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And I got to tell you, I think that was a huge error.
而我要說的是，我認為那是一個巨大的錯誤。
You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel, you know,
讓一個人，區區一個個體，去相信他(她)是承載著神圣、創造、未知
like the font and the essence and the source of all divine, creative, unknowable,
和永恒這些事物的源泉與圣器，
eternal mystery is just a smidge too much responsibility to put on one fragile, human psyche.
這對于脆弱的個體而言，是太大的責任。
It's like asking somebody to swallow the sun. It just completely warps and distorts egos,
無異于要求他(她)吞下太陽，這徹底地扭曲了一個人的自我認知，
and it creates all these unmanageable expectations about performance.
并導致對于個人成就無比膨脹的預期。
And I think the pressure of that has been killing off our artists for the last 500 years.
我認為就是這種壓力，在過去的500年間扼殺了無數藝術家。
And, if this is true, and I think it is true, the question becomes, what now?
如果真是這樣，至少我認為是這樣的，那么我們的問題就是：現在該怎么辦？
Can we do this differently? Maybe go back to some more ancient understanding about the relationship between humans and the creative mystery.
我們能夠改變這種狀況嗎？也許我們應回到更古老的過去，去參考他們對于人類與創造力的理解？
Maybe not. Maybe we can't just erase 500 years of rational humanistic thought in one 18 minute speech.
也許不行，我們無法用一個短短18分鐘的演講，抹殺掉發展了500多年的理性人文思想。
And there's probably people in this audience who would raise really legitimate scientific suspicions about the notion of, basically,
況且或許今天的聽眾中，就有人能夠提出有理有據的科學質疑，
fairies who follow people around rubbing fairy juice on their projects and stuff.
批駁這種童話精靈跟著藝術家主人，給作品上點上神仙水的可笑想法。
I'm not, probably, going to bring you all along with me on this.
也許，我無法說服你們大家都同意我的看法。
But the question that I kind of want to pose is -- you know, why not? Why not think about it this way?
但我想說的是：為何不呢？為什么不換個角度思考呢？
Because it makes as much sense as anything else I have ever heard in terms of explaining the utter maddening capriciousness of the creative process.
就各種解釋人類變化無常的創作過程的理論而言，這個精靈理論和我聽過的所有其他理論一樣地合理（或者說一樣地無理）。
A process which, as anybody who has ever tried to make something -- which is to say basically everyone here --- knows does not always behave rationally.
這個過程，對于任何一個曾試圖創作的人來說，相信在坐各位都曾有這方面的經歷，都會知道創作過程并不總是理性的。
And, in fact, can sometimes feel downright paranormal.
實際上，創作過程有時簡直就是超乎常理。
