Can you believe that within these country roads,

你們相信在鄉間小路上

there's a pottery studio right there?

有一間陶藝工作坊嗎？

If you want to learn more,

如果想了解更多

let's go check it out.

就跟我一起去瞧瞧吧

Some people use cameras to take images of lotus flower,

有人用相機把荷花珍藏在影像裡

and other people prefer to dye their fabrics with lotus petals.

有人把蓮花做成植物染 藏在布裡

In addition, some artists draw lotus flowers on potteries

也有藝術家把荷花畫在土上 藏在陶藝裡

so that they exist beyond the limit of flower season.

讓賞荷沒有季節限制

One interesting thing I would like to mention here is that

這間工作坊有件很有趣的事情是

a lot of pottery works that you can see at Tainan city

許多你在臺南所能看到的陶藝作品

come from this pottery studio.

都來自這間陶藝工作坊

This pottery studio in Baihe

這裡是藝術家林文嶽

is founded by an artist called Lin Wen-yueh

在白河成立的陶坊工作室

Here he focuses on art creation

他在這裡創作

and exhibits his creations in his gallery.

也建造藝廊展示作品

Wow! There are so many artworks here.

哇 這裡有好多藝術作品

There are Chinese painting

有國畫

and calligraphy works as well as potteries.

書法 也有陶藝

The vivid lotus flowers on the tea pot

這茶壺上的蓮花

look as if they are real.

看起來彷彿就是真的

The calligraphy works on the wall

牆壁上的書寫

seem like they're having a dialogue with the statues in front.

和前面的雕像形成了對話

It's interesting.

非常有趣

Behind me is a kiln,

在我身後有一座窯

and all those works we've just seen were made from this kiln.

剛才我們看見的陶藝作品都來自這座窯

What's so special about this kiln is that

它特別的地方在於

they burn woods to heat up for making potteries.

是利用木材來燒製陶藝作品

Among these artworks,

在這些作品當中

I saw a huge pottery work.

有件非常大的陶藝作品

Let's find out which kiln it was made from.

我來找找看是用哪個窯燒的

The work that we just saw in the studio

剛才我們在工作坊內看到的陶藝作品

is like two hundred and eleven centimeters.

大概有兩百一十一公分高

It's so tall.

它真的很高

In order to make such a big pottery work,

為了燒出這麼大的陶藝作品

we also need a kiln that is big enough

我們也必須

to fit in this kind of pottery work.

有夠大的窯

And so the kiln behind me has a rail way track

我身後的這座窯 有一個滑軌在下面

that can move and combine the kilns together.

讓兩邊的窯可以合併在一起

We happen to have the chance to see an artist creating his work.

來到這裡巧遇藝術家正在創作

Some works have to be reassembled

有些作品需要透過翻模

after they're copied by the mold.

再重新組合

So, is this a lotus?

所以這是蓮花嗎

This is a symbol of lotus.

這是一個象徵性的蓮花

This work

這件作品

is inspired by the saying “Lotus blooms untainted from the mud.”

以出淤泥而不染的概念創作

We tried to transform this concept into symbols.

將想法轉換成符號

It's different from common realistic lotus artworks.

與寫實的蓮花作品不同

Emerging oneself in the sounds of cicadas and breezes,

藝術家創作的地方在大自然裡

the artist creates his artworks in the wide-open nature.

聽的是蟬聲 吹的是自然風

Maybe this is why people say

或許這就是所謂的

“As long as you remain calm, you don't feel the heat.”

心靜自然涼吧

And by letting go of one's worries and concerns,

忘掉煩惱和憂愁

the artist can listen to his own thought

藝術家將自己聆聽到的聲音

and infuse it into his creations.

投射在作品裡

After you feel its power of life,

感受到生命的張力以後

you turn it into a piece of work

把它變成作品

and then showcase it.

然後又傳達出去

You save it and then deliver it again.

把它保留下來又傳達出去

This is so-called “the effect of beauty” in life.

這是生命裡面所謂「美的作用」

The transformation from one's feeling towards

感受自然並轉化成

the nature to the creation of beauty

美的形式

is quite profound.

非常深奧

Although you hear the sounds of insects

這裡雖然有

and chirps of birds here,

蟲鳴鳥叫

they actually calm you down.

卻也顯得格外平靜

The artist put aside his work

藝術家放下手邊的工作

and treated me to a cup of tea,

請我喝杯茶

with the breeze passing through me.

吹著風

We enjoyed the Zen lifestyle.

享受這種禪意生活

Making friends through cups of tea

以茶會友

is probably like this.

大概就是這個意思

For example, we held the Shang-su Festival

像我們這邊辦「曲水流觴」

which a variety of artists would come and join us,

各種藝術家都會來

including musicians and artists who know how to make tea,

音樂的 泡茶的藝術家

and pottery artists,calligraphy artists, etc.

還有陶藝的 書法的 各方面都有

I was impressed by one of the works in the gallery.

在展場裡有件令我印象非常深刻的作品

What a huge pottery.

這麼大件的陶藝作品

It's definitely a difficult task to biscuit fire the pottery.

光是素燒就是一個問題

This work,

這一支

except for the time I spent on building the kiln and that space,

不含蓋窯跟空間

took me three years.

我慢慢做 做了三年

Excluding style making,

做造型也不論

it stayed in the kiln for fifteen days

進到窯裡面再出來

before I took it out again.

花了15天

The glaze applied to this pottery

這件作品所使用的釉料

is made of local materials:

是用在地的元素組合而成

mud from hot springs in Baihe,

有白河的溫泉泥

limestone, and ash of lotus as well as longan trees.

石灰石 蓮蓬灰 還有龍眼樹的木灰

Together they make the most natural glaze.

這些組合起來是天然的釉料

This upper layer

上面的這一層

is made of wood.

就是那個材質

We can draw it on the pottery due to its thick and pure texture.

它特別渾厚而純淨 感覺又可以畫

It took me great work

這是花了比較大的精神

to finish this fundamental research.

去做的基礎研究

After spending like a half day here at this studio

待在這個工作坊半天

And after drinking a cup of tea,

並喝完一杯茶後

I feel like I'm totally relaxed.

我覺得非常放鬆

And I think life is not so difficult.

這也讓我覺得生命好像沒那麼困難

It's just the way how we think about it.

重點是我們怎麼去看待它罷了

So I think maybe life is not so complicated as we thought.

也許生命並非我們所想的那般複雜

And now I have more courage to face the difficulties

現在我更有勇氣去面對生命中

I am dealing with now.

所面臨的困難了