--Son Tran
Hay và ý tứ thâm trầm!
[ chúng ta có thể nói chuyện được với những con vật xung quanh ta như một người bạn, và không chỉ vậy chúng ta còn có thể cảm nhận được lời của cây cỏ xung quanh. Một ý tưởng thú vị là đã từng có thời gian người và vật có thể rũ bỏ những mặt nạ và có thể cùng nhảy múa với nhau. Từ bao giờ chúng ta mất đi mối liên hệ với môi trường xung quanh ]
Nature photographer Frans Lanting uses vibrant images to take us deep into the animal world. In this short, visual talk he calls for us to reconnect with other earthly creatures, and to shed the metaphorical skins that separate us from each other.
Hay và ý tứ thâm trầm!
[ chúng ta có thể nói chuyện được với những con vật xung quanh ta như một người bạn, và không chỉ vậy chúng ta còn có thể cảm nhận được lời của cây cỏ xung quanh. Một ý tưởng thú vị là đã từng có thời gian người và vật có thể rũ bỏ những mặt nạ và có thể cùng nhảy múa với nhau. Từ bao giờ chúng ta mất đi mối liên hệ với môi trường xung quanh ]
Nature photographer Frans Lanting uses vibrant images to take us deep into the animal world. In this short, visual talk he calls for us to reconnect with other earthly creatures, and to shed the metaphorical skins that separate us from each other.
0:11Humanity takes center stage at TED, but I would like to add a voice for the animals, whose bodies and minds and spirits shaped us.
0:24Some years ago, it was my good fortune to meet a tribal elder on an island not far from Vancouver. His name is Jimmy Smith, and he shared a story with me that is told among his people, who call themselves the Kwikwasut'inuxw.
0:42Once upon a time, he told me, all animals on Earth were one. Even though they look different on the outside, inside, they're all the same, and from time to time they would gather at a sacred cave deep inside the forest to celebrate their unity. When they arrived, they would all take off their skins. Raven shed his feathers, bear his fur, and salmon her scales, and then, they would dance. But one day, a human made it to the cave and laughed at what he saw because he did not understand. Embarrassed, the animals fled, and that was the last time they revealed themselves this way.
1:31The ancient understanding that underneath their separate identities, all animals are one, has been a powerful inspiration to me. I like to get past the fur, the feathers and the scales. I want to get under the skin. No matter whether I'm facing a giant elephant or a tiny tree frog, my goal is to connect us with them, eye to eye.
1:59You may wonder, do I ever photograph people? Sure. People are always present in my photos, no matter whether they appear to portray tortoises or cougars or lions. You just have to learn how to look past their disguise.
2:19As a photographer, I try to reach beyond the differences in our genetic makeup to appreciate all we have in common with every other living thing. When I use my camera, I drop my skin like the animals at that cave so I can show who they really are.
2:44As animals blessed with the power of rational thought, we can marvel at the intricacies of life. As citizens of a planet in trouble, it is our moral responsibility to deal with the dramatic loss in diversity of life. But as humans with hearts, we can all rejoice in the unity of life, and perhaps we can change what once happened in that sacred cave.
3:17Let's find a way to join the dance.
3:22Thank you.
3:25(Applause)
