By making a line, it's sort of a seismograph of your soul.

畫一條線，就像是你靈魂的地震儀。

I was at Disney for about 38 years and was given an opportunity to animate Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Tarzan, Pocahontas.

我在迪斯尼工作了大約 38 年，有機會為《小美人魚》、《阿拉丁》、《泰山》和《風中奇緣》製作動畫。

These are not drawings.

這些不是圖紙。

These are real characters as they exist in my own life.

這些都是我生活中真實存在的人物。

Picasso said, when I was young, I could draw and paint like Raphael.

畢加索說，當我年輕的時候，我可以像拉斐爾那樣畫畫。

It's taken me a lifetime to learn to draw like a child.

我花了一輩子時間才學會像孩子一樣畫畫。

An artist's spirit is that freedom and fearlessness of being a child.

藝術家的精神就是孩童時代的自由和無畏。

I was planted in the perfect nest to grow up in.

我是在一個完美的巢穴里長大的。

My dad was a cartoonist who created the family circus.

我的父親是一位漫畫家，他創造了家庭馬戲團。

He was a kid.

他還是個孩子。

He was just like a big kid.

他就像一個大孩子。

When my son, Max, was just a little guy, he said, Dad, teach me to draw.

我兒子馬克斯還小的時候，他說，爸爸，教我畫畫吧。

I taught him the same way my dad did.

我用我爸爸的方法教他。

Dad drew circles and then wrote expressions under each one.

爸爸畫了圓圈，然後在每個圓圈下面寫上了表達方式。

Within like a half hour, he came back and they were all filled out.

大概不到半小時，他就回來了，而且都填好了。

Afraid, the eyes are looking in two different directions as if like...

害怕，眼睛望著兩個不同的方向，好像......

The key to doing those drawings was asking yourself, so how do I feel?

畫這些畫的關鍵在於問自己：我感覺如何？

That's the thing that you got to hang on to, that full immersion into the drawing.

這就是你要堅持的東西，完全沉浸在繪畫中。

When I animate, there's a frustration that I have, wishing that the flatness of the paper would go away and that I could actually dive in.

當我製作動畫時，我有一種挫敗感，希望紙張的平整度能夠消失，讓我能夠真正投入其中。

Animating the Beast, I became the Beast.

將野獸動畫化，我就成了野獸。

I remember going home at night and my jaw just hurting because Beast all day is talking like this and my back is all bent over and my neck was sore because I'm being him.

我記得晚上回家，我的下巴都疼了，因為野獸整天都在這樣說話，我的背都彎了，脖子也酸了，因為我被他弄疼了。

I would draw not to do a drawing, but so that I could step in and live in that world.

我不是為了畫畫而畫畫，而是為了能走進那個世界，生活在那個世界裡。

Today, all the rules have changed.

如今，所有規則都已改變。

By putting tools in your hand that can create in virtual reality, I can put goggles on and I just step into the paper and now I'm drawing in it.

我可以戴上護目鏡，走進畫紙，然後在裡面畫畫。

North, south, east, west, all directions are open now.

北、南、東、西，所有方向現在都是開放的。

Just immersing myself in space is more like a dance.

沉浸在太空中更像是在跳舞。

What is this amazing new world I just stepped into?

我剛剛踏入的這個神奇的新世界到底是什麼？

When I draw in virtual reality, I draw all the characters real life size.

當我在虛擬現實中繪畫時，我會把所有角色都畫成真人大小。

They are that size in my imagination.

在我的想象中，它們就是這麼大。

The character can turn.

角色可以轉身。

Ariel is actually turning in space.

實際上，艾莉爾正在太空中轉動。

And even if you take the goggles off, I'm still remembering she's right there.

即使你摘下護目鏡，我仍然記得她就在那裡。

It's real.

這是真的。

That doorway to the imagination is open a little wider.

通往想象力的大門又敞開了一些。

The edges of the paper are no longer there.

紙張的邊緣已不復存在。

This is not a flat drawing.

這不是一幅平面圖。

This is a sculptural drawing.

這是一幅雕塑畫。

Making art in three-dimensional space is an entirely new way of thinking for any artist.

在三維空間中進行藝術創作對任何藝術家來說都是一種全新的思維方式。

What does this mean for storytelling?

這對講故事意味著什麼？

I love the idea as an animator that you can be anything that you can imagine.

作為一名動畫師，我喜歡這樣的想法：你可以成為任何你能想象到的人。

And as a kid, you're completely free.

作為一個孩子，你是完全自由的。

The soul of any kind of a creative art form is freedom. www.mooji.org

任何一種創造性藝術形式的靈魂都是自由。www.mooji.org