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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.63,0:00:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider it my life's mission
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.88,0:00:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convey the urgency\Nof climate change through my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.96,0:00:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've traveled north to the Arctic\Nto the capture the unfolding story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.73,0:00:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of polar melt,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.23,0:00:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and south to the Equator to document\Nthe subsequent rising seas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.90,0:00:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most recently, I visited\Nthe icy coast of Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.62,0:00:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the low-lying islands of the Maldives,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.51,0:00:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connecting two seemingly disparate\Nbut equally endangered
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.01,0:00:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.50,0:00:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My drawings explore moments\Nof transition, turbulence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.57,0:00:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tranquility in the landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.31,0:00:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing viewers to emotionally connect
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a place you might never\Nhave the chance to visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.18,0:00:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose to convey the beauty\Nas opposed to the devastation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.23,0:00:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can experience the sublimity\Nof these landscapes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.69,0:01:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps you'll be inspired\Nto protect and preserve them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.54,0:01:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behavioral psychology tells us\Nthat we take action
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.94,0:01:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make decisions based\Non our emotions above all else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.50,0:01:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And studies have shown\Nthat art impacts our emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more effectively than a scary news report.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.19,0:01:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experts predict ice-free Arctic summers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.66,0:01:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as early as 2020.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.52,0:01:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sea levels are likely to rise\Nbetween two and ten feet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.71,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by century's end.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.36,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dedicated my career\Nto illuminating these projections
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.06,0:01:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an accessible medium,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.15,0:01:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that moves us in a way\Nthat statistics may not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.68,0:01:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My process begins\Nwith traveling to the places
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.39,0:01:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the forefront of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.71,0:01:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On-site, I take thousands of photographs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.70,0:01:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the studio,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work from both my memory\Nof the experience and the photographs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.25,0:01:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create very large-scale compositions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.53,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes over 10 feet wide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.41,0:02:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I draw with soft pastel, which is dry\Nlike charcoal, but colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.46,0:02:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider my work drawings,\Nbut others call them painting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.20,0:02:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cringe, though, when I'm referred to\Nas a "finger painter."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.25,0:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.39,0:02:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't use any tools
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have always used\Nmy fingers and palms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.22,0:02:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to manipulate the pigment on the paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.99,0:02:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drawing is a form of meditation for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.35,0:02:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It quiets my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't perceive what I'm drawing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.27,0:02:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as ice or water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, the image is stripped down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.15,0:02:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to its most basic form of color and shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.96,0:02:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the piece is complete,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.33,0:02:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can finally experience\Nthe composition as a whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.49,0:02:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an iceberg floating\Nthrough glassy water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.08,0:02:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a wave cresting with foam.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.88,0:02:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On average, a piece this size\Ntakes me about,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.83,0:02:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you can see, 10 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:02:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.35,0:03:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.34,0:03:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, more like 200 hours,\N250 hours for something that size.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.82,0:03:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've been drawing ever since\NI could hold a crayon, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.82,0:03:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom was an artist, and growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.76,0:03:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we always had art supplies\Nall over the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.27,0:03:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's love of photography
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.85,0:03:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,propelled her to the most\Nremote regions of the Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.40,0:03:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my family and I were fortunate enough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.84,0:03:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join and support her\Non these adventures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.14,0:03:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rode camels in Northern Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.87,0:03:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mushed on dog sleds\Nnear the North Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.87,0:03:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August of 2012,\NI led my first expedition,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.09,0:03:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking a group of artists and scholars\Nup the northwest coast of Greenland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.23,0:03:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was originally\Nsupposed to lead this trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.15,0:03:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She and I were in the early\Nstages of planning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.88,0:03:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we had intended to go together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.47,0:03:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she fell victim to a brain tumor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.81,0:03:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cancer quickly took over\Nher body and mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.83,0:04:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she passed away six months later.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.11,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the months of her illness, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.12,0:04:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her dedication to the expedition\Nnever wavered, and I made a promise
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.64,0:04:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to carry out her final journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.37,0:04:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother's passion for the Arctic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.54,0:04:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,echoed through my experience in Greenland,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.94,0:04:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt the power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.94,0:04:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fragility of the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.74,0:04:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sheer size of the icebergs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.42,0:04:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is humbling.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.17,0:04:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ice fields are alive\Nwith movement and sound
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.62,0:04:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that I never expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.28,0:04:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I expanded the scale of my compositions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.56,0:04:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you that same sense of awe\Nthat I experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.02,0:04:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, while the grandeur\Nof the ice is evident,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.74,0:04:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, too, is its vulnerability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.04,0:04:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From our boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.28,0:04:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see the ice sweating\Nunder the unseasonably warm sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.94,0:05:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a chance to visit\Nmany of the Inuit communities in Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.53,0:05:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that now face huge challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.38,0:05:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The locals spoke to me\Nof vast areas of sea ice
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.72,0:05:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are no longer\Nfreezing over as they once did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.43,0:05:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And without ice, their hunting\Nand harvesting grounds
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.53,0:05:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are severely diminished,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.32,0:05:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatening their way\Nof life and survival.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.62,0:05:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The melting glaciers in Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.54,0:05:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are one of the largest\Ncontributing factors to rising sea levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.90,0:05:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have already begun to drown
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.04,0:05:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of our world's lowest-lying islands.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.94,0:05:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One year after my trip to Greenland,\NI visited the Maldives,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.14,0:05:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lowest and flattest country\Nin the entire world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.75,0:05:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was there, I collected\Nimages and inspiration
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.81,0:05:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a new body of work:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.07,0:05:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawings of waves lapping\Non the coast of a nation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.13,0:05:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could be entirely underwater\Nwithin this century.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.48,0:06:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Devastating events happen every day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.05,0:06:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on scales both global and personal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.84,0:06:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in Greenland,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.13,0:06:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I scattered my mother's ashes\Namidst the melting ice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.74,0:06:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she remains a part\Nof the landscape she loved so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.85,0:06:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as it, too, passes\Nand takes on new form.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.10,0:06:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among the many gifts my mother gave me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.89,0:06:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the ability to focus on the positive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.91,0:06:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.08,0:06:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My drawings celebrate the beauty\Nof what we all stand to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.84,0:06:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope they can serve as records\Nof sublime landscapes in flux,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.66,0:06:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documenting the transition\Nand inspiring our global community
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.31,0:06:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take action for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.10,0:06:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.33,0:06:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)