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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.

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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.

لیۆ شوارتزبێرگ: سروشت، جوانی، سوپاسگوزاری

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جوانی سروشت بە ئاسانی فەرامۆش دەکرێت بەڵام لە ئاوێزەکانی لیۆ شوارتزبێرگەوە نا. وێنە جوانەکانی کە سەر بە ماوەی جیاوازە لەگەڵ وشە مانادارەکانی دەیڤد ستێندڵ راست کە کەسایەتییەکی ئایینیە دەبنە هۆی سوپاسگوزاری بۆ هەموو ڕۆژێک کە ئێمە تیایدا دەژین.
- Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty. Full bio

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When I graduated UCLA, I moved to northern California,
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کاتێک لە (زانکۆی کالیفۆڕنیا لە لۆس ئەنجلس) دەرچووم، بەرەو باکوری کالیفۆڕنیا ڕۆشتم
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and I lived in a little town called Elk
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له شارۆچکه‌یه‌کی بچوک نیشته‌جێ بووم به‌ناوی ئیلک
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on the Mendocino coast,
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له‌سه‌ر که‌ناری مێندۆ سینۆ
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and I didn't have a phone or TV, but I had U.S. mail,
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ته‌له‌فون وته‌له‌فزێۆنم نه‌بووته‌نها پۆسته‌ی ئه‌مریکی نه‌بێت
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and life was good back then, if you could remember it.
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ئه‌وکات ژیان خۆشبوو ئه‌گه‌ر ئێوه به‌بیرتان بێت
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I'd go to the general store for a cup of coffee
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ده‌ڕۆیشتم بۆ بازاڕی گشتی بۆکوپێک قاوه
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and a brownie, and I'd ship my film
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کێکێک، وه فلیمه‌که م ده‌نارد
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to San Francisco, and lo and behold, two days later,
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بۆسان فران سیسکۆ دوای دوو ڕۆژ
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it would end up on my front door,
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ده‌هاته به‌ر دەرگاکه‌م
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which was way better than having to fight the traffic
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که باشتربوو له شەڕکردن له‌گه‌ڵ ترافیک
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of Hollywood. (Music)
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هۆلیوود. مۆسیقا
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I didn't have much money,
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پاره‌ی زۆرم نه‌بوو
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but I had time and a sense of wonder. (Music)
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به‌ڵام کات وهه ستی لێپرسینه‌وه‌م هه‌بوو. مۆسیقا
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So I started shooting time-lapse photography.
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له‌به رئه‌وه ماوه‌یه‌ک ده ستمکرد به‌ کاری فۆتۆگرافی
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It would take me a month to shoot a four-minute
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مانگێکی ده‌ویست بۆ وێنهگرتن
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roll of film, because that's all I could afford.
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فلیمێکی چوارخوله‌کی چونکه هه‌رئه‌وه‌نده‌م ئه‌توانی
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I've been shooting time-lapse flowers continuously,
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هه‌میشه به به‌رده‌وامی وێنه‌ی کاتی گوڵه‌کانم ئه‌گرت
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non-stop, 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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به‌بێ وه‌ستان (٢٤) کاتژمێرله رۆژێکا و (٧) ڕۆژله هه‌فتەیه‌ک دا
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for over 30 years, and to see them move
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بۆ زیاترله‌ (٣٠)ساڵ وه بۆ جوڵه‌ی
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is a dance I'll never get tired of.
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سەمایەک که هه‌رگیز ڕزگارم نابێت لێی
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Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch.
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، جوانیه‌کانی له‌ناو ده نگدا، تامدا، هه ستدا نقوممان ده‌کات
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It also provides a third of the food we eat.
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هه‌روه‌ها ئه‌و سێ ژه‌م خواردنه‌ش ئاماده ده‌کات که ده‌یخۆیت
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(Music)
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مۆسیقا
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Beauty and seduction is nature's tools for survival,
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جوانی و فریودان ئامڕازن، سروشتی بۆ ڕزگاربون
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because we protect what we fall in love with.
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چونکه ئه‌وه ده‌پارێزین که ده‌که‌وینه داوی خۆشه‌ویستییه‌وه
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It opens our hearts, and makes us realize
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دڵمان ده‌کاته‌وه وامان لێده‌کات هه‌ست بکه‌ین
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we are a part of nature and we're not separate from it.
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که ئێمه به‌شێکی سروشتین و جیاوازنین لێی
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When we see ourselves in nature, it also connects us
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کاتێک خۆمان له سروشتدا ده‌بین هه‌روه‌ها په‌یوه‌ستمان ده‌کات
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to every one of us, because it's clear
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به‌هه‌رکه‌سێکی تر له‌خۆمان چونکه ئه‌وه ڕوونه
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that it's all connected in one.
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که‌ هه‌موو به‌یه‌که‌وه به‌ستراوین
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When people see my images, a lot of times they'll say,
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کاتێک که خه‌ڵک وێنه‌کانم ده‌بینێت زۆربه‌ی کات ده‌ڵێن
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"Oh my God." Have you ever wondered what that meant?
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ئه‌ی خودایه ئایا قه‌ت هه‌ستت کردووه ئه‌وه مانای چییه؟
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The "oh" means it caught your attention,
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ئۆو، مانای ڕاکێشانی سه‌رنجی تۆیه
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makes you present, makes you mindful.
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هه‌ست به‌بونی خۆت ده‌که‌یت هۆشیارت ده‌کاته‌وه
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The "my" means it connects with something deep
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من که‌ مانای په‌یوه‌ندی یه له‌گه‌ڵ شتێکی قوڵتر
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inside your soul.
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له‌ناو ڕۆحت دا
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It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up
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ده‌رگایه‌ک دروست ده‌کات بۆبه‌رز کردنه‌وه‌ی ده‌نگی ناوه‌ڕاست
02:14
and be heard. And "God"?
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تا به‌رگوێ بکه‌وێت وه‌ خودا؟
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God is that personal journey we all want to be on,
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خودا گه‌شتێکی تایبه‌تیه هه‌مووان ده‌مانه‌وێت له‌گه‌ڵیدا بین
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to be inspired, to feel like we're connected to a universe
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سروشت بێت، تا هه‌ست بکه‌ین که‌ به‌جیهانه‌وه به‌ستراوینه‌ته‌وه
02:25
that celebrates life.
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که ئاهه‌نگ بۆ ژیان ده‌گێرێت
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Did you know that 80 percent
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ئایا ده‌تزانی له (%٨٠)ی
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of the information we receive comes through our eyes?
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ئه‌و زانیارییانه‌ی که به‌ده‌ستی ده‌هێنین ەڕێگه‌ی چاوه‌وه ده‌بێت
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And if you compare light energy to musical scales,
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ئه‌گه‌ر وزه‌ی ڕووناکی بەراورد بکه‌ین به پێوه‌ری مۆسیقا
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it would only be one octave that the naked eye could see,
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ته‌نها یه‌ک نیوه‌تۆن ده‌بێت که‌چاوی ئاسایی ده‌توانێ بیبینێت
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which is right in the middle?
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که له‌ ناوه‌ڕاست دایه؟
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And aren't we grateful for our brains that can, you know,
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ئایا ئێمه سوپاس گوزار نین بۆ مێشکمان که‌ ده‌توانێت
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take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy
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ئه‌و وزه ئه‌لیکترۆنییه وه‌ربگرێ که‌ لەوزه‌ی ڕوناکییه‌وه دێت
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to create images in order for us to explore our world?
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تا وێنه دروست بکات بۆ ئه‌وه‌ی ئێمه جیهانه‌که‌مان زیاتر بدۆزینه‌وه؟
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And aren't we grateful that we have hearts
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ئایا سوپاس گوزارنین که‌ دڵمان هه‌یه
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that can feel these vibrations
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که‌ده‌توانێت هه‌ست به‌وجوڵانه‌ بکات
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in order for us to allow ourselves to feel the pleasure
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هه‌تا ئێمه هه‌ست به‌و خۆشی و
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and the beauty of nature?
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جوانی سروشتە بکه ین؟
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(Music)
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مۆسیقا
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Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates
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جوانی سروشت خه‌ڵاتێکه که
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appreciation and gratitude.
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نرخاندن و سوپاس گوزاری ده‌ر ده‌خات
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(Music)
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مۆسیقا
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So I have a gift I want to share with you today,
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له‌به‌رئه‌وه من خه‌ڵاتێکم پێیه ده‌مه‌وێت ئه‌مڕۆ له‌گه‌ڵ ئێوه هاوبه‌شی پێبکه م
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a project I'm working on called Happiness Revealed,
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پڕۆژهیه‌ک من کاری له‌سه‌ر ده‌کەم به‌ناوی ده‌رخستنی خۆشی
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and it'll give us a glimpse into that perspective
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وه‌ ئه‌و سه‌رنجه‌مان پێده‌دات له‌ناو ئه‌و بیروڕایهدا
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from the point of view of a child and an elderly man
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له‌به‌رچاوی مناڵێک و پیاوێکی به‌ته‌مه‌ن
03:31
of that world.
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له‌م جیهانه دا
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Child: When I watch TV,
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منداڵ کاتێک ته‌ماشای ته‌له‌فیزیۆن ده‌کات
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it's just some shows that you just -- that are pretend,
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ته‌نها چه‌ند به‌رنامه‌یه‌ک هه‌یه که خۆیان نیشان ده‌ده‌ن
03:46
and when you explore, you get
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وه کاتێک تۆ ده‌گه‌ڕێیت
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more imagination than you already had,
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خه‌یاڵی زیاترت ده‌ست ده‌که‌وێت وه‌ک له‌وه‌ی هه‌ت بوو
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and when you get more imagination,
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کاتێک خه‌یاڵی زیاتر وه‌ر ده‌گریت
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it makes you want to go deeper in
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هانت ده‌دات بۆ چونه ناوی به‌قوڵاییه‌کی زیاتر
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so you can get more and see beautifuller things,
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هه‌تا تۆ شتی زیاتر و جوانتر ببینیت
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like the path, if it's a path, it could lead you to a beach,
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وه‌ک ڕێگایه‌ک، ئه‌گه‌رئه‌وه ڕێگایه‌ک بێت، ڕێگات نیشان ده‌دات بۆ قه‌راخ ده‌ریا
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or something, and it could be beautiful.
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یان شتێک له‌و بابه‌ته‌وه له‌وانه‌یه جوانبێت
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(Music)
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مۆسیقا
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Elderly Man: You think this is just another day in your life?
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پیاوێکی به‌ته‌مه‌ن: تۆ واده‌زانی ئه‌مه ڕۆژێکی تره له‌ژیانتا؟
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It's not just another day. It's the one day that is given to you
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ڕۆژێکی تر نییه، ئه‌وه ڕۆژێکه که‌ به‌خشراوه به‌ تۆ
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today.
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ئه‌مڕۆ
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It's given to you. It's a gift.
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ئه‌وه به‌خشراوه به‌ تۆ ئه‌وه خه‌ڵاتێکه
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It's the only gift that you have right now,
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ئه‌وه ته‌نیا خه‌ڵاتێکه که ئێستا هه‌ته
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and the only appropriate response
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وه وه‌ڵامی ڕاست و دروست ته‌نها
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is gratefulness.
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سوپاس گوزارییه
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If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response
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ئه‌گه‌ر هیچ نه‌که‌ین ته‌نها دروست کردنی وه‌ڵام نه‌بێت
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to the great gift that this unique day is,
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بۆ خه‌ڵاتێکی گه‌وره که ئه‌م ڕۆژه تایبه‌ته ئه‌وه‌یه
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if you learn to respond
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ئه‌گه‌ر تۆ فێربیت بۆ وه‌ڵام دانه‌وه
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as if it were the first day in your life
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وه‌ک یه‌که‌م ڕۆژی ژیانت
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and the very last day,
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وه‌ک کۆتا ڕۆژی ژیانت
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then you will have spent this day very well.
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که‌واته ئه‌وڕۆژه‌ت به‌خۆشی به‌سه‌ر بردووه
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Begin by opening your eyes and be surprised
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به‌کردنه‌وه‌ی چاوه‌کانمان و تێڕامانمان ده‌ست پێبکه‌ین
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that you have eyes you can open,
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که چاوت هه‌یه و ده‌توانیت بیکه‌یته‌وه
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that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us
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که‌ به‌ڕێکی و جوانی ڕه‌نگه‌کان ئاماده کراون بۆ ئێمه که‌هه‌میشه ده‌گۆڕدرێت
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for pure enjoyment.
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بۆ خۆشییه‌کی پاک
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Look at the sky.
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ته‌ماشای ئاسمان بکه
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We so rarely look at the sky.
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ئێمه زۆر به‌که‌می ته‌ماشای ئاسمان ده‌کهین
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We so rarely note how different it is
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زۆر به‌که‌می تێبینی جیاوازییه‌کان ده‌که‌ین
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from moment to moment, with clouds coming and going.
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له کاتێكه‌وه بۆ کاتێکی تر له‌گه‌ڵ هاتن و ڕۆشتنی هه‌وره‌کان
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We just think of the weather,
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ئێمه ته‌نها بیر له که‌ش و هه وا ده‌که‌ینەوە
06:27
and even with the weather, we don't think of
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وه هه‌تا له‌گه‌ڵ که‌ش و هه واشا بیرله
06:29
all the many nuances of weather.
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زانیاری زیاتری که‌ش و هه‌وا ناکه‌ینه‌وه
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We just think of good weather and bad weather.
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ئێمه ته‌نها بیر له باش و خراپی که‌ش و هه‌وا ده‌که‌ینه‌وه
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This day, right now, has unique weather,
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ئه‌مڕۆ له‌م کاته‌دا که‌ش وهه‌وایه‌کی خۆشی هه‌یه
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maybe a kind that will never exactly
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له‌وانه‌یه به‌شێوه‌یه‌ک بێت که هه‌رگیز
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in that form come again.
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له‌م شێوه‌یه دوباره نه‌بێته وه
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That formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same
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شێوازی ئه‌م هه‌ورانه له‌ئاسمان هه‌رگیز وه‌ک ئه‌وه نابێت
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as it is right now.
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که ئێستا هه‌یه
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Open your eyes. Look at that.
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چاوت بکه‌وه ته‌ماشا بکه
06:59
Look at the faces of people whom you meet.
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ته‌ماشای ڕوکه‌شی ئه‌وکه‌سانه بکه که‌بینیوته
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Each one has an incredible story behind their face,
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هه‌ریه‌کێک له‌وانه چیرۆکێکی جوانی هه‌یه‌ له‌ پێش ڕووکه‌شییه‌وه
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a story that you could never fully fathom,
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چیرۆکێک که تۆ هه‌رگیز ناتوانی بیپێویت
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not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors.
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نه‌ک ته‌نها چیرۆکی تایبه‌تی خۆیان به‌ڵکو چیرۆکی باپیرانیشیان
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We all go back so far,
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هه‌تا ئێستا هه‌مومان ده‌گه‌ڕێینه‌وه و
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and in this present moment, on this day,
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له‌م کاته‌دا و له‌م ڕۆژه دا
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all the people you meet, all that life from generations
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هه‌موو ئه‌و که‌سانه‌ی ده‌یانبینیت هه‌موو ژیانی نه‌وه‌کان و
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and from so many places all over the world
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له‌هه‌موو ناوچه‌کانی جیهانه‌وه
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flows together and meets you here
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به‌یه‌که‌وه کۆده‌بێته‌وه و لێره تۆ ده‌بینن
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like a life-giving water, if you only open your heart and drink.
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وه‌ک جوڵاندنی ئاو ئه‌گه‌ر ته‌نها تۆ دڵت بکه‌یته‌وه و بخوێنیته‌وه
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(Music)
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مۆسیقا
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Open your heart to the incredible gifts that civilization
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دڵت بکه‌رەوه بۆ ئه‌و خه‌ڵاته گرنگه‌ی که شارستانی
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gives to us.
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ده‌یدات به‌ ئێمه
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You flip a switch and there is electric light.
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تۆ پلاکێک هه‌ڵده‌که‌یت و ڕوناکیت ده‌ست ده‌که‌وێت
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You turn a faucet and there is warm water and cold water,
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تۆ (بۆری ئاو) ده گۆریت ئاوی گه رم و ئاوی سارد هه‌یه
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and drinkable water.
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وه ئاوی خواردنه‌وه
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It's a gift that millions and millions in the world
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ئه‌وه خه‌ڵاتێکه که ملێونه‌ها و ملێونه‌ها له‌م جیهانه دا
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will never experience.
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هه‌رگیز به‌ده‌ستی ناهێنن
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So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts
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که‌واته ئه‌مانه به‌شێکن له‌م ژماره زۆرانه‌ی خه‌ڵات
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to which we can open your heart.
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که تۆ دڵی بۆده‌که‌یته‌وه
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And so I wish you that you will open your heart
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من هیوادارم که‌ تۆ دڵت بکه‌یته‌وه
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to all these blessings, and let them flow through you,
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بۆ ئه‌وهه‌موو پیرۆزیه و ڕێگه‌یان بده که به‌ناو تۆدا بڕۆن
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that everyone whom you will meet on this day
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که‌ هه‌موو که‌سێک که تۆ ده‌یان بینیت له‌مڕۆدا
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will be blessed by you,
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له‌لایه‌ن تۆوه پیرۆز بکرێن
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just by your eyes,
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ته‌نها به‌هۆی چاوه‌کانته‌وه
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by your smile,
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به‌هۆی پێکه‌نینه‌که‌ته‌وه
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by your touch,
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به‌هۆی ده‌ست لێدانی تۆوه
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just by your presence.
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ته‌نانەت به‌هۆی ئامادهبوونی تۆوه
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Let the gratefulness overflow
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ڕێگه بده سوپاس گوزاری بڕژێت
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into blessing all around you,
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بۆ ناو پیرۆزی هه‌مووئه‌وانه‌ی ده‌وروبه‌ری تۆ
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and then it will really be a good day. (Music)
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وه‌ دوایی ده‌بێت به‌ڕۆژێکی خۆش، مۆسیقا
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(Applause)
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چه‌پڵه لێدان
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
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لیۆ شوارتزبێرگ: سوپاس
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Thank you very much. (Applause)
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زۆر سوپاس، چه‌پڵه‌ لێدان

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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.

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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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