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来源Drawing: a Pause and an Everyday Art
译者Andie
"Me? Draw? No, not really. I have no talent!” You can hear this phrase so often from people. Yet it’s not true. Everyone can learn to draw. You only need to look at the popularity of art classes in recreation centers to confirm this.
“我？画画？不，不行，我没有这方面的i天赋！”你经常从别人的口中听到这样的话语。其实这话是不正确的。每个人都能学会画画，你只需要看看创意中心那绘画班的名气就知道了。
When people pshaw and say they’re unable to draw, ask them simply whether they can thread a needle, or ride a bicycle. Everything can be learned. Drawing can too.
当人们表示不屑并说自己不会画画的时候，只要问问他们会不会穿针引线，会不会骑自行车。任何事都能通过学习而掌握，绘画亦是如此。
As a child, no one has really learned how to draw. Children do not stop and make poses naturally. There are a lot of very naturally-talented people, true but we must break the myth. One does not need exceptional talent to draw. You don’t learn how to write just to become a famous and celebrated. Drawing opens a door to our creativity. We are given the chance to explore a new path.
孩提时代没有谁真正学过画画。孩子不是天生就会停下来摆pose的。很多人有天赋，这是事实，但我们必须打破这个神话。一个人在绘画上不需要额外的天赋，你学习写作并不是为了成为著名的作家。绘画为我们的创造力开启了一扇门，让我们有机会探索新的天地。
Draw to Express Yourself, to Discover Yourself and to Relax
绘画是一种自我表达，自我发觉，自我放松
Drawing is a healthy way to escape from everyday life. Like all other art forms, it deeply nourishes its followers by allowing them to forget the passing of time.
画画是我们逃离日常生活的一种健康的方式。和所有其他的艺术形式一样，绘画深深地滋养着他的爱好者，让他们忘记时间的流逝。
Drawing can be very energizing. Often, people start off drawing tired, but they always come out full of energy. What happens is that initial, only the left brain is exhausted. So we need to turn our right hemisphere to allow time for the other to take a break and recoup.
画画能让人充满活力。很多时候，人们在疲劳的时候开始画画，但往往结束之后反而精力充沛。因为开始的时候是左脑疲劳，所以我们需要换右脑运行，使另一半有时间休息和恢复。
Drawing requires a downtime. It is close to contemplation and even active meditation. It is an act of interiority and also a tool that allows us to speak. It is quite valuable for our emotional and mental health.
画画需要一个人在空闲下来后进行，这类似于沉思，甚至是一种积极的冥想。有利于修身养性，也能借此抒发自我。因此绘画对于保持情绪和精神的健康都是相当有益的。
Art can give tangible form to our emotions and our visions, our moods and feelings. When what was invisible becomes visible, we are less overwhelmed with the sentiment that filled us, and thus we have more time to observe and learn new information. This process is transformative, because the distance reduced between us and our inner world enables new insights. Create, draw, and paint: it gives substance to our moods and can then help us better see and understand them.
美术作品为我们的情感和视野，心情和感受提供了有形的框架。当无形变成了有形，我们就很难被自己内心充斥着的情绪化的东西所压倒，从而就有更多时间观察并接受新信息。这个过程是有建设性的，因为我们和内心世界的距离在缩小，这样就能得到全新的领悟。设计，制图，绘画：这些过程给我们提供了实体，并帮助我们更好地观察了解它们。
In drawing, one can reveal oneself to the one’s own self. It is a path that takes us back into ourselves. Before you start drawing, you don’t know your style. Make broad strokes or small ones? Everyone draws in their own way, but when in contact with others, in a course for example, we share our visions. Even if everyone draws the same thing, each will have a very different perception of it.
在画画时，一个人能对自己敞开心扉，这是一种回归自我的方式。在绘画前，你不知道自己是什么风格。该画宽点的线条还是窄点的？每个人都按照自己的方式画画，但是和其他人交流的时候，比如在课堂上，我们分享着各自的想象力。即使画同一样东西，每个人都有非常不同的视角。
Through drawing, we discover who we are. It is often a very emotional meeting. One can also discover others in drawing. What one feels about other people can come out vividly. In fact, drawing also allows us to better accept our differences, and those of others too.
通过绘画，我们能发掘真实的自我。这通常是一次激动人心的会面。我们同样能在绘画中发觉其他人的想法，一个人对其他人的感受也能很生动地呈现在画面里。实际上，绘画能让我们更好的接受自身的差异，同样更好的接受别人的差异。
Drawing is Learning to Look
绘画就是学会看待事物
When we draw, we first take time to look about us. Even before a still life, like an apple or a bottle, it is surprising to suddenly discover a shape, a profile, or a color. No doubt one has already seen a bottle in one’s life before, but this time, one rediscovers it from a new perspective. Drawing expands our vision. The right hemisphere of our brain is the one that feels, perceives, tastes, and so forth. This part of our brain does not care if an object is a bottle or an apple, for it is the form that matters to it.
我们画画的时候，首先要花时间观看四周。即使面对着静物，像一个苹果或一个瓶子。当你突然发觉它的形状、轮廓或颜色中的美感，这也是很令人惊奇的。毫无疑问，他肯定在以前也见过这种瓶子，然而这次，他以一个全新的视角再次审视它。画画能扩大我们的视野。我们大脑的右半球掌管感觉、认知、审美等等。这半边大脑并不介意那东西是瓶子还是苹果，因为它只在乎它们的形状。
Indeed, once we’ve finished drawing, we don’t look at things around us in the same way anymore. We see and observe more. We notice the same overall refinement in everything that affects our visual perception. We discover more details. Where previously you could see a painting of just two people under a tree, now you can see the thickness of the skin, intense shadows, the wind in the leaves, the shape of the people’s eyes, and so on.
的确，一旦我们完成一幅画作，我们就不再以相同的眼光看待周边事物。我们看的更多也观察的更多。我们能从任何事物中发现相同的能影响我们视觉感知的整体美感。我们会发觉更多的细节。从前你只会在一幅画中看到树下有2个人，而现在你会察觉里面人物皮肤的质感，强烈的明暗对比，轻拂树叶的微风，人眼的形状等等。
Good Ideas!
这是个好主意！
To help better educate our vision and visual acuity, carry a sketch pad with you always and take time to stop and draw.
为了更好的培养我们的眼光和敏锐的观察力，可以随身携带一本速写本，经常花上一点时间，静下心来画画。
You can also create a visual space for yourself in which you can paste photos, pictures, notes on visits, drawings, etc.
你也可以在看得见的地方，为自己开辟一小块地方，用于张贴照片，图片，旅游时的心得，图画等等。
A Mandala?
画一画曼陀罗？
Stemming from Eastern traditions, and from the ancient Sanskrit, meaning "sacred circle" are mandalas. These are circular designs with repeating shapes and details that, when drawn, reveals clues about ourselves. What color did you decide in painting the edges of the mandala, representing the universe around us (or the center)? It has meaning.
曼陀罗起源于东方文化和古老的梵文，意为“神圣的坛场”。这些圣坛在设计上都有着重复的图案和细节，这样在绘制的时候，就能发现自己内心经常被忽略的细节。你准备绘在曼陀罗边缘（或中心）的哪一种颜色代表了我们周边的世界？这都是有意义的。
Mandalas accompany the return to the Self and in being so creative, and intuitive, determine the balance between our Self and the universe, seeking the unity in all, as everything in being of one Unit. The focus of the mandala symbolizes the center of energy. Take the time to color or even draw a mandala; it is in the taking out time for yourself that helps to relax.
曼陀罗伴随着自我的回归，伴随着人类的创造力和直觉，决定了人类自身和宇宙的平衡性，同时也寻求着整体上的统一，因为一切事物都是一个整体。曼陀罗的中心点象征着能量的中心。好好花点时间在它的色调上或干脆直接画一幅。这就是花时间让自己放松的一个办法。
Testimony
这就是证据
"I have been drawing for five years now. As a child I loved to draw. But because of my job, I put aside drawing. Then, one day, I had the urge to draw landscapes of art. I wanted to capture textures and contrasts. I also began to draw bodies. Then, little by little, I returned to drawing in my work. As I am a creative director, I had the opportunity to do so. I must say that now, I draw more and more. In addition, I have begun a series on couples in ink. When I draw, I take off. I put music on. I use a glass of wine and I fly. Drawing allows me to be empty and full at the same time. I find that I am resourceful. For me, drawing is a form of therapy, but also, quietly, it has become a passion.” - Dana
“到现在为止我的画龄已经有5年了。从小时候起我就酷爱画画，但由于工作原因，我将画画弃置一边。然后有一天，我非常急切地想要画一幅山水画，我想捕捉它的神韵和明暗对比。我也开始画人体，之后渐渐地，我在工作时也画。由于我是一个富有创造性的主管，因而有机会这么干。我得说，现在我画的越来越多。此外，我已经开始创作一个以夫妇为主题的油墨画系列。绘画时，我全身心的放松，打开音乐，倒一杯红酒，简直飘飘欲仙。画画让我同时感到空闲和充实。我发现我变的足智多谋了。对我来说，绘画是一种治疗方式，但同样，它也悄悄地成为了一种激情。”-- 达纳
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