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I created this project, this photographic performance art

我創造了這個項目，這個攝影行為藝術。

project, a number of years ago.

項目，若干年前。

At one point, I was so exhausted.

有一次，我實在是太累了。

I was traveling all night, and I sort of like fell over.

我整晚都在旅行，我有點像摔倒了。

I'm so dead, like dead, exhausted.

我死了，像死了一樣，筋疲力盡。

And my friend took a picture.

而我的朋友拍了一張照片。

I posted it.

我把它貼出來了。

And for some reason, people were like,

不知道為什麼，人們都喜歡。

this is just really funny.

這只是真的很有趣。

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I thought, yeah, I mean, that's cool,

我想，是的，我的意思是，這很酷。

but if I'm going to put something out into the world,

但如果我要把一些東西放到世界上，

and then also call it art or talk

然後又稱其為藝術或談資

about it through the lens of art,

通過藝術的視角來了解它。

I want it to be meaningful and powerful and enjoyable.

我希望它是有意義的、有力量的、愉快的。

And I was like, I can't just take a silly picture.

我當時想，我不能只拍一張傻乎乎的照片。

So I created this world of STEFDIES.

所以我創造了這個STEFDIES的世界。

I never want it to be confused with that I'm

我不希望它被混淆為我是... ...

making fun of mortality.

取笑死亡。

STEFDIES is very much a celebration of life,

STEFDIES是一個非常值得慶祝的生命。

and being in the moment, and celebrating this world

和在當下，並慶祝這個世界

that we live in.

我們生活在其中。

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Anyone who's sort of doing something different,

任何人都會做一些不同的事情。

I think it's just a heartfelt reaction

我想這只是一種心裡的反應吧

to wanting to be included and wanting

到希望被納入和希望

to have a seat at the table.

以期在餐桌上獲得一席之地。

And I feel that sometimes when there's

我覺得，有時當有

this whitewashing on social media and on Instagram,

這種在社交媒體和Instagram上的洗白。

it excludes a lot of people.

它排除了很多人。

And I want to remember my travels.

而我想記住我的旅行。

I want to be in my photos.

我想在我的照片。

I want to make it cool, but I don't

我想讓它變得更酷，但我不知道。

want to feel bad that I'm not doing

感到遺憾的是，我沒有做。

it the right way, or the socially accepted way,

它的正確方式，或社會公認的方式。

or in the beautiful kind of way.

或以美麗的那種方式。

I've been on trips where they were just

我在旅行中，他們只是...

concerned with going places where they could

擔心去的地方，他們可以

get a picture for social media.

為社交媒體弄一張照片。

It wasn't behind I want to see this beautiful fountain,

這不是後面我想看看這個美麗的噴泉。

or I want to meet these cool local people.

或者我想見見這些很酷的本地人。

It was more like, I have to go to this place

它更像是，我必須去這個地方。

to get the photos so I can show people.

拿到照片，我就可以給人看了。

I would just walk away and go explore.

我就會走開，去探索。

And I'd like-- be like, it's been like 30 minutes.

我想... ... 就像，它已經像30分鐘。

Are you going to-- do you want to go up there?

你要去... 你要去那裡嗎？

No, no, no, no, we're done.

不，不，不，不，我們已經完成了。

I'm like, I can't.

我很喜歡，我不能。

And so there's so much time in trying

所以，有這麼多的時間在努力

to get the photo that you don't actually exist in the place

以獲得你不存在的地方的照片。

that you're going to.

你要。

It's just sad because you're missing out

這只是悲傷，因為你錯過了

on the beautiful place.

在這個美麗的地方。

Be in the moment.

要在當下。

Be there.

在那裡。

I think it's actually deeply ingrained in me

我想這其實在我心裡已經根深蒂固了。

to learn about other cultures, also

瞭解其他文化，還

learn about myself through other cultures and through travel.

通過其他文化和旅行來了解自己。

I didn't view the world through just one

我並不是只通過一種方式來看待這個世界。

lens of being in America.

在美國的鏡頭。

I mean, I also had the culture of my Japanese grandmother

我的意思是，我也有我的日本奶奶的文化。

and my Italian grandfather.

和我的意大利祖父。

And so when you're surrounded by otherness,

所以當你被異性包圍的時候。

it is just ingrained in you that you're no better or no less

冥冥之中自有天意，你無優劣之分

than anyone else.

比任何人都要。

You're just you.

你只是你。

Expand yourself.

拓展自己。

And the best way to expand yourself, I think,

我想，這也是拓展自己的最好方式。

is by expanding your mind through experience.

就是通過體驗來拓展自己的思維。

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