TED中英官方演讲稿-JulieBurstein_20124个关于创造力的课程.docxVIP

1.On my desk in my office, I keep a small clay pot that I made in college. Its raku, which is a kind of pottery that began in Japan centuries ago as a way of 在我办公室的桌上，有一个小瓷罐 是我在大学的时候自己做的。日本乐烧，一种陶瓷。 是几个世纪以前日本2.making bowls for the Japanese tea ceremony. 用于制作茶道会的碗3.This one is more than 400 years old. 我们看到的这一个有四百多年的历史4.Each one was pinched or carved out of a ball of clay, and it was the imperfections that people cherished. 每一个，都是用捏或雕的手法做出来 尽管如此做出的陶器不尽完美，但这种不完美正是人们追求的5.Everyday pots like this cup take eight to 10 hours to fire. 乐烧需要在火里烧制8-10小时6.I just took this out of the kiln last week, and the kiln itself takes another day or two to cool down, but raku is really fast. You do it outside, and you take the kiln 我上周刚把这个乐烧从窑里取出 而窑还需要一两天才能冷却下来 而乐烧则比它快得多，你把它取出窑后7.up to temperature. In 15 minutes, it goes to 1,500 degrees, and as soon as you see that the glaze has melted inside, you can see that faint sheen, you turn the kiln off, 过15分钟，它就降至1500度 一旦你看见里面的釉融化， 内部变得光泽，你就将瓷器翻转8.and you reach in with these long metal tongs, you grab the pot, and in Japan, this red-hot pot would be immediately immersed in a solution of green tea, 用这种长长的钳子夹住 在日本，烧红的罐子 会直接浸入到一种绿茶溶液中9.and you can imagine what that steam would smell like. 你可以想象那种蒸汽是什么样的味道10.But here in the United States, we ramp up the drama a little bit, and we drop our pots into sawdust, which catches on fire, and you take a garbage pail, 但在美国，我们有所改进 我们把它置于易燃的锯末之中， 接着就得用一个垃圾桶11.and you put it on top, and smoke starts pouring out. 往上面一盖，浓烟滚滚12.I would come home with my clothes reeking of woodsmoke. 回到家里时，衣服上都是烟味13.I love raku because it allows me to play with the elements. 我喜爱乐烧是因为它让我接触到原始的素材14.I can shape a pot out of clay and choose a glaze, but then I have to let it go to the fire and the smoke, and whats wonderful is the surprises that happen, 我捏出形状，选择釉料 可之后我要让它经受火和烟的考验 当结果来临的时候是多么让人惊喜呀15.like this crackle pattern, because its really stressful on these pots. They go from 1,