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tobacco brown: What gardening taught me about life
特巴珂 · 布朗: 園藝教我生活
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環境藝術家特巴珂 · 布朗說，花園是我們生活的鏡子，我們必須小心培育，以收穫它們的美麗。憑藉她將自然公共藝術裝置帶到世界各地城市的經驗，她揭示園藝可以教會我們如何創造同情和聯繫，以及優雅地過日子。
tobacco brown - Social artist
TED Resident tobacco brown is a social artist working at the public intersection of environmental art and restorative justice. Full bio
TED Resident tobacco brown is a social artist working at the public intersection of environmental art and restorative justice. Full bio
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00:12
At age four, I found a garden,
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我四歲的時候找到一個花園，
00:15
living underneath the kitchen floor.
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它就位在廚房地板的下方。
00:18
It was hiding behind
leftover patches of linoleum
leftover patches of linoleum
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它藏在補補貼貼的油地氈底下，
00:22
on the worn-out floor
my mother was having removed.
my mother was having removed.
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我母親正雇人換掉那已壞的地板。
00:26
The workman was busy
when the garden caught my attention.
when the garden caught my attention.
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工人正忙的時候，
我注意到這個花園。
我注意到這個花園。
00:29
My eyes became glued to the patterns
of embroidered roses
of embroidered roses
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我的視線離不開那刺繡玫瑰圖案，
00:35
blooming across my childhood landscape.
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綻放在我童年的風景中。
00:38
I saw them and felt
a sense of joy and adventure.
a sense of joy and adventure.
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我看見它們，感受到喜悅和冒險感。
00:44
This excitement felt like
a feeling to go forward
a feeling to go forward
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這種興奮的感覺就像
是要前去探索我未知的事物。
00:46
into something I knew nothing about.
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00:50
My passion and connection to garden
started at that exact moment.
started at that exact moment.
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我對花園的熱忱和連結始於那一刻。
00:55
When spring arrived,
I ran so fast through the house,
I ran so fast through the house,
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春天到來時，我快跑穿過房子，
00:58
speeding ahead of my mother's voice.
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跑得比我母親的聲音更快。
01:00
I pulled on my red corduroy jumper
and my grey plaid wool hat
and my grey plaid wool hat
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我穿上紅色的燈芯絨褲工作服，
戴上灰色的彩格羊毛帽，
戴上灰色的彩格羊毛帽，
01:05
before my mother could get her jacket on.
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我母親還來不及穿上她的外套。
01:07
I catapulted out of the front screen door
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我衝出前方的紗門，
01:10
and threw myself
on a fresh carpet of grass.
on a fresh carpet of grass.
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跳到新鮮的青草地毯上。
01:14
Excited, I bounced to my feet
and flipped three more cartwheels
and flipped three more cartwheels
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我好興奮，蹦蹦跳跳，
又橫翻了三個筋斗，
又橫翻了三個筋斗，
01:19
before landing by her side.
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才落到她身邊。
01:21
Mother dear was in the garden
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母親在花園裡，
01:24
busy breaking up the soil,
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忙著翻土，
01:26
and I sat beside her,
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我坐在她身邊，
01:29
playing with mud pies in the flower bed.
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在花圃裡玩著泥巴派。
01:33
When her work was done,
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當她的工作完成時，
01:34
she rewarded me with an ice-cold glass
of bittersweet lemonade
of bittersweet lemonade
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她給一杯又苦又甜的
冰涼檸檬汁當獎賞，
冰涼檸檬汁當獎賞，
01:40
and then lined my shoes
with sprigs of mint
with sprigs of mint
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接著在我鞋裡鋪上小枝薄荷，
01:43
to cool off my feet.
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讓我的腳更涼快。
01:46
My mother cooked with the colors
and textures of her garden.
and textures of her garden.
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我母親用她花園中的
顏色和紋理來做菜。
顏色和紋理來做菜。
01:50
She baked yams and squash
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她烘烤山芋和節瓜，
01:54
and heirloom tomatoes and carrots.
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還有祖傳的蕃茄和蘿蔔。
01:58
She fed love to a generation of people
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她用紫色豌豆和綠色蔬菜
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with purple hull peas and greens.
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將愛餵給一整個世代的人。
02:07
It seems that during my childhood,
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似乎在我的童年裡，
02:09
the blooms from my mother's gardens
have healed all the way from her halo
have healed all the way from her halo
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母親花園花朵的治癒力量，
從她的光暈一路延伸到
我們的腳後根。
我們的腳後根。
02:14
to the roots on the soles of our feet.
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02:18
In our last conversation before her death,
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於她過世前我們最後的對談，
02:21
she encouraged me to go
anywhere in the world
anywhere in the world
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她鼓勵我去世界上任何一個
02:25
that would make me happy.
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會讓我感到快樂的地方。
02:28
Since then, I have planted her gardens
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在那之後，我就一直透過藝術裝置
02:32
through art installations
throughout the world,
throughout the world,
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在世界各地種植她的花園，
02:35
in countries of the people that I meet.
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在我遇到之人的國家中。
02:38
Now they lining
parks and courtyards,
parks and courtyards,
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現在，它們出現在公園和庭院裡，
02:42
painted on walls and even
in blighted lots off the street.
in blighted lots off the street.
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畫在牆上，甚至在街旁的破爛地段。
02:47
If you were in Berlin, Germany,
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如果你去過德國柏林，
02:49
you would have seen my garden
at Stilwerk Design Center,
at Stilwerk Design Center,
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你可能在史迪維克設計中心
看過我的花園，
看過我的花園，
02:53
where rosemary and lavender,
hydrangea and lemon balm
hydrangea and lemon balm
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那裡的迷迭香、薰衣草、
繡球花和檸檬香脂
繡球花和檸檬香脂
02:58
trailed up the glass elevators
to all six floors.
to all six floors.
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沿著玻璃電梯直到六層樓高。
03:03
In 2009, I planted "Philosophers Garden,"
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我於 2009 年種下《哲學家花園》，
03:07
a garden mural,
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一幅花園壁畫，
03:08
blooming at the historic
Frederick Douglass High School
Frederick Douglass High School
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在歷史悠久的道格拉斯高中盛開，
03:11
in Memphis, Tennessee.
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位於田納西州的曼非斯市。
03:14
This school’s garden
fed an entire community
fed an entire community
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這所學校的花園
為整個社區提供食物，
為整個社區提供食物，
03:17
and was honored by Eleanor Roosevelt
during the Great Depression.
during the Great Depression.
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並在大蕭條時期受到
羅斯福總統夫人的推崇。
羅斯福總統夫人的推崇。
03:22
Again, in 2011, I planted
at Court Square Park --
at Court Square Park --
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再次，於 2011 年，
我在法院廣場公園種植，
我在法院廣場公園種植，
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six entry gardens
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那花園有六個入口
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with 80 varieties
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
of deliciously fragrant floribunda
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和八十種美味的芳香花卉，
03:36
and hybrid tea roses.
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和雜交茶玫瑰。
03:39
Gardening has taught me
that planting and growing a garden
that planting and growing a garden
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園藝教會我，植栽和種花
03:43
is the same process as creating our lives.
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與創造我們生活的過程一樣。
03:48
This process of creation
begins in the spring,
begins in the spring,
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這個創造過程始於春天，
03:50
when you break up the soil and start anew.
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你翻土，重新開始。
03:54
Then it's time to clear out
the dead leaves,
the dead leaves,
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然後清除冬天的枯葉、
03:58
debris and roots of the winter.
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廢物和根。
04:02
The gardener must then make sure
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然後，園丁必須確保
04:05
that a good disposition
and the proper nutrients
and the proper nutrients
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良好的配置
和正確、適當混合的土壤營養成分。
04:09
are correctly mixed in the soil.
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04:12
Then it's important to aerate the topsoil
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然後重要的是給表土通氣，
04:16
and leave it loosely packed
on the surface.
on the surface.
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並將其鬆散地覆蓋在地表上。
04:19
You won't get those
beautiful blooms in life
beautiful blooms in life
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你得不到那些美麗的花朵，
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until you first do the work just right.
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除非你先正確地準備好土壤。
04:26
When our gardens are balanced with care,
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當我們的花園被平衡地照顧好，
04:29
we can harvest the beauty
of living a life of grace.
of living a life of grace.
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我們就能收穫美麗，優雅地過日子。
04:34
In the forests,
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在森林中，
04:36
when trees realize through their roots
that another tree is sick,
that another tree is sick,
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當樹木經由根意識到
另一棵樹正生著病時，
另一棵樹正生著病時，
04:41
they will send a portion
of their nutrients to that tree
of their nutrients to that tree
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它們會將自己一部分的營養物質
輸送給生病的樹，以幫助它癒合。
04:44
to help them to heal.
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They never think
about what will happen to them
about what will happen to them
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它們從不考慮自己會怎樣，
04:48
or feel vulnerable when they do.
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也不因這樣做而覺得自己容易受傷。
04:51
When a tree is dying,
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將死之樹
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it releases all of its nutrients
to other trees that need it the most.
to other trees that need it the most.
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會將所有營養的物質
釋放給其他最需要的樹木。
釋放給其他最需要的樹木。
04:59
Below the surface,
we are all connected by our roots
we are all connected by our roots
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地表之下，我們都以根相連，
05:02
and sharing nutrients with each other.
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彼此分享營養。
05:05
It's only when we come together
that we can honestly grow.
that we can honestly grow.
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只有在一起，我們才能真正成長。
05:12
It's the same for humans
in the garden of hardship.
in the garden of hardship.
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在困難中的人也是如此。
05:16
In this garden,
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在這花園裡，
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when the caterpillar transforms
into a chrysalis,
into a chrysalis,
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當毛蟲變成蛹時
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this involves some struggle.
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需要奮鬥。
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But it's a challenge with a purpose.
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但這是個有目的的挑戰。
05:26
Without this painful fight
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沒有痛苦的奮鬥，
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to break free from
the confines of the cocoon,
the confines of the cocoon,
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擺脫繭的限制，
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the newly formed butterfly
can't strengthen its wings.
can't strengthen its wings.
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新形成的蝴蝶無法強化翅膀。
05:36
Without the battle, the butterfly dies
without ever taking flight.
without ever taking flight.
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不奮鬥，蝴蝶沒飛就死了。
05:42
My life's work
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我一生的工作
05:44
is to illustrate how to integrate
human connectivity into the garden.
human connectivity into the garden.
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是展示如何將人類連接融入花園。
05:51
Gardens are full of magical wisdom
for this transformation.
for this transformation.
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花園充滿了這種轉變的神奇智慧。
05:57
Mother Nature is creative energy
waiting to be born.
waiting to be born.
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大自然是等待出生的創造能量。
06:03
Gardens are a mirror
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花園是一面鏡子，
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that cast their own reflection
into our waking lives.
into our waking lives.
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將自己的反思投射到
我們清醒的生活中。
我們清醒的生活中。
06:09
So nurture your talents and strengths
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因此，在欣賞你所獲得的一切的同時，
06:11
while you appreciate
all you've been given.
all you've been given.
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培養你的才能和優勢。
06:15
Remain humble to healing.
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對癒合保持謙遜，
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And maintain compassion for others.
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並保有對他人的同理心。
06:22
Cultivate your garden for giving
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培養你佈施的花園，
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and plant those seeds for the future.
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為未來播種。
06:27
The garden is the world
living deep inside of you.
living deep inside of you.
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花園是活在你內心深處的世界。
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
06:34
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:35
(Cheers)
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（歡呼聲）
06:36
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
tobacco brown - Social artistTED Resident tobacco brown is a social artist working at the public intersection of environmental art and restorative justice.
Why you should listen
tobacco brown paints the landscape with the authentic medium of flora and fauna. She initiates living art installations from nature's products and materials with the intention of creating a collective consciousness that results in liberated and healthy communities, focusing on art as a tool for blight remediation and therapeutic healing.
brown has created social environmental art sculptures and installations for public art, permaculture for resilient community projects and blight remediation that results in the restorative healing from socio-political inequalities. She received her BFA in 1978 at Memphis State University in communications design. She continued to study at School of Visual Arts, when selected by portfolio to study with Milton Glaser. During those SVA years, she also studied advertising design at DDB+O, Young and Rubicam and Mary Wells in invitational classes at professionals home in New York City.
brown currently travels between New York City, nature sites, art residencies and communities that seek and promote healing and continuity. She believes that nature principles when amplified can impact the behavior of global cultures.
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