint联合 in my pinkie小指
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事实上我劈得太用力,造成小指关节瘀青
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and it was stuck卡住 straight直行 for a couple一对 of weeks.
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好几个星期,我的小指只能直挺挺地竖着
04:57
(Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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(笑声)(掌声)
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Or, what if instead代替 of relying依托 on myself,
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或者,如果无法靠自己创作
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I had to rely依靠 on other people
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必须仰赖他人
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to create创建 the content内容 for the art艺术?
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完成创作内容呢?
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So for six days, I lived生活 in front面前 of a webcam摄像头.
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因此整整六天,我在网络摄像头前过日子
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I slept on the floor地板 and I ate takeout取出,
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我睡地板、吃外卖食物
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and I asked people to call me and share分享 a story故事 with me
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我请别人打电话给我,和我分享故事
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about a life-changing改变生活 moment时刻.
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关于人生中的转折点
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Their stories故事 became成为 the art艺术
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他们的故事成了艺术创作
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as I wrote them onto the revolving旋转 canvas帆布.
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我把这些故事写在旋转画布上
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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Or what if instead代替 of making制造 art艺术 to display显示,
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或者,如果创作的目的并非展示
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I had to destroy破坏 it?
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而是销毁呢?
05:37
This seemed似乎 like the ultimate最终 limitation局限性,
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这就像最终极限
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being存在 an artist艺术家 without art艺术.
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成为一位没有作品的艺术家
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This destruction毁坏 idea理念 turned转身 into a yearlong长年的 project项目
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这个毁灭性概念转变成长达一年的计划
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that I called Goodbye再见 Art艺术,
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我称之为“告别艺术”
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where each and every一切 piece of art艺术 had to be destroyed销毁 after its creation创建.
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每件作品完成后都必须销毁
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In the beginning开始 of Goodbye再见 Art艺术, I focused重点 on
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创作“告别艺术”之初,我将焦点放在
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forced被迫 destruction毁坏, like this image图片 of Jimi吉米 Hendrix亨德里克斯,
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强制性毁灭,例如这幅Jimi Hendrix图像
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made制作 with over 7,000 matches火柴.
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由七千多根火柴棒组成
05:57
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Then I opened打开 it up to creating创建 art艺术 that was destroyed销毁 naturally自然.
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接着我采用自然销毁方式进行创作
06:02
I looked看着 for temporary临时 materials物料,
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我寻找暂时性素材
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like spitting随地吐痰 out food餐饮 --
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例如口中吐出的食物
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(Laughter笑声) —
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(笑声)
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sidewalk人行道 chalk粉笔
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涂鸦粉笔
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and even frozen冻结的 wine红酒.
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甚至冷冻酒
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The last iteration迭代 of destruction毁坏
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最后一系列的毁灭性创作是
06:20
was to try to produce生产 something that didn't actually其实 exist存在 in the first place地点.
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尝试创造一些不曾真正存在的画面
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So I organized有组织的 candles蜡烛 on a table, I lit发光的 them, and then blew自爆 them out,
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因此我将蜡烛排在桌上
将它点燃,然后吹熄
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then repeated重复 this process处理 over and over with the same相同 set of candles蜡烛,
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用同一批蜡烛一再重复这个过程
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then assembled组装 the videos视频 into the larger image图片.
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然后将拍摄的视频组成一幅大型图像
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So the end结束 image图片 was never visible可见 as a physical物理 whole整个.
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因此最终图像从未完整存在
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It was destroyed销毁 before it ever existed存在.
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它在诞生前即遭受毁灭的命运
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In the course课程 of this Goodbye再见 Art艺术 series系列,
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从事“告别艺术系列”期间
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I created创建 23 different不同 pieces
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我创作了 23 件不同作品
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with nothing left to physically物理 display显示.
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不曾留下任何可展示的实体作品
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What I thought would be the ultimate最终 limitation局限性
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我原本认为的最终限制
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actually其实 turned转身 out to be the ultimate最终 liberation解放,
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事实上成了最终解放
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as each time I created创建,
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每一次的创作过程中
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the destruction毁坏 brought me back to a neutral中性 place地点
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毁灭阶段都使我重新归零
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where I felt refreshed刷新 and ready准备 to start开始 the next下一个 project项目.
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我感到宛如新生
随时能开始进行下一个计划
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It did not happen发生 overnight过夜.
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这并非一夕可成之事
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There were times when my projects项目 failed失败 to get off the ground地面,
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有时我的计划一开始就遇上阻碍
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or, even worse更差, after spending开支 tons of time on them
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更糟的是,花了许多时间后
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the end结束 image图片 was kind of embarrassing尴尬.
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成果却难以见人
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But having committed提交 to the process处理, I continued继续 on,
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但既然已投入创作过程,我坚持到底
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and something really surprising奇怪 came来了 out of this.
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最后成果往往出人意料
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As I destroyed销毁 each project项目,
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摧毁每一件作品的过程中
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I was learning学习 to let go,
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我学会了放下
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let go of outcomes结果, let go of failures故障,
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放下结果、放下失败
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and let go of imperfections缺陷.
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放下不完美
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And in return返回, I found发现 a process处理 of creating创建 art艺术
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得到的回报是,我找到
持续不断的艺术创作过程
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that's perpetual永动的 and unencumbered支配 by results结果.
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不因结果受限
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I found发现 myself in a state of constant不变 creation创建,
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我发现自己处于持续创作状态
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thinking思维 only of what's next下一个
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只想着下一个创作计划
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and coming未来 up with more ideas思路 than ever.
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灵感如泉涌般不断浮现
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When I think back to my three years年份 away from art艺术,
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当我回想远离艺术的三年时光
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away from my dream梦想, just going through通过 the motions运动,
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远离我的梦想,只是如行尸走肉般度日
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instead代替 of trying to find a different不同 way to continue继续 that dream梦想,
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不曾试着找出不同方法,继续这个梦想
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I just quit放弃, I gave up.
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我只是离开、放弃
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And what if I didn't embrace拥抱 the shake?
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如果我不曾尝试与颤抖共处呢?
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Because embracing拥抱 the shake for me
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因为对我来说,与颤抖共处
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wasn't just about art艺术 and having art艺术 skills技能.
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不仅关乎艺术或拥有创作技巧
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It turned转身 out to be about life, and having life skills技能.
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事实上这关乎人生,及拥有生活技能
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Because ultimately最终, most of what we do
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因为最终,大部分我们所做的事
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takes place地点 here, inside the box, with limited有限 resources资源.
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都发生在这里
局限于框架中和有限的资源下
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Learning学习 to be creative创作的 within the confines界限 of our limitations限制
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学习在自我极限中发挥创造力
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is the best最好 hope希望 we have to transform转变 ourselves我们自己
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是改变自我的最佳方式
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and, collectively, transform转变 our world世界.
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集合众人的力量,将可改变世界
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Looking at limitations限制 as a source资源 of creativity创造力
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将局限视为创意来源的想法
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changed the course课程 of my life.
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改变了我的人生历程
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Now, when I run into a barrier屏障
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现在,当我遇上瓶颈
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or I find myself creatively创造性 stumped难倒,
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或发现自己陷入创作低潮
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I sometimes有时 still struggle斗争,
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有时我依然得与低潮抗争
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but I continue继续 to show显示 up for the process处理
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但我不曾逃避这个过程
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and try to remind提醒 myself of the possibilities可能性,
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试着提醒自己其中的可能性
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like using运用 hundreds数以百计 of real真实, live生活 worms蠕虫 to make an image图片,
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例如用上百只活生生的虫创作一幅图像
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using运用 a pushpin图钉 to tattoo a banana香蕉,
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用图钉替香蕉纹身
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or painting绘画 a picture图片 with hamburger汉堡包 grease润滑脂.
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或用汉堡的油脂作画
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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One of my most recent最近 endeavors努力
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我最近努力的方向是
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is to try to translate翻译 the habits习惯 of creativity创造力 that I've learned学到了
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试着将我学到的创作诀窍
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into something others其他 can replicate复制.
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转变成可让他人复制的技巧
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Limitations限制 may可能 be the most unlikely不会 of places地方
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局限或许是最不可能
驾驭创造力的方式,但或许是
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to harness马具 creativity创造力, but perhaps也许
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局限或许是最不可能
驾驭创造力的方式,但或许是
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one of the best最好 ways方法 to get ourselves我们自己 out of ruts车辙,
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使我们跳脱框架的最佳方法
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rethink反思 categories类别 and challenge挑战 accepted公认 norms规范.
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重新进行规划,挑战既有规范
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And instead代替 of telling告诉 each other to seize抢占 the day,
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除了勉励彼此活在当下
09:33
maybe we can remind提醒 ourselves我们自己 every一切 day
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也许我们可以时时提醒自己
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to seize抢占 the limitation局限性.
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拥抱局限
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Thank you.
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谢谢
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by illusion Hung
Reviewed by Tsing Tsai

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Phil Hansen - Multimedia artist
Taking a cue from his own artistic journey, Phil Hansen challenges us to spark our creativity by thinking inside the box.

Why you should listen

As an art student, Phil Hansen’s intense style of pointillism led to a tremor in his hand and a diagnosis of nerve damage. Devastated, he dropped out and lost his way ... until a neurologist suggested he “embrace the shake.” That piece of advice tweaked Hansen’s point of view and sent him on a quest to invent different approaches to making art by embracing personal and universal limitations.

Hansen challenged himself to create art using unconventional materials (dandelion puffs, matches, live worms, hamburger grease) and canvases (a stack of Satrbucks cups, his torso, bananas). The resulting time-lapse videos of his creative processes are his meta-art, showing that art is action, not just results. Through an integrated view of what sparks creativity, Hansen has devoted himself to teaching others the approaches to creativity that have changed both his outlook and his artistic endeavors. You can read more in his 2012 book, Tattoo a Banana.

Hansen has just started a new project via Kickstarter, inviting people to share their stories of overcoming limitations with him. Anyone who calls him at 651-321-4996 and tells him their story will become a part of the work, the creation of which is watchable on a live feed

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