I used to practice corporate law in New York City: mergers, acquisitions, real exciting stuff.

我曾在紐約律師事務所上班，處理公司合併、收購案等，都是很有趣的事。

I would come home after a long day at the law firm, and I would need some sort of outlet.

經過漫長的一天，從律師事務所回到家，我需要一些發洩情緒的出口。

And I would draw. I would paint.

我會畫畫圖，或是水彩畫。

Sometimes I would sculpt.

有時會做些雕像。

It was just one day I thought about this toy from my childhood, Lego bricks.

有一天，我突然想起小時候玩的樂高積木。

Could I sculpt large-scale sculptures using this toy?

我心想：有沒有可能用這些樂高完成大型雕塑呢？

And so I started experimenting.

於是我開始做實驗。

And I just dug out all the old bricks I had from when I was a kid.

我挖出小時候玩的舊樂高。

And just tried to replicate things I saw in my apartment.

試著做做看家裡四處可見的物品。

And I put together a website which became really my virtual gallery.

我成立了網站，之後成為我的網路藝廊。

People started contacting me and saying,

開始有人聯繫我，詢問說：

"Hey, can you build me this?"

嘿，你可以用樂高蓋出這個給我嗎？

"Can you build me that?"

你可以用樂高蓋那個給我嗎？

Actually when my website crashed from too many hits,

等到我的網站因為高點閱率而過載，

that I realized "ah, there's something to this."

我才驚覺：我做出一點成就了。

I decided to make that change.

於是我決定改變人生的走向。

And I left the law firm behind to play with bricks full time.

我離開律師事務所，成為全職樂高玩家。

The reaction from friends and family was interesting.

朋友與家人的反應都非常有趣。

There were some people who were a little negative about it,

也有一些人並不看好。

and thought I was crazy.

覺得我真是瘋了。

I didn't know how long it would last.

我不知道自己究竟能堅持多久。

I thought, maybe I'll be able to pay rent next month.

我想，或許還付得起下個月的房租吧？

But I don't know if I'll have a job after that.

但我也不知道以後還找不找得到工作。

During those downtimes, when I didn't have something, didn't have a commission,

沒有工作時，我沒有事情做，沒有任何委託，

that's when I would create art for myself.

這也是我能夠只為自己創造藝術的時候。

And that's really what "The Art of the Brick" became.

這就是「樂高藝術」的誕生。

This exhibition of art that I created on my own that now tours the globe.

這個由我一手打造的藝術展覽，目前正在全球巡迴。

The time it takes to create a sculpture really depends on the size and complexity of the piece.

製作雕像所需的時間可長可短，取決於雕塑的尺寸和複雜程度。

So a life-size human form can take up to two to three weeks.

要完成一個和一般人等比例的雕像，要花二到三週的時間。

Something smaller could be done maybe in a few days or a day.

尺寸較小的雕像只需要幾天時間，甚至一天內就可完成。

The longest I've ever worked on something is about three months,

到目前為止，我做過最久的雕像是三個月。

for a sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that was about 20 feet long.

那是一座暴龍骨骼雕像，約二十呎長 (約 6.1 公尺)。

Recently, I spent two months working on a Batmobile.

最近，我花了兩個月時間製作蝙蝠車。

The bricks I use in my art are the very same bricks that people can purchase at a toy store.

我所使用的樂高積木，都是一般人在玩具店就可以買到的。

I don't paint them.

我不會再重新上色。

I don't have access to special colors or special shapes and sizes.

我並沒有特殊色、形狀、尺寸的取得管道。

And we're in my art studio today where I have over 5 million Lego bricks.

我們今天位於我的藝術工作室，這邊收納超過五百萬個樂高積木。

When you look at my sculptures up close,

如果你近看我的樂高雕像，

you see all those sharp corners and right angles.

你會發現雕像有稜有角。

And then you back away from it, and all those corners, they blend into curves.

但如果站遠一點看，所有的邊邊角角，全都融成曲線。

That's kind of the magic of using Lego bricks.

這就是樂高積木創造出的魔法。

You know, you don't have to find one career path.

你不需要刻意尋找一條職涯道路。

There are many ways to get to where you wanna go.

要到夢想之地，有許多方法。

Even if you don't know where that is right now.

即使你還在尋尋覓覓，

You can always change what you are.

你隨時可以調整自己。

To see how pro-snowboarder Mike Basich chases storms in his mobile, tiny home,

想一窺滑雪板專家麥克．貝斯奇在他的移動小屋追風逐暴嗎？

Watch this next video.

請看下一部影片。

The view always changes,

景觀總是千變萬化。

which's been really fun.

這也是奇妙之處。

You just pull up the side of road,

你只要在路邊停下來，

all of a sudden you have lakefront property, international forest.

你會恍然發現一座湖畔，一片國際森林。

Next one, you're on a little creek or out in the desert.

接著，你就會和小溪一起漂流，或是在荒漠中。

The landscape's just amazing.

大自然的鬼斧神工真教人驚嘆。

It's like having real estate that's priceless.

像是擁有一棟無價的豪宅。

Everybody misses home at some level.

人人都會有鄉愁。

You never get homesick with this.

但沐浴在大自然中，你就會把鄉愁就拋到九霄雲外了。

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感謝收看，請訂閱 Seeker Stories。

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就可以每週觀看新影片。