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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.84,0:00:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider it my life's mission
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.88,0:00:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convey the urgency\Nof climate change through my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.15,0:00:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've traveled north to the Arctic\Nto the capture the unfolding story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.73,0:00:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of polar melt,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.28,0:00:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and south to the equator to document\Nthe subsequent rising seas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.74,0:00:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most recently, I visited\Nthe icy coast of Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.46,0:00:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the low-lying islands of the Maldives,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.40,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connecting two seemingly disparate\Nbut equally endangered
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.58,0:00:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.67,0:00:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My drawings explore moments
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.34,0:00:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of transition, turbulence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.34,0:00:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tranquility in the landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.31,0:00:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing viewers to emotionally connect
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a place you might never have\Nthe chance to visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.37,0:00:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose to convey the beauty
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.39,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to the devastation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can experience
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.22,0:00:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sublimity of these landscapes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.89,0:01:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps you'll be inspired\Nto protect and preserve them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.62,0:01:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behavioral psychology tells us\Nthat we take action
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.02,0:01:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make decisions based\Non our emotions above all else,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.50,0:01:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and studies have shown that art\Nimpacts our emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more effectively than a scary news report.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.37,0:01:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experts predict ice-free Arctic summers\Nas early as 2020,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.51,0:01:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sea levels are likely to rise\Nbetween two and 10 feet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.30,0:01:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by century's end.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.51,0:01:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dedicated my career\Nto illuminating these projections
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.71,0:01:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an accessible medium,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.31,0:01:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that moves us in a way\Nthat statistics may not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.91,0:01:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My process begins with traveling\Nto the places
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.53,0:01:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the forefront of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.85,0:01:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On site, I take thousands of photographs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.57,0:01:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and back in the studio, I work\Nfrom both my memory of the experience
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.96,0:01:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the photographs to create\Nvery large-scale compositions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.65,0:02:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes over 10 feet wide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.41,0:02:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I draw with soft pastel, which is dry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.24,0:02:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like charcoal, but colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.52,0:02:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider my work drawings,\Nbut others call them painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.24,0:02:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cringe, though, when I'm referred to\Nas a "finger painter."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.46,0:02:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.90,0:02:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't use any tools and I\Nhave always used my fingers and palms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.22,0:02:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to manipulate the pigment on the paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.66,0:02:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drawing is a form of meditation for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.21,0:02:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It quiets my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't perceive what I'm drawing\Nas ice or water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.73,0:02:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, the image is stripped down\Nto its most basic form of color and shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.35,0:02:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the piece is complete, I can finally\Nexperience the composition as a whole
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.48,0:02:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an iceberg floating\Nthrough glassy water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.25,0:02:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a wave cresting with foam.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.47,0:02:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On average, a piece this size
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.59,0:02:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes me about,\Nas you can see, 10 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.98,0:03:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.76,0:03:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really more like 200 hours,\N250 hours for something that size.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.98,0:03:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've been drawing ever since\NI could hold a crayon, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.79,0:03:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom was an artist, and growing up,\Nwe always had art supplies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.32,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's love of photography\Npropelled her to the most
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.76,0:03:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remote regions of the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.40,0:03:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family and I were fortunate enough\Nto join and support her
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.26,0:03:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on these adventures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.05,0:03:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rode camels in northern Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.02,0:03:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mushing on dog sleds\Nnear the North Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.99,0:03:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August of 2012,\NI led my first expedition,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.14,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a group of artists and scholars\Nup the northwest coast of Greenland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was originally\Nsupposed to lead this trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.36,0:03:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She and I were in\Nthe early stages of planning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.98,0:03:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we had intended to go together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.28,0:03:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she fell victim to a brain tumor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.04,0:03:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cancer quickly took over\Nher body and mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.94,0:04:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she passed away six months later.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.80,0:04:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the months of her illness, though,\Nher dedication to the expedition
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.74,0:04:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never wavered, and I made a promise\Nto carry out her final journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.55,0:04:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's passion for the Arctic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.38,0:04:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,echoed through my experience in Greenland,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.82,0:04:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt the power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.77,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fragility of the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.20,0:04:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sheer size of the icebergs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.57,0:04:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is humbling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.36,0:04:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ice fields are alive with movement\Nand sound in a way that I never expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.16,0:04:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expanded the scale of my compositions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.56,0:04:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you that same sense of awe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.97,0:04:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.27,0:04:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, while the grandeur\Nof the ice is evident,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.87,0:04:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so too is its vulnerability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.33,0:04:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From our boat, I could see the ice
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.18,0:04:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweating under the unseasonably warm sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.83,0:05:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a chance to visit\Nmany of the Inuit communities in Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.57,0:05:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that now face huge challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.33,0:05:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The locals spoke to me\Nof vast areas of sea ice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.72,0:05:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are no longer freezing over\Nas they once did,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.58,0:05:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without ice, their hunting\Nand harvesting grounds
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.41,0:05:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are severely diminished,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.48,0:05:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatening their way\Nof life and survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.45,0:05:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The melting glaciers in Greenland are\None of the largest contributing factors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.74,0:05:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rising sea levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.90,0:05:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have already begun to drown\Nsome of our world's lowest lying islands.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year after my trip to Greenland,\NI visited the Maldives,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.33,0:05:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lowest and flattest country\Nin the entire world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.88,0:05:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was there, I collected\Nimages and inspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.27,0:05:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a new body of work:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.29,0:05:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawings of waves lapping\Non the coast of a nation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.11,0:05:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be entirely underwater\Nwithin this century.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.78,0:06:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Devastating events happen every day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.21,0:06:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on scales both global and personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.12,0:06:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in Greenland,\NI scattered my mother's ashes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.06,0:06:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amidst the melting ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.97,0:06:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she remains a part\Nof the landscape she loved so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.80,0:06:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as it too passes\Nand takes on new form.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.18,0:06:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the many gifts my mother gave me\Nwas the ability to focus on the positive
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.22,0:06:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.17,0:06:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My drawings celebrate the beauty\Nof what we all stand to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.04,0:06:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope they conserve as records\Nof sublime landscapes in flux,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.66,0:06:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting the transition\Nand inspiring our global community
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.45,0:06:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take action for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.32,0:06:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.97,0:06:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)