TED演讲之幕后揭秘 伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特谈呵护创造力及减轻创作压力(2)

Like that, you know. The answer — the short answer to all those questions is, "Yes." Yes, I'm afraid of all those things. 我当时一直得到诸如此类的质疑。对于这些质疑,最简单的回答是:“怕” 是的,这种种一切都让人害怕。 And I always have been. And I'm afraid of many, many more things besides that people can't even guess at, like seaweed and other thin...

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TED演讲之幕后揭秘 桑迪·牛顿:拥抱他人,拥抱自己(2)

I grew up on the coast of England in the '70s. My dad is white from Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. 我于上世纪七十年代,生长在英格兰的海岸边,我父亲是来自康沃尔的白人,我母亲是来自津巴布韦的黑人。 Even the idea of us as a family was challenging to most people. But nature had its wicked way, and brown babies were born. 对于许多人来说,是无论如何也想不到我们是...

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TED演讲之幕后揭秘 桑迪·牛顿:拥抱他人,拥抱自己(4)

Strangely, these revelations didn't cure my low self-esteem, that feeling of otherness. 奇怪的是,这些启示,并没有治愈我那缺少的自尊,那种被划为另类的感觉。 My desire to disappear was still very powerful. I had a degree from Cambridge; I had a thriving career, 我渴望消失的想法依旧十分强烈,我有一个剑桥的学位,我的事业蒸蒸日上。 but my self was a car crash, and I wound up...

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TED演讲之幕后揭秘 艾布拉姆斯之神秘的盒子(2)

It's a beautiful thing. I swear to God. I mean, when you look at the box and you sort of see how it works. 它真美。我发誓,当你看着盒子的时候,你就好像知道它如何运作的。 Rives is here, and I met him years ago at a book fair; he does pop-up books. And I'm obsessed with engineering of paper. 里夫斯在这,我几年前在一个书展上认识他,他是做立体书的。我痴迷于纸张工程。 But...

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