The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester · TEDx Talks
在世界混乱的当下，Amie McNee在TEDx演讲中主张艺术不是奢侈品，而是生存必需。它能平静心灵、连接社区、赋予生活意义，并治愈身心。适合练习创意写作、绘画、音乐等，帮助个人成长和情感释放。
Transcriber: Grace Howell Reviewer: Maurício Kakuei Tanaka Let's begin with Will Ferrell.
转录者：格蕾丝·豪厄尔 审稿人：毛里西奥·卡库埃·田中 让我们先从威尔·法瑞尔说起。
[The world right now: Artists: Anyone wanna buy a painting?]
[当下的世界：艺术家们……有人想买一幅画吗？]
The world is literally and figuratively on fire, and I am about to tell you that you need to make art.
这个世界无论从字面意义还是象征意义上来说都处于“燃烧”之中；而我接下来要告诉你们的是：你们必须创作艺术。
And more than that, I'm going to argue that the creative act is a huge part in how we extinguish and put out these fires.
更重要的是，我认为创造性活动在帮助我们“扑灭”这些“危机”（或问题）的过程中起着至关重要的作用。
And I can almost hear you.
我几乎能听到你的声音了。
You're like, "Oh, Amie" -- that's me, I'm Amie -- "Amie, that is so cute and such a lovely idea.
你会说：“哦，阿米……”那就是我，我叫阿米。“阿米，这个主意真是太可爱、太棒了！
And it's so sweet that you think that making stuff is going to help the world.
当你认为通过创造各种东西能够帮助世界时，这种感觉真是太美好了。
But I write horny fairy fantasy novels, and I really don't think that that's going to do anything."
但我写的都是充满性暗示的奇幻小说，我觉得这样的作品根本不会有什么积极的影响（或：我认为这样的作品根本无法带来任何好的结果）。
And like, I hear you, but give me 15 minutes because I want to change your mind.
我明白你的观点，但请给我15分钟的时间，我想说服你改变主意。
We're living in a culture that sidelines the creative act.
我们生活在一个将创造性行为边缘化的文化环境中。
That says it's something for children or something for the retired.
这说明这种产品要么是专为儿童设计的，要么是专为退休人员准备的。
It's an indulgence.
这是一种自我放纵的行为（或享受）。
It's a little bit selfish, it's frivolous, it's decoration.
这有点自私，有点轻浮，不过只是装饰而已。
It is a narrative that is actively harming us.
这种叙事正在对我们造成严重的伤害。
It is repressing our innate instincts to create.
这正在压制我们与生俱来的创造力（即我们想要创造事物的本能）。
And today, we're going to look at why making art is going to make your lives better and the world better,
今天，我们将探讨为什么创作艺术能够改善我们的生活以及整个世界。
why art is so incredibly important to you.
为什么艺术对你来说如此重要？
And before I move on with this conversation, I just want to make sure that none of you are like,
在我继续这个话题之前，我只是想确认一下：在座的各位都没有……（此处应补充具体想要确认的情况）。
opting out of this conversation.
选择退出这次对话。
Because I am talking to you.
因为我现在正在和你说话。
And I know that we use the words art and artist, and we kind of pedestal it, and we say,
我知道我们会使用“艺术”和“艺术家”这两个词，并且会把他们奉为神明一样崇拜；我们会说……
"I'm not that good, I'm not great at art."
我并不擅长艺术，我的艺术水平并不高。
You know, "I can't draw."
你知道的，总有人会说：“我画画画不好。
I am talking to you today.
今天，我正在跟你们说话。
When I talk about art, when I say the word creativity,
当我谈论艺术，当我提到“创造力”这个词时……
I'm talking about anything from making a YouTube channel where you talk about your favorite Pokemon cards, to singing,
我指的是各种各样的事情：从创建一个 YouTube 频道（在频道里谈论你最喜欢的宝可梦卡片），到唱歌等等。
to cooking, to what Pam does with gardening.
说到烹饪，还有帕姆在园艺方面的那些工作……
The creative act, art is anything we do where we create something with the intention to connect.
创造性行为，也就是艺术——指的是我们所做的任何旨在通过某种方式与他人建立联系（或实现某种沟通）的事情。在艺术创作过程中，我们通过各种媒介（如语言、图像、声音等）来表达自己的思想、情感或观念，从而与他人产生共鸣。
So none of you are getting away with it today when I talk about how we need your art,
所以今天，当我说到我们需要你们的艺术作品时，你们谁都逃不掉责备的命运。
I am talking to you.
我正在和你说话。
This conversation is about you.
这次谈话是关于你的。
Even if you don't have a creative bone in your body.
即使你身上一点创造力都没有……
I want to introduce you to someone you may already know.
我想向你们介绍一个人，也许你们已经认识他了。
This is Sally Rooney.
我是莎莉·鲁尼。
She is an incredibly successful fiction author.
她是一位极其成功的小说作家。
She writes amazing books, a lot of you will have read them, and she’s seriously impacted my life.
她写了很多非常精彩的书籍，你们中的很多人应该都读过她的作品；她的确对我的人生产生了深远的影响。
And Sally says, "I've given my life to writing novels.
莎莉说：“我把自己的一生都奉献给了小说创作。
I don't know whether they are good" -- they are, “but even if they are really good, they’re not going to save the planet.
我不知道它们是否真的有用……”其实它们确实有用；“但即便它们真的非常有用，也无法拯救地球。
Maybe I ought to be spending my time doing something more productive.
也许我应该把时间花在做一些更有意义的事情上。
And that is very possibly the case."
很有可能确实如此。