藝術(shù)魂

Ben Baker

Joanne （comedienne）： My name is Joanne Grimm， Im from Oakland， California， and my ambition in this old age is to make as many people laugh as possible.

Margaret （painter）： My name is Margaret Tcheng Ware and I live in San Francisco.

Eugenia： Im Eugenia Lovett West， I live in Essex， Connecticut， and Im a late-blooming writer.

Henry： My name is Henry Taylor. Most people know me as a…as a painter.

Audrey （painter）： My name is Audrey Phillips， and I live in a beautiful little arts community on the coast of Florida， and its New Smyrna Beach.

喬安妮（喜劇演員）：我叫喬安妮·格里姆，我來(lái)自加州的奧克蘭，我在此高齡的生活目標(biāo)是盡可能地讓更多的人開心。

瑪格麗特（畫家）：我叫瑪格麗特·陳·威爾，我住在舊金山。

尤金妮亞：我叫尤金妮亞·洛維特·維斯特，我住在康涅狄格州的埃塞克斯。我是一個(gè)大器晚成的作家。

亨利：我叫亨利·泰勒，大多數(shù)人都知道我是個(gè)畫家。

奧德麗（畫家）：我叫奧德麗·菲利普斯，我住在佛羅里達(dá)海岸一個(gè)美麗的小藝術(shù)社區(qū)，叫新士麥那海灘。

Judithe （painter）： My name is Judithe Hernández， I was born with a brush in my hand. Its one of those situations where I had no choice. I never had any other ambition but to be an artist.

Eugenia： I was a journalist. I started doing 1）freelance writing， but you begin to like to turn 300 words into 300 pages， and when that happens， youve got a book on your hands.

Margaret： I was looking for something to do that really would engage me after I retired from dance. As a 2）rank beginner I went into a foundation art course， where I was taught to draw， and I found from day one that I was absolutely hooked.

Audrey： My art came about as a search for a healing process. My mother was murdered， along with one of her employees， and I spent about 10 years searching for a way to heal and relieve the anger and all of the emotions that were inside of me from this experience.

Henry： You know， your experience creates the narrative， you know， I mean sometimes you might， like a writer or anybody else， you 3）incorporate the past. If youre writin a song， youre writin about experience. Some people say，“Well， you know， you gotta pay your dues.” Well， what theyre， I think what theyre referring to is your past.

Eugenia： The more you do， the more you find your own rhythm， your own style， and Im not sure that age makes the difference， but I think you just have to put in those hours.

Audrey： You can think your way out of a lot of things， and you really dont want to think too much about it. You want to just do it.

Margaret： Never feel 4）intimidated. People always say， “Oh， I cant draw，” and Ive seen people in art school， other students that I was with， who I thought， “Wow， really， maybe， you know， you have a long way to go，” But， guess what， in a few months， in a year， theyd be someplace else and Id say， “Wow！” Its something anyone can learn to do. Judithe： If its the only thing you really would be happy spending your life doing， then thats what you ought to be doing.

Henry： I think its important to allow yourself to be vulnerable and 5）impressionable and just receptive. Joanne： Bob Hope used to say， “Tell a hundred jokes a minute and theyll laugh at at least one.”

Henry： Just live your life and just， thats all. Youre only here one time. Just go for it. Really， just go for it.

Eugenia： Its never too late to start. Dont be discouraged about rejections. Youve got many years ahead of you， which is wonderful.

朱迪思（畫家）：我叫朱迪思·赫南德斯，我天生就是畫畫的，我別無(wú)選擇。我從來(lái)沒(méi)有想過(guò)從事其他事業(yè)，我只想成為一名藝術(shù)家。

尤金妮亞：我以前是個(gè)記者。我一開始是自由撰稿人，可如果你開始喜歡把300字轉(zhuǎn)為300頁(yè)文章時(shí)，到那時(shí)候，你就寫成一本書了。

瑪格麗特：在我從舞蹈界引退之后，我開始找一些真正感興趣的事情做。作為一個(gè)新手，我開始學(xué)習(xí)基礎(chǔ)的藝術(shù)課程，我在那里學(xué)習(xí)畫畫，從第一天開始我就發(fā)現(xiàn)，我真的很喜歡畫畫。

奧德麗：我從事藝術(shù)是因?yàn)槲野阉?dāng)作一個(gè)療傷的過(guò)程。我媽媽和她的一個(gè)員工一起被殺害了。我花了10年的時(shí)間去尋找一個(gè)途徑來(lái)治愈我內(nèi)心的傷痛，釋放那次經(jīng)歷給我內(nèi)心帶來(lái)的憤怒和其他的負(fù)面情緒。

亨利：你知道，一個(gè)人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)就是一個(gè)故事，你知道，我的意思是，有時(shí)你可以，像一個(gè)作家或任何其他人一樣，將過(guò)去融入作品中。如果你在寫一首歌，其實(shí)你是在書寫經(jīng)歷。有些人說(shuō)，“嗯，你知道，你必須為此付出?！边?，那是什么呢，我想他們指的是你的過(guò)去。

尤金妮亞：你做得越多，你越能找到自己的節(jié)拍，你自己的風(fēng)格，我不覺(jué)得這跟年齡有多大的關(guān)系，但我認(rèn)為你只需要為此付諸行動(dòng)。

奧德麗：你可以從許多事情中總結(jié)自己的方法，你也不必為此想太多，你需要做的只是去實(shí)踐。

瑪格麗特：永遠(yuǎn)不要感到害怕。人們經(jīng)常說(shuō)，“噢，我不會(huì)畫畫”，我看到在藝術(shù)學(xué)校的人，那些和我一起學(xué)習(xí)的其他學(xué)生會(huì)這樣說(shuō)。我想，“哇，真的，也許，你知道，你還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走?！钡牵悴略趺粗?，在數(shù)個(gè)月里，在一年內(nèi)，他們的水平就到了另外一重境界，然后我會(huì)說(shuō)，“哇！”這是任何人都可以學(xué)會(huì)的。

朱迪思：如果這是你唯一真正喜歡做的事情，那么那就是你應(yīng)該做的事情。

亨利：我認(rèn)為，承認(rèn)自己很脆弱、敏感是很重要的，要保持一個(gè)開放的心態(tài)。

喬安妮：鮑勃·霍普（譯者注：美國(guó)喜劇和電影演員）曾說(shuō)，“一分鐘內(nèi)講一百個(gè)笑話，至少會(huì)有一個(gè)讓他們大笑?！?/p>

亨利：過(guò)自己的生活，就僅僅如此。人只能活一次，去追求吧，真的，去為之奮斗吧。

尤金妮亞：只要去做從不為晚。不要被拒絕挫敗，美好的人生還很漫長(zhǎng)。