ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raghava KK - Artist
Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world.

Why you should listen

Raghava KK began his career in art as a newspaper cartoonist, and the cartoonist’s bold line -- and dead-on eye for truth -- still powers his art. His work spans painting, sculpture, installation, film and iPad art, always linked by his challenging opinions on identity, conformity, gender, celebrity, ceremony. (He even views his lavish Indian wedding as a piece of performance art.)

His early work as a painter made a complete break with his cartoon career -- he painted watercolors on canvas using only his hands and feet. Since then, his work has grown to knit together aesthetics from both worlds, as collage and complication play against flat color and precise lines. He shows in galleries and performance spaces around the world and often collaborates with other artists, most recently with musicians Paul Simon and Erykah Badu.  In 2011, he launched his children's iPad book, Pop-it, shaking up the concept  of an ideal family. He is currently working on a project that promises to shake up everything! From news to education.

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Raghava KK: What's your 200-year plan?

Raghava KK: 你的200年计划是什么?

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你可能有个5年计划, 那200年计划呢? 艺术家Raghava KK描述了一幅他自己的电子传奇行动图, 即计划他在200年后会怎样被记住---并且鼓励你也做同样的事.
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Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world. Full bio

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About 75 years年份 ago,
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大约在75年前,
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my grandfather祖父, a young年轻 man,
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我那还很年轻的祖父
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walked into a tent帐篷
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走进了一个帐篷
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that was converted转换 into a
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改装而成的
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movie电影 theater剧院 like that,
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电影院,
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and he fell下跌 hopelessly绝望地 in love
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而他马上疯狂地爱上
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with the woman女人 he saw on the
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了在银幕上的女人:
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silver screen屏幕: none没有 other than Mae West西,
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那人是在三十年代的
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the heartthrob万人迷 of the '30s,
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万人迷梅·蕙丝.
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and he could never forget忘记 her.
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他从此对她无法忘怀,
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In fact事实, when he had his daughter女儿
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甚至於几年后
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many许多 years年份 later后来, he wanted to
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当他有了一个女儿,
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name名称 her after Mae West西,
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他想把她改名為梅·蕙丝.
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but can you imagine想像 an Indian印度人
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但你不可能想像有一个
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child儿童 name名称 Mae West西?
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印度孩子叫梅·蕙丝,
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The Indian印度人 family家庭 said, no way!
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印度的家庭都说:绝对不行!
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So when my twin双胞胎 brother哥哥 KaesavaKaesava
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所以当我的孪生兄弟Kaesava出生时,
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was born天生, he decided决定 to tinker修补匠
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他决定在Keshava的名字的拼写上
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with the spelling拼字 of Keshava'sKeshava的 name名称.
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作出一点修改,
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He said, if Mae West西 can be M-A-EMAE,
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他说既然梅·蕙丝可以是拼成 M-A-E,
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why can't KeshavaKeshava be K-A-EKAE?
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為什麼Keshava 不可以是 K-A-E,
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So he changed Kaesava'sKaesava的 spelling拼字.
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所以他把Kaeshava 的拼写改变.
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Now KaesavaKaesava had a baby宝宝 boy男孩
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而Kaeshava 在几星期前
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called Rehan热汗 a couple一对 of weeks ago.
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有了一个小男孩名叫Rehan,
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He decided决定 to spell拼写, or, rather,
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他决定把它拼成或可以说是把它
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misspell拼错 RaehanRaehan with an A-EAE.
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拼错為Raehan,有一个A-E.
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You know, my grandfather祖父 died死亡
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你要知道,我的祖父
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many许多 years年份 ago when I was
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在我还是很小的时候已经去世,
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little, but his love for Mae
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但他对梅·蕙丝的爱
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West西 lives生活 on as a misspelling拼错
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以拼字错误的方式
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in the DNA脱氧核糖核酸 of his progeny子孙.
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长存在他后代的DNA上,
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That for me is successful成功 legacy遗产. (Laughs)
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我觉得这是一个成功的遗传(笑)
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You know, as for me,
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而至於我,
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my wife妻子 and I have our own拥有
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我太太和我有一个
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crazy legacy遗产 project项目.
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疯狂的传奇计划,
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We actually其实 sit every一切 few少数 years年份,
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我们事实上每几年都在
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argue争论, disagree不同意, fight斗争,
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争论,反对,争执
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and actually其实 come up with our
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最终想出
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very own拥有 200-year-年 plan计划.
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我们的二百年计划.
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Our friends朋友 think we're mad.
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我们的朋友认为我们疯掉,
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Our parents父母 think we're cuckoo布谷鸟.
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我们的父母也认为我们疯掉,
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Because, you know, we both
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因为我们两个
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come from families家庭 that really
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都是来自一个
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look up to humility谦逊 and wisdom智慧,
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谦逊和智慧的家庭,
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but we both like to live生活
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但我们两个都想生存
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larger than life.
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得比生命更伟大.
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I believe in the concept概念 of
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我相信一个胜王瑜伽行者的概念,
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a Raja拉贾 Yogi瑜珈: Be a dude花花公子 before
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要成为一个苦行者前,
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you can become成为 an ascetic苦行者.
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你先要成为一个讲究生活的人.
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This is me being存在 a rock star,
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这是我成为一个摇滚巨星,
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even if it's in my own拥有 house.
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虽然只是在家里.
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You know?
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你能理解吧.
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So when Netra的Netra and I satSAT down
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当我太太Netra和我
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to make our first plan计划
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在十年前坐下
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10 years年份 ago, we said
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去制定我们第一个计划时,
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we want the focus焦点 of this plan计划
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我们希望这计划的重点是
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to go way beyond ourselves我们自己.
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要远远超越我们.
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What do we mean by beyond ourselves我们自己?
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那么超越我们是指什么呢?
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Well 200 years年份, we calculated计算,
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噢,我们计算二百年后
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is at the end结束 of our direct直接
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将会是我们对世界
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contact联系 with the world世界.
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的直接连接的终结.
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There's nobody没有人 I'll meet遇到 in
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我所认识的人
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my life will ever live生活 beyond
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没有人可以生存超过
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200 years年份, so we thought
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二百年。所以我们想,
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that's a perfect完善 place地点 where
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这将是把我们的计划
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we should situate位于 our plan计划 and
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扎根的好地方,
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let our imagination想像力 take flight飞行.
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并让我们的想像起飞.
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You know, I never really
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你知道我从来不相信传承.
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believed相信 in legacy遗产. What am I
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我会留下什么呢?
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going to leave离开 behind背后? I'm an artist艺术家.
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我是一个艺术家,
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Until直到 I made制作 a cartoon动画片 about 9/11.
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直至我作了有关911的卡通.
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It caused造成 so much trouble麻烦 for me.
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它带给我很多的麻烦,
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I was so upset烦乱.
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我非常的失落,
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You know, a cartoon动画片 that was
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那个卡通本来只想成为
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meant意味着 to be a cartoon动画片 of the week
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本周最佳卡通片,
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ended结束 up staying so much longer.
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结果它持续了很长时间.
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Now I'm in the business商业 of
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现在我所从事的就是
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creating创建 art艺术 that will
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创作一定可以
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definitely无疑 even outlive活得比 me, and
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比我活得更久的作品.
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I think about what I want to
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我会想我希望透过那些作品
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leave离开 behind背后 through通过 those paintings绘画.
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留下什么.
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You know, the 9/11 cartoon动画片
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你知道911的卡通
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upset烦乱 me so much that I decided决定
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令我非常沮丧,
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I'll never cartoon动画片 again.
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使我打算不再作卡通了.
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I said, I'm never going to make any
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我说:我不会再
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honest诚实 public上市 commentary评论 again.
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发表坦诚的公开评论了.
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But of course课程 I continued继续
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但当然我还是继续
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creating创建 artwork艺术品 that was honest诚实
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创作真诚和原创的作品.
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and raw生的, because I forgot忘记 about
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因为我忘记了别人
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how people reacted反应 to my work.
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对我的作品的反应.
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You know, sometimes有时 forgetting遗忘
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你知道有时健忘
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is so important重要 to remain idealistic理想主义.
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能令人保持理想.
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Perhaps也许 loss失利 of memory记忆 is so
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可能失去记忆
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crucial关键 for our survival生存
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对于人类的生存
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as human人的 beings众生.
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至关重要.
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One of the most important重要 things
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Netra和我
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in my 200-year-年 plan计划 that Netra的Netra
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在我们的200年计划中
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and I write is what to forget忘记
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一件最重要的事情就是
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about ourselves我们自己.
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如何忘记自己.
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You know, we carry携带 so much
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你知道我们背负着很多包袱,
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baggage行李, from our parents父母,
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从父母
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from our society社会, from so many许多
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从社会,从很多人 --
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people -- fears恐惧, insecurities不安全感 -- and
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恐惧,不安感.
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our 200-year-年 plan计划 really lists名单
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我们的200年计划列举了
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all our childhood童年 problems问题 that we have to expire到期.
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我们应该终止的儿时问题.
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We actually其实 put an expiry到期 date日期
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我们甚至乎在我们的儿时问题上
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on all our childhood童年 problems问题.
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加上一个到期日.
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The latest最新 date日期 I put was,
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最近我加上的日期是,
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I said, I am going to expire到期
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我打算停止对
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my fear恐惧 of my leftist左派分子, feminist女权主义者
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我左倾和崇尚男女平等主义
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mother-in-law岳母, and this
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的外祖母的恐惧.
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today今天 is the date日期! (Laughs)
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而到期日就是今天(笑)
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She's watching观看. (Laughter笑声)
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她正在看(笑)
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Anyway无论如何, you know, I really
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总之我时常
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make decisions决定 all the time
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对我希望如何能记住自己
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about how I want to remember记得
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而作出决定,
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myself, and that's the most important重要
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而这些决定是我做出的
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kind of decisions决定 I make.
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所有决定中最重要的部分.
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And this directly translates转换
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这些直接反映
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into my paintings绘画.
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在我的画作中.
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But like my friends朋友, I can do
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如同我的朋友,
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that really well on FacebookFacebook的,
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我可以在脸谱网(Facebook)
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PinterestPinterest的, Twitter推特, FlickrFlickr的, YouTubeYouTube的.
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Pinterest, 微博(Twitter),照相簿(Flickr),网上短片(youTube)中做得很好.
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Name名称 it, I'm on it.
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你能说出的,我都在.
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I've started开始 outsourcing外包 my
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我开始把我的回忆
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memory记忆 to the digital数字 world世界,
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外包给数码世界.
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you know? But that comes
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但你要知道,
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with a problem问题.
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这带来一个问题.
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It's so easy简单 to think of
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你很容易以
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technology技术 as a metaphor隐喻
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科技象征
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for memory记忆, but our brains大脑
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记忆,
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are not perfect完善 storage存储 devices设备
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但我们的大脑是不像
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like technology技术.
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科技那样一个完美存储设备.
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We only remember记得 what we
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我们只会记着我们想记着的事情,
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want to. At least最小 I do.
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至少我是这样.
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And I rather think of our brains大脑
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我甚至认为我们的大脑
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as biased curators策展人 of our
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对我们的记忆
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memory记忆, you know? And if
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进行有偏见的的管理.
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technology技术 is not a metaphor隐喻 for
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那如果科技不是记忆的象征,
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memory记忆, what is it?
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那么它是什么呢?
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Netra的Netra and I use our technology技术
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Netra 和我以科技作为
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as a tool工具 in our 200-year-年 plan计划
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我们的200年计划的一个工具,
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to really curate策划 our digital数字 legacy遗产.
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用以牧养我们的电子传承.
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That is a picture图片 of my mother母亲,
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这是我母亲的照片,
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and she recently最近 got a FacebookFacebook的 account帐户.
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她最近在脸谱网(Facebook)上创建了一个帐户,
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You know where this is going.
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你知道这将会怎样发展.
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And I've been very supportive支持
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我原先是非常支持她的,
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until直到 this picture图片 shows节目 up
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直至这张照片出现
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on my FacebookFacebook的 page. (Laughter笑声)
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在我的Facebook主页上.(笑声)
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And I actually其实 untagged未标记 myself
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我真的把我自己移除,
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first, then I picked采摘的 up the
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然后我拿起电话,
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phone电话. I said, "Mom妈妈, you will
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我说: "妈! 你以后不要再
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never put a picture图片 of me
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把我穿着比基尼的照片
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in a bikini比基尼泳装 ever again."
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放在网上."
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And she said, "Why? You look
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而她说: "为什么,亲爱的,
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so cute可爱, darling宠儿." I said,
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你很可爱呀"
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"You just don't understand理解."
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我说: "你真的不明白."
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Maybe we are among其中 the first
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可能我们是第一代
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generation that really understands理解
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真的明白网络世界
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this digital数字 curating策展 of ourselves我们自己.
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如何塑造我们的人.
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Maybe we are the first to even
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甚至可能我们是最先
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actively积极地 record记录 our lives生活.
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积极记录生活的人.
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You know, whether是否 you
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无论你同意与否,
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agree同意 with, you know, legacy遗产
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你知道
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or not, we are actually其实 leaving离开
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我们是无时无刻都在
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behind背后 digital数字 traces痕迹 all the time.
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留下我们的电子足迹.
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So Netra的Netra and I really wanted
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所以Netra和我真的很想
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to use our 200-year-年 plan计划
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用我们的200年计划
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to curate策划 this digital数字 legacy遗产,
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来建立我们的电子遗传.
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and not only digital数字 legacy遗产
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不单单只是电子记忆,
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but we believe in curating策展
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我们是相信把
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the legacy遗产 of my past过去
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我们的过去与未来
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and future未来.
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好好的遗传下去.
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How, you may可能 ask?
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你可能会问,那应怎样做呢?
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Well, when I think of the future未来,
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当我想着未来,
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I never see myself moving移动 forward前锋
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我从来不觉得自己是随着时间向前走,
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in time. I actually其实 see time
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而是时间
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moving移动 backward落后 towards me.
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倒着走向我.
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I can actually其实 visualize想象
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我可以想像
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my future未来 approaching接近.
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我的将来在向我靠近.
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I can dodge躲闪 what I don't want
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我可以躲开我不喜欢的事情,
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and pull in what I want.
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或是走进我喜欢的事情中.
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It's like a video视频 game游戏 obstacle障碍
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这好像电子游戏中的障碍赛.
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course课程. And I've gotten得到 better and better
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我做得越来越好,
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at doing this. Even when I make
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甚至乎当我作画时,
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a painting绘画, I actually其实 imagine想像
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我可以幻想
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I'm behind背后 the painting绘画,
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站在画作背后,
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it already已经 exists存在, and
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好像它已经存在一样.
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someone's谁家 looking at it,
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其他人在看着它,
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and I see whether是否 they're
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而我可以见到他们
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feeling感觉 it from their gut肠道.
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对它发自内心的感受.
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Are they feeling感觉 it from their
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他们是发自内心呢,
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heart, or is it just a cerebral颅内 thing?
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还是只是理性的?
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And it really informs运筹学 my painting绘画.
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这带给我很多讯息.
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Even when I do an art艺术 show显示,
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甚至乎当我在开画展时,
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I really think about, what should
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我真的会想象
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people walk步行 away with?
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人们应该带走些什么?
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I remember记得 when I was 19,
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我记得当我19岁的时候,
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I did, I wanted to do my first
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我想开我第一个画展.
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art艺术 exhibition展览, and I wanted the
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我希望全世界
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whole整个 world世界 to know about it.
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都知道这个画展.
06:58
I didn't know TEDTED then,
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我当时不知道TED,
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but what I did was I closed关闭
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但我当时是把
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my eyes眼睛 tight, and I started开始
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我的眼睛紧闭然后开始幻想.
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dreaming做梦. I could imagine想像 people
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我可以想像人们走进来,
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coming未来 in, dressed连衣裙的 up, looking
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盛装出席, 非常漂亮
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beautiful美丽, my paintings绘画 with all
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我的画作成为全场的焦点.
07:09
the light, and in my visualization可视化
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而在我的幻想里,
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I actually其实 saw a very famous著名
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我真的见到一位非常
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actress演员 launching发射 my show显示,
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有名的女艺人为我的画展剪采,
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giving credibility可信性 to me.
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给我赞赏.
07:17
And I woke醒来 up from my
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我从我的幻想中醒来,
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visualization可视化 and I said,
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我问她是谁,
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who was that? I couldn't不能 tell
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我不能分辨
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if it was Shabana谢花 Azmi阿兹米 or Rekha雷卡,
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她是谢花阿兹米还是瑞卡,
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two very famous著名 Indian印度人 actresses女演员,
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两位印度当红的女艺人,
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like the Meryl梅丽尔 StreepsStreeps of India印度.
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有如印度的梅莉史翠普.
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As it turned转身 out, next下一个 morning早上
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最后第二天,
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I wrote a letter to both of them,
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我写了一封信给她们,
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and Shabana谢花 Azmi阿兹米 replied回答,
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而谢花阿兹米回复了.
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and came来了 and launched推出
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她来了为我的画展剪采,
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my very first show显示 12 years年份 ago.
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在12年前我的第一个画展.
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And what a bang it started开始
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而这打响了
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my career事业 with! You know,
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我的事业第一炮!
07:43
when we think of time in this
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当我们用这方法思考时间,
07:46
way, we can curate策划 not only the
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你不但在建立将来,
07:48
future未来 but also the past过去.
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也在建立过去.
07:52
This is a picture图片 of my family家庭,
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这是我的家庭照,
07:54
and that is Netra的Netra, my wife妻子.
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这是Netra, 我的太太,
07:56
She's the co-creator联合创始人 of my
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她是我的200年计划的
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200-year-年 plan计划.
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同创人.
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Netra's的Netra的 a high school学校 history历史
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Netra是一个中学历史老师,
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teacher老师. I love Netra的Netra,
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我爱Netra,
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but I hate讨厌 history历史.
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但我讨厌历史.
08:05
I keep saying, "Nets篮网, you live生活
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我常常说: "Nets, 你活在过去,
08:07
in the past过去 while I'll create创建
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而我在创造未来,
08:09
the future未来, and when I'm doneDONE,
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当我完成了,
08:11
you can study研究 about it."
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你就可以研究它了."
08:12
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑)
08:14
She gave me an indulgent放纵的 smile微笑,
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她会给我一个宽容的微笑,
08:16
and as punishment惩罚, she said,
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而后作为一个惩罚,她会说:
08:19
"Tomorrow明天 I'm teaching教学 a class
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"明天我将会教授
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on Indian印度人 history历史, and you are
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有关印度历史的课, 你要来上课,
08:22
sitting坐在 in it, and I'm grading等级 you."
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而我给你评分"
08:24
I'm like, "Oh, God." I went.
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我会像"噢,我的天呀".
08:26
I actually其实 went and satSAT in
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我确实有去上她的课,
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on her class. She started开始 by
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她开始给她的学生
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giving students学生们 primary source资源
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来自印度,巴基斯坦和英国
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documents文件 from India印度, Pakistan巴基斯坦,
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的原档案.
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from Britain英国, and I said,
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当时我就说"哇".
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"Wow." Then she asked them to
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而她叫她的学生
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separate分离 fact事实 from bias偏压.
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把事实和偏见分开.
08:41
I said, "Wow," again.
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我再一次说"哇".
08:44
Then she said, "Choose选择 your
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她会接着说: "拣选你的事实和偏见,
08:47
facts事实 and biases偏见 and create创建 an
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而后创造出
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image图片 of your own拥有 story故事
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你自己幻想的
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of dignity尊严."
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一个故事.
08:54
History历史 as an imaging成像 tool工具?
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历史作为一个幻想的工具?
08:57
I was so inspired启发.
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那堂课给我很多灵感
08:59
I went and created创建 my own拥有
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我也创作了我自己的
09:00
version of Indian印度人 history历史.
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印度历史的版本.
09:02
I actually其实 included包括 stories故事 from
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我甚至于加入了
09:03
my grandmother祖母.
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来自我祖母的故事.
09:04
She used to work for the
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她以往从事
09:06
telephone电话 exchange交换, and she used
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电话转接的工作.
09:07
to actually其实 overhear偷听 conversations对话
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有时她会听到
09:08
between之间 Nehru尼赫鲁 and Edwina埃德温娜 Mountbatten蒙巴顿.
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尼赫鲁和埃德维娜蒙巴顿的对话,
09:10
And she used to hear all
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她会听到各种各样
09:12
kinds of things she shouldn't不能
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她不应该听到的事情.
09:13
have heard听说. But, you know,
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但你知道,
09:16
I include包括 things like that.
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我会把它放进去,
09:17
This is my version of Indian印度人 history历史.
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而这成为我的印度历史的版本.
09:20
You know, if this
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你知道, 我突然想到,
09:24
is so, it occurred发生 to me that
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如果是这样,
09:26
maybe, just maybe, the primary
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可能,仅仅是可能,
09:28
objective目的 of our brains大脑
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我们的大脑的主要目标
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is to serve服务 our dignity尊严.
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是服务我们的尊严.
09:33
Go tell FacebookFacebook的 to
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告诉面谱网(Facebook)
09:35
figure数字 that out!
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去弄清楚怎么回事吧!
09:36
Netra的Netra and I don't write our
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Netra和我不是為了别人
09:39
200-year-年 plan计划 for someone有人 else其他
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在150年后来实现
09:40
to come and execute执行 it
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我们写的200年计划,
09:42
in 150 years年份. Imagine想像 receiving接收
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试想你收到一个写着
09:44
a parcel saying, from the past过去,
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来自过去的包裹,
09:46
okay now you're supposed应该 to
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而你将要用你的餘生
09:47
spend the rest休息 of your life
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去把它实现,
09:48
doing all of this. No.
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不是这样的.
09:49
We actually其实 write it only
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我们这样做只为了
09:51
to set our attitudes态度 right.
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让我们能正确的端正我们的态度.
09:53
You know, I used to believe
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我曾经相信,
09:57
that education教育 is the most
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教育是能够留下
09:59
important重要 tool工具 to leave离开
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一段传奇的
10:00
a meaningful富有意义的 legacy遗产.
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最重要的工具.
10:02
Education教育 is great.
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教育是很棒,
10:03
It really teaches us who
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它的确教会我们是谁,
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we are, and helps帮助 us
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而且帮助我们
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contextualize情境 ourselves我们自己
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认识自己在这个世界的位置.
10:07
in the world世界, but it's really
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不过真正教我
10:09
my creativity创造力 that's taught me
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使我能成为教育教会
10:12
that I can be much more
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的我更强的,
10:13
than what my education教育 told me I am.
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是我的创造力.
10:15
I'd like to make
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我想说,
10:17
the argument论据 that creativity创造力 is
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创造力
10:19
the most important重要 tool工具 we have.
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是我们拥有的最重要的工具,
10:22
It lets让我们 us create创建 who we are,
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它让我们创造了现在的我们,
10:24
and curate策划 what is to come.
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并培养着未来的我们.
10:26
I like to think -- Thank you.
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我喜欢想象--谢谢.
10:29
I like to think of myself
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我喜欢把我自己当成一个讲故事的人,
10:31
as a storyteller说故事的人, where my past过去
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我的过去和未来
10:33
and my future未来 are only stories故事,
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都成为故事,
10:36
my stories故事, waiting等候 to be told
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而这些故事等待着被讲述和再讲述.
10:38
and retold新编. I hope希望 all of you
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我希望你们所有人
10:41
one day get a chance机会 to
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有一天能有这个机会,
10:43
share分享 and write your own拥有
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去分享并且写下你自己
10:45
200-year-年 story故事.
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的200年的故事
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Thank you so much.
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谢谢你.
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ShukranShukran! (Applause掌声)
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谢谢.(鼓掌)
Translated by Yuguo Zhang
Reviewed by David Shi

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Raghava KK - Artist
Raghava KK's paintings and drawings use cartoonish shapes and colors to examine the body, society, our world.

Why you should listen

Raghava KK began his career in art as a newspaper cartoonist, and the cartoonist’s bold line -- and dead-on eye for truth -- still powers his art. His work spans painting, sculpture, installation, film and iPad art, always linked by his challenging opinions on identity, conformity, gender, celebrity, ceremony. (He even views his lavish Indian wedding as a piece of performance art.)

His early work as a painter made a complete break with his cartoon career -- he painted watercolors on canvas using only his hands and feet. Since then, his work has grown to knit together aesthetics from both worlds, as collage and complication play against flat color and precise lines. He shows in galleries and performance spaces around the world and often collaborates with other artists, most recently with musicians Paul Simon and Erykah Badu.  In 2011, he launched his children's iPad book, Pop-it, shaking up the concept  of an ideal family. He is currently working on a project that promises to shake up everything! From news to education.

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