I've got a question for you:

我有一個問題：

how many people here would say they can draw?

在場有多少人會說自己會畫畫？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I think we've got about one or two percent of the hands going up,

我想10個人裡面會有一兩個會舉手。

and it's interesting, isn't it?

很有趣，是吧？

It's a little bit like people think of spelling or singing.

這有點像當大家想到拼寫或唱歌

They think,"You can either do it, or you can't."

他們認為“你要麼會，要麼不會。”

But I think you can.

但我覺得你會

Because when people say they can't draw,

因為當人們說他不會畫畫時，

I think it's more to do with beliefs rather than talent and ability.

我覺得這和信念有關，而不是和才華、能力有關

So I think when you say you can't draw, that's just an illusion,

所以當你說你不會畫畫時，這其實是一種錯覺，

and today I'd like to prove that to you.

而今天我就想向你證明

When I say "draw",

我說「畫畫」，

I'm not saying we're all going to draw like Michelangelo.

並不是說我們都得畫得像米開朗琪羅

We are not going to be painting the Sistine Chapel's ceiling.

我們不是要畫西斯廷教堂的天花板

But would you be happy if, by the end of this session,

但是在這此演講結束之後，你會高興

you could draw pictures a little bit like this?

自己畫成這樣嗎？

(Audience murmuring) Oh, yes!

（觀眾低語）哦，是的！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Or even a little bit like this?

或者有點兒像這樣？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Actually, there are only two things you need to do to be able to achieve this.

事實上，你只需要做到兩件事就可以實現

One is have an open mind. Are you up for that?

一是有開放的態度，你準備好了嗎？

(Audience) Yes!

（觀眾）是的！

And two, just be prepared to have a go.

第二，準備好動動手。

So grab a pen and a piece of paper.

拿一支筆和一張紙

OK, so here's how it's going to work:

好，這裡會讓你對整個過程有個了解：

I’ll show you the first cartoon we're going to do,

我會先示範一個你們待會兒要畫的卡通，

so just watch to begin with.

首先先來看看

Here we go.

開始

Just watching.

先看

That's going to be our first cartoon.

這將是我們的第一幅卡通畫

It's a character called Spike.

這個人叫Spike

I'd like you to draw along with me.

我想你和我一起畫

I'll draw the first line, you draw, and when you've done that, look up,

我會先畫第一筆，你跟著畫，當你畫完後，抬頭，

and I'll know you're ready for the next line.

我就知道你準備畫下一筆了

Okay, here we go.

好，我們繼續

Start with the nose.

先畫鼻子

Now the eyes.

現在到眼睛

They're like 66s or speech marks.

牠們像66或者引號

That's it.

好了

Next, the mouth. Nice, big smile.

接著，嘴巴。很好，大大的笑容

Now, over here, the ear.

現在，在這，畫耳朵

Next, some spiky hair.

接下來，一些豎起來的短髮

Next, put the pen to the left to the mouth, little line like that.

把筆挪到嘴的左邊，畫一條這樣的線

Pen under the ear, drop a line like that.

挪到耳朵下面，畫一條這樣的線

Pen to the left of the neck, top of the T-shirt.

放到脖子的左邊，畫上T 恤衫的領子

Line to the left, line to the right.

左邊一條線，右邊一條線

Just hold your drawings up and show everyone.

現在把畫舉起來，給大家看

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

How are we all doing?

畫得怎麼樣？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

OK.

好的

OK, fantastic.

太棒了

So, it looks like you've just learned to draw one cartoon,

所以，你們剛都學會畫一幅卡通畫了

but you've actually learned more than that;

但實際上你們學到的不僅如此

you've learned a sequence that would enable you

你們學會了一個順序，這可以讓你們

to draw hundreds and thousands of different cartoons,

畫數百張乃至千張的卡通畫

because we're just going to do little variations on that sequence.

因為你們只需要跟著這個順序，然後做一點點改動

Have a go at this.

試一試這個

Draw along with me.

和我一起畫

Nose.

鼻子

Eyes.

眼睛

Smile.

微笑

That's it.

好的

Now some hair.

一些頭髮

Pen to the left of the mouth,

筆挪到嘴的左邊，

under the hair,

在頭髮下面

little V-shape for the top,

為上衣畫個小V

line to the left, line to the right.

左邊一條線，右邊一條線

So we've got another character. Let's call her Thelma.

我們又畫出一個人物，就叫她Thelma

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So, we've got Spike and Thelma.

所以，我們畫出了Spike和Thelma

Let's try another one. Here we go.

讓我們再畫一個，開始

Another little variation. You're getting the idea.

再做一點變動，你就明白了

Starting with the nose.

先畫鼻子

But this time we'll change the eyes slightly.

但這次的眼睛有點不同

Look, two circles together like that.

看，兩個圓圈像這樣畫在一起

That's it.

好了，

Then, two little dots in for the eyes.

然後在眼睛上畫兩個點

And this time we'll change the mouth slightly. Watch.

這次讓我們把嘴也改動一下，瞧

Little circle colored in there.

畫個小圓并塗上顏色

Have a go at that.

試一試那個

Next, the ear.

接下來，耳朵

Now, we'll have some fun with the hair, watch.

現在，我們再弄弄頭髮，看

Nice curly hair.

漂亮的捲髮

Then same thing: pen to the left to the mouth, little line like that.

同樣：筆移到嘴的左邊，畫上一條線

Under the ear, drop a line.

耳朵下面，畫條線

Top of the T-shirt.

T恤的領子

Line to the left, line to the right.

左邊一條線，右邊一條線

I think we'll call him Jeff.

我們可以叫他Jeff

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We'll do one more.

我們再畫一個

One more go. Here we go.

最後一個，開始吧

You're getting the idea.

你明白了

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So we'll start with a nose again.

我們再次從鼻子開始

Notice we're doing little variations.

我們做一點改動

Now we'll change the eyes, so we've got them apart.

現在我們變化眼睛，讓牠們分開

We'll put some little dots in like that.

我們在中間加上一些點點

Next, the mouth slightly different.

接下來，嘴巴也不一樣

Let's put a little V-shape like that.

我們畫一個像這樣的V型

Triangle.

三角形

And a little line across, and we'll just color this a little bit in.

中間穿入一條短線，我們再加上一點顏色

Now, watch this bit carefully; some hair, watch.

現在，自己看，一些頭髮，快看

Here we go, little line like that.

就這樣，畫這樣的線

Next, a bit more there.

接著，這邊也來兩條

And watch, a couple of triangles to make a little bow.

看，畫兩個三角形組成個蝴蝶結

Triangle at the bottom, rest of the hair.

在底下畫上三角形，是下面的頭髮

Pen to the left of the mouth again. You get the idea.

再畫到嘴的左邊，你知道了

Drop a line for the neck.

為脖子畫條線

Now the V-shape.

現在畫V型

Line to the left, line to the right.

左邊一條線，右邊一條線

There we go.

完成了

Let's call her Pam.

讓我們叫他Pam

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So you've done...

好，你完成了

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

So you've done four cartoons. You can have a little rest now.

你已經完成了四幅畫，現在可以休息一下了

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Take a rest.

休息一下

You're getting the idea. All we're doing is little variations.

你明白了吧，我們只需要做一點改變

I'll just demonstrate a couple to you.

我會跟你介紹幾種

We could go on all day, couldn't we?

我們就可以畫上一天了，對吧？

You could do someone looking unhappy, a bit like that,

你可以畫一個不開心的人，就像這樣

or you could experiment with, perhaps, someone who is…

或者你也可以嘗試，像這樣的一個人

just draw a straight line, someone looking a bit fed up.

就畫一條直線，他看起來有些不耐煩

Or perhaps, you could do anything you like, really, just try things out.

又或者，你可以畫任何東西，真的，只需要嘗試不同的改變

Look at this. Little squiggle. There we are.

看看這個，一些不規則的線，就畫好了

So, all sorts of things we could do.

所有的東西我們都可以嘗試

Actually, one more I'll let you do, one more idea.

現在，我再讓你做一個，再告訴你一個方法

This is a great little technique.

這是一個偉大的小技術

Have a go at this: people with glasses on.

試一下，戴上眼鏡

Just draw a nose a bit like Spike's.

就畫一個和Spike一樣的鼻子

Next, draw some frames,

接著，畫些框框

so two circles like that with a little bit in between.

現在中間畫兩個像這樣的圓形，

Now, just put some dots inside for the eyes like that.

好，為眼睛畫上一些點點

Next, the ear.

下一步，耳朵

So it's little bit like we did before, but this time we'll join up the frames.

就有點像我們之前做的，但這次加上一些框框

That's it. Watch this bit.

好了，看這

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And this bit I really like. Watch.

我真的喜歡這條，看

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And then, little bit there.

接著。那裡也一點

Pencil under the mustache, line down,

在鬍子下面，畫上

top of the shirt, left and right.

T恤的上面，左邊和右邊

So there we have it. We could carry on, couldn't we?

完成了，我們可以繼續，對嗎？

Hopefully, we've done enough to convince you

希望我已經能讓你相信

that in fact we can all draw.

我們其實都可以畫畫

And not just people here. I've worked with…

不只在這裡，我也教其他人一起畫

I'm going to give you three examples of other people who've learned to draw,

我給你們看看其他人學畫畫的三個例子

and that actually surprised them, too.

也非常讓我驚訝

I'm going to save what I think is my favorite,

我保存了我最喜歡的

most surprising example until last.

到目前為止最令人驚訝的

The first example is:

第一幅：

I've worked a lot with children and students in schools.

我和一些孩子在學校裡面畫畫

Actually the little ones, they just draw fine,

他們年紀很小，但是他們畫的不錯

but when they get to about 15 or 16, most of them think they can't draw.

但是到了15或16歲年紀的學生，他們就認為自己不會畫畫了

But I worked with them.

但是我和他們一起嘗試

I worked this week in a school

我在這個學校工作了一週

where I was coaching them on using pictures for memory.

在這我教他們用繪畫來記憶

A girl was trying to remember what red blood cells do,

有個女孩試著記住紅血球的作用

and she drew this little picture

所以她畫了這幅畫

of a red blood cell carrying a handbag with O2 on it

記錄了一個紅血球帶了一袋氧氣

to remind her that the red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of the body.

這可以幫助她記住紅血球為全身各部份輸送氧氣

That was a great one.

真的很棒

The other people I worked with are many adults in all walks of life,

其他和我學繪畫的人來自各行各業

and particularly in business,

特別是經商的

and they often will want to make presentations memorable.

他們總是想留下令人難忘的陳述

So again, a quick cartoon or sketch could be really good for that.

所以， 快速繪畫或簡筆畫就真的有幫助

And again, most people think they can't draw, but take this example.

同樣的，大部份的人認為自己不會畫畫，但是請看這個例子

Couple of wavy lines,

一些彎曲的線

little boat could be a metaphor to represent we're all in this together.

小船可以是一個隱喻，暗示我們都在一起

So that, if that was just drawn in the presentation,

所以如果在陳述時畫出這個

would really stay in the memory, wouldn't it?

就真的會讓你記憶深刻，對吧？

Yeah.

是的

But the third example is - you shouldn't have favorites, should you?

但第三個例子-你有最中意的嗎？沒有吧

This is my favorite.

這幅是我最喜歡的

Have you ever been at the party when someone asks you what you do?

有人曾經在派對上問你的職業嗎？

It gets a little bit skeptical when people ask me that.

但別人問我時，他們總有些懷疑

This lady said to me, well -

這位女士對我說，

I said, "I do a little bit of training, and I teach people to draw,"

我回答“我做一些培訓，教人畫畫”

and she said, "Would you come along and do some for our group?"

她說 “你可以來教我們嗎？”

She said, "I work with some people" - she was a volunteer -

她說 “我和一群人工作” 她是個志願者

a group of people who have suffered strokes.

一些患有中風的人

So I said, "Sure, I could spare some time for that."

我回答“當然可以，我會安排些時間過來”

So I said I would, and I booked the time in.

所以我答應了，我安排了時間

Have you ever done that?

你試過嗎？

You get near of that time

快到那個時候

and you think, "What have I let myself in for here?"

你會覺得“我爲什麽讓自己來這裡？”

"Will I be able to do it?"

“我可以嗎？”

I thought, "What could I do with them?" you see.

我想“我可以和他們做什麽？” 你看

"I know. I'll do my cartoon drawing. They'll like that."

“我知道，我就教畫畫，他們會喜歡的”

But then, as I got near of the time, I got more apprehensive,

可是，越接近那個時間，我越擔心

because then I was thinking,

因為我想

"I've worked with children, with all sorts of adults;

“我和孩子們一起，也和許多成年人一起”

I've never worked with a group like this."

“可是我從來沒有和那些人一起”

It turns out it was all part of a charity called TALK.

最後我知道這是一個慈善組織叫TALK

This TALK charity is a wonderful charity that helps people who've suffered strokes,

這個組織幫助許多患中風的人

but have a particular condition known as aphasia.

他們有個特殊的症狀叫失語症

You might have heard of aphasia, sometimes called dysphasia.

你可能聽過失語症，或者叫語言障礙癥

The key thing is it affects their ability to communicate.

關鍵是這會影響他們的溝通能力

So, for example, they might have trouble

例如，他們有可能不能

reading, writing, speaking, or understanding.

閱讀、書寫、說話或是理解

It can be quite an isolating condition;

這可能會讓他們與世隔絕

it can be very, very frustrating and can lead to a loss of confidence.

也會讓他們很沮喪，并逐步喪失信心

Anyway, so I prepared all this stuff, what to do for this session

為這堂課，我準備了許多東西

- for a couple of hours, tea break in the middle -

為這幾小時的課，和中場的休息

and I got more apprehensive.

我更加擔心了

But actually, I needn't have worried,

但實際上，我不需要擔心

because I'm going to show you now the work that they did.

因為現在我要為你展示他們的作品

It was one of the best things I've ever done.

這是我見過最棒的一幅

I'm going to show you the first slide.

現在為您展示第一張

I taught them Spike, just like I did for you,

我教他們如何畫Spike，就像剛才那樣

and I want you to see the reaction on their faces when they did this.

我想讓你們看他們在畫畫時流露的表情

(Audience) Oh.

（觀眾）噢

What you can see here are two of the stroke recoverers

你現在看到的是兩位已經康復的病患

on the left and right,

在左邊和右邊

and one of the volunteer helpers in the center.

其中的一位志願者在中間

Each stroke recoverer, there are about 36 in the room with volunteers as well,

房間里有36位中風康復的病患，他們每一個人，也包括那些志願者

there's one-to-one helpers.

有一對一幫忙的人

You can just see the delight on their faces, can't you?

你可以看到他們臉上的笑容，對吧？

Let's look at another picture.

來看另外一張照片

This is a gentleman called David, and he's holding up his picture,

這位男士叫David, 他拿著這幅畫

and you can tell it was the picture of Spike, can't you?

你能看出這畫的是Spike，對嗎？

In fact, I think he's drawn Spike even better there.

事實上，我覺得他在那畫的Spike畫的更好

But what I didn't realize until even after the session

但是我在課後才發現

was that the number of the people in this session, including David,

在課上學習的人，包括David

were drawing with their wrong hand.

都是用左手來畫的

David's stroke meant that it affected the right side of his body,

Daivd 中風影響了他的右側身體

and he drew with his left hand, as many did.

所以他用左手來畫，很多人都是如此

Nobody mentioned it to me, nobody complained.

沒人向我提起，也沒人抱怨

They just got on with it.

他們只是就這樣畫了

It was an inspirational session for me.

這次的課深深的激勵了我

It was quite a humbling session,

非常的震撼人心

one of the best things I felt I've ever done.

是我有史以來做的最棒的一件事

At the end of it, I had a lovely email from doctor Mike Jordan,

在那學期末，我收到了醫生Mike Jordan的一封郵件

and he's the chair of the TALK group;

他是TALK的主席