Ted-你发现了什么样的美？丨[TED Talk] What do you find beautiful?

一个简单发现美的秘诀x0aDesigner R. Seymour explores our response to beauty and the surprising power of objects that exhibit it....







这是一个相当宽泛的问题，但是请你用一点点时间来思考一下它：你认为何为美？心爱之人的微笑？陌生城市的天际线？异国的风情地貌？还是莫奈的作品？

你可曾问过自己为何会觉得美丽的事物美丽么？你可能问过，但是我们之中的大多数人都会注重表面价值——并且相信我们自己的想法——当在自然环境中寻找美丽的时候。



然而，当涉及到设计的时候——一张沙发，一把椅子，一个花瓶，一个茶壶——我们中的许多人在最初的时候会发出“哦~”的一声惊叹，随后被其中的一些家具牢牢吸引住了目光，但仍然还要面对许多问题。

即使某些东西已经受到了我们的倾慕，我们还是倾向于问一问自己：为什么会喜欢它。我们直接问自己，是什么令自己喜欢它？我们想知道它是否会和其他装饰协调。是否它就是我们所需要的东西。

大部分明智，有用的问题。但是如果你今年真心想要营造一个可以展现自我的温馨而又带有个性的家，那你要确保充斥在你温馨小窝里的物件都是你的真爱，考虑考虑这个秘诀吧：

→在你被某些物品吸引眼球的时候，你首先要产生的是它带给你的感觉是什么，然后才在头脑中产生想法。

你有什么实际的身体反应？这个物件夹杂着怎样的情感？并不是说你能否买得起或者是它能否用来弥补你的其他的物品，而是说你是否做出了一种欣喜的反映呢？

→然后呢？那就跟着你的感觉走吧。

如果你确实觉得它很美，而且确实为你所爱，那就考虑一下要不要把件物品加入到你的装饰中去。当你发现你忽略了这样一件实事，也就是你对你所买的东西没感觉或者并不喜爱，那就考虑重新买一些吧。

我因近期重播的TED Radio Hour: NPR的话题节目《美是什么？》中的一种思考方式（或者说是感觉）而受到了启发，尤其是采访设计师理查德·西摩的部分，他谈及到了这个话题：美的感受。下面就是这段采访副本的摘录（来自TED Radio Hour的主持人居伊·拉兹先生）：

“……我开始问自己这样一个简单的问题，我们是真的认为美还是我们感觉到美？我想，理应是我们感觉到美。



一个故事，一个艺术作品，一个设计产品－我们怎么判断它们是否美丽？为什么这对我们来说如此­重要？设计师理查德·西摩探索人们对美的反应以及事物所展现的惊人力量。

This is a pretty broad question, but take a moment to consider it: What do you find beautiful? A loved one's smile? A foreign city skyline? An exotic landscape? A Monet?

Do you ever question why you find beautiful things beautiful? You might a little, but most of us will take it at face-value — and trust our own opinions — when it comes to finding beauty in a natural setting.

Yet,when it comes to design — a sofa, a chair, a vase, a teapot — many of us still grapple with a lot of questions after the initial "Oooh" moment when we've spotted some decor or furniture piece that catches our eye.

Even when something has clearly grabbed our attention, we tend to question why we like it. We ask ourselves directly what it is that makes us like it. We wonder if it'll fit with our other decor. If it's something we need.

Mostly good, functional and useful questions. But if you really want to create a warm,personal home that reflects who you are this year by making sure you fill it upwith stuff you really love,consider this secret:

→Before you let any thoughts enter into your mind after spotting something that catches your eye, first notice what it is that you're feeling.

What actual physical reactions are you having? Which emotion(s) is this object stirring? Not can you afford it or will it complement your other stuff, but are the physical reactions you're displaying a sign of love?

→Then? Trust that feeling.

If it does feel like beauty and love to you, consider bringing this object into your decor. And reconsider buying something when you find yourself ignoring the fact that you don't have feelings of love or are trying to think yourself into a purchase.

I was inspired by this way of thinking (or rather, feeling) by a recent rebroadcast of the TED Radio Hour NPR podcast episode What is beauty? Specifically the portion that interviewed designer Richard Seymour about his TED Talk, How Beauty Feels. Here's a excerpt of the transcript of that interview(conducted by the TED Radio Hour host Guy Raz):

“...I began to ask myself the simple question is, do we actually think beauty or dowe feel it? I think it's about feeling beauty.”

A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object — how do we tell that something is beautiful? And why does it matter so much to us? Designer Richard Seymour explores our response to beauty and the surprising power of objects that exhibit it.

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