Name: 【TED】亞曼達 · 帕默爾：請求他人的藝術 (The art of asking | Amanda Palmer)
Uploaded: 2013-03-15T05:27:14.000Z
Duration: 13 min 48 s

過去簡單式

So I didn't always make my living from music.

所以我並不是一直都靠音樂為生

動名詞

For about the five years after graduating

from an upstanding liberal arts university,

自從我從一所著名的文科大學畢業後

I was a self-employed living statue called the 8-Foot Bride,

我是一個自雇的活雕像，叫做“八尺新娘”

and I love telling people l did this for a job,

我非常喜歡告訴他人我以此為工作

在現實生活中，這些怪胎到底是誰？

I painted myself white one day, stood on a box,

有天我把自己漆成白色，站在一個箱子上

and when someone came by and dropped in money,

I handed them a flower and some intense eye contact.

我會給他們一朵花  也會與他們有強烈的眼神接觸

I threw in a gesture of sadness and longing

我會展現出非常悲傷和渴望的姿態

So I had the most profound encounters with people,

所以我與人們有過非常深刻的接觸

like they hadn't talked to anyone in weeks,

看起來好像有好幾個禮拜沒與人說過話的樣子

of prolonged eye contact being allowed in a city street,

在城市的街道上，我們長時間的目光接觸

and we would sort of fall in love a little bit.

And my eyes would say, "Thank you. I see you."

我的眼神會說："謝謝你，我看得到你。“

"從來沒有人真正看到我，謝謝你"。

People would yell at me from their passing cars.

我就會說，"這就是我的工作"。

但我會覺得受傷，因為這讓我害怕

that I was somehow doing something un-joblike

好像我所做的是不正當的，可恥的。

I had no idea how perfect a real education I was getting

我並不知道，其實我在這個箱子上所得到的

對於我的音樂事業是一個多麼完美的一課

you may be interested to know I actually made a pretty predictable income,

他們可能會想知道，其實我的收入非常穩定

but pretty much 60 bucks on a Tuesday, 90 bucks on a Friday.

但通常週二差不多賺 60 塊錢，週五 90 塊錢。

and playing in nightclubs with my band, the Dresden Dolls.

”德勒斯登玩偶“在當地的夜店做巡迴演出

這是我在彈鋼琴，那是一位天才鼓手。

we started making enough money that I could quit being a statue,

我們賺到了足夠的錢， 使我可以不用再做活體雕像

我並不想失去這種與人的心靈交匯

of direct connection with people, because I loved it.

So after all of our shows, we would sign autographs

所以演出結束后，我們會幫歌迷簽名

and hug fans and hang out and talk to people,

and we made an art out of asking people to help us

我們將尋求協助變成了一種藝術

and join us, and I would track down local musicians

也讓其他人加入我們， 我會找到當地的音樂家和藝人

and artists and they would set up outside of our shows,

and then they would come in and join us onstage,

然後會進來加入我們一起在舞臺上表演

so we had this rotating smorgasbord of weird, random circus guests.

所以我們的表演會有 形形色色的雜技藝人客串

and made things even more magic, because I could ask

事情變得更神奇，因為我可以馬上

and an hour later I would be at a fan's house. This is in London.

一個小時後，我就會 在一位歌迷的家中，這是在倫敦

People would bring home-cooked food to us

在世界各地 ，人們會把自做的家常菜

all over the world backstage and feed us and eat with us. This is in Seattle.

帶到後臺給我們，與我們一起吃飯，這是在西雅圖

and any kind of public space would wave their hands

或者在公共空間工作的歌迷們，會揮手致意

if I would decide to do a last-minute, spontaneous, free gig.

如果我臨時決定做一場即興的免費演出

On Saturday I tweeted for this crate and hat,

上週六我在推特上提到這個條板箱和帽子，

because I did not want to schlep them from the East Coast,

and they showed up care of this dude, Chris

而這位名叫克利斯的老兄幫我們照看了這些東西

他來自紐波特海灘，也向你們問好

I once tweeted, where in Melbourne can I buy a neti pot?

有一次，我在推特上說 在墨爾本哪裏可以買到洗鼻壺？

right at that moment to the cafe I was in,

and we sat there talking about nursing and death.

我們坐在那裡談及到護理和死亡

And I love this kind of random closeness,

我很喜歡這種隨意的近距離接觸

which is lucky, because I do a lot of couchsurfing.

這對我來講是幸運的，因為我是一個沙發客

In mansions where everyone in my crew gets their own room

如果是一棟豪宅 ，我的團隊 可能都可以有自己的房間

but there's no wireless, and in punk squats,

但沒有無線網路，比起在一個寮屋

everyone on the floor in one room with no toilets

每個人擠在同一個房間，睡在地上，沒有廁所

but with wireless, clearly making it the better option.

但是有無線網路，當然寮屋是更好的選擇

我的團隊有一次把我們的休旅車

and we found out that our couchsurfing host for the night

我們發現，那晚提供我們沙發睡的人

was an 18-year-old girl, still living at home,

是一位18歲的女孩，仍住在家裡

and her family were all undocumented immigrants from Honduras.

而她的家人都是從宏都拉斯來的非法移民

took the couches and she slept together with her mom

都睡在沙發上，她與她媽一起睡

And in the morning, her mom taught us how

早上的時候，她媽媽教我們如何

to try to make tortillas and wanted to give me a Bible,

做玉米餅，她還想要給我一本聖經

and she took me aside and she said to me in her broken English,

她把我拉到一邊， 用蹩腳的英語對我說

"Your music has helped my daughter so much.