第2897期:A man who lives in nature

I relish the day after the burn, when I get to come and clean it up and walk away from a black stain.

这里烧过稻草后的第二天，我会过来打扫干净，然后远离那片焦黑的痕迹。

It's great. I mean, something happened and there's a tiny black stain on the earth where it happened. Very simply, it makes me happy. I love it.

太棒了，有事情发生了，事发地点会在地球上留下一个小小的黑色污渍。简单来说，这让我感到快乐。我爱极了。

My name is Joe Pachak. I'm an artist. I love to do sculpture.

我叫乔·佩查克。我是一位艺术家。我喜欢雕塑。

Every year, I make a very large piece of sculpture and on December 21st, at a very important time, Winter Solstice, the beginning of the astronomical year,

每年我都会制作一件很大的雕塑，并在12月21日冬至这个重要时刻，也就是天文年的开端，

I set fire to it as a spiritual event connected to the science of our relationship between Sun and Earth.

将其点燃，以此作为连接太阳与地球关系的科学精神仪式。

When you start a new year like that, your spirit is raised.

当你以这样的方式开启新的一年时，你的精神会为之振奋。

We're seeing a pecked route out that was done a very long time ago.

我们看到的是一条很久以前凿出的路线。

And I'm counting one two three four five six seven eight nine pecked steps going up right here.

一二三四五六七八九，从这里往上爬。

Utah is a very rich place for prehistoric culture. It is right on the crest of the earth everywhere. 

犹他州是史前文化非常丰富的地方，它恰好位于地球各处之巅。