ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

More profile about the speaker
Rives | Speaker | TED.com
TED2008

Rives: A story of mixed emoticons

Ривс раскажува приказна за измешани емотикони.

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Ривс, ѕвездата на специјална емисија на Браво Ајроник Ајконик Америка („Ironic Iconic America“ - „Иронична, иконична Америка“), раскажува кратка весело-тажна типографска бајка.
- Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life. Full bio

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This means, "I'm smiling."
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Ова значи се смеам.
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So does that.
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Ова исто така.
00:27
This means "mouse."
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Ова е глушец.
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"Cat."
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Мачка.
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Here we have a story.
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Овде имаме приказна.
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The start of the story, where this means guy,
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На нејзиниот почеток, ова означува момче,
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and that is a ponytail on a passer-by.
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а ова е репче на минувачка.
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Here's where it happens.
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Овде се случува.
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These are when.
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А овие кажуваат кога.
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This is a cassette tape the girl puts into her cassette-tape player.
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Ова е лентата што девојката ја става во својот касетофон.
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She wears it every day.
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Го носи секој ден.
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It's not considered vintage --
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Не се смета за ретро --
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she just likes certain music to sound a certain way.
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таа само сака одредена музика да има одреден звук.
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Look at her posture; it's remarkable.
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Погледнете го нејзиното држење. Тоа е забележително.
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That's because she dances.
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Тоа е така бидејќи таа танцува.
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Now he, the guy, takes all of this in, figuring,
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Сега тој, момчето, го гледа сето ова, размислува,
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"Honestly, geez, what are my chances?"
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„Искрено, кои се моите шанси?“
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(Laughter)
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(Смеа)
01:08
And he could say, "Oh my God!"
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И тој може да рече, „О, мој господе!“
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or "I heart you!"
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или „Те сакам!“
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"I'm laughing out loud."
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Се смеам на глас.
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"I want to give you a hug."
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Сакам да те гушнам.
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But he comes up with that, you know.
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Но само го смислува ова, знаете.
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He tells her, "I'd like to hand-paint your portrait on a coffee mug."
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Ѝ вели: „Сакам да го нацртам твојот портрет на шолја за кафе.“
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(Laughter)
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(Смеа)
01:25
Put a crab inside it.
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Стави рак внатре.
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Add some water.
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Додај вода.
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Seven different salts.
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Седум различни соли.
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He means he's got this sudden notion to stand on dry land,
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Сака да каже дека наеднаш се почуствувал дека е на сигурно тло,
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but just panhandle at the ocean.
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но само моли од океанот.
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He says, "You look like a mermaid, but you walk like a waltz."
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Вели: „Личиш на сирена, одиш како валцер.“
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And the girl goes, "Wha'?"
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А девоката вели: „Ш'o?“
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So, the guy replies, "Yeah, I know, I know.
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И тој одговара: „Да, знам знам.
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I think my heartbeat might be the Morse code for inappropriate.
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Ми се чини дека срцето ми лупа со морзеова азбука за незгодно.
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At least, that's how it seems.
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Или барем така се чини.
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I'm like a junior varsity cheerleader sometimes --
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Понекогаш сум како млада универзитетска навивачка --
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for swearing, awkward silences, and very simple rhyme schemes.
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за пцуење, незгодни тишини и прости рими.
02:03
Right now, talking to you, I'm not even really a guy.
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Сега, додека зборувам со тебе, не сум ни момче.
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I'm a monkey --
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Туку мајмун,
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(Laughter) --
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(Смеа)
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blowing kisses
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кој праќа бакнежи
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at a butterfly.
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на пеперутка.
02:15
But I'm still suggesting you and I should meet.
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Но уште мислам дека ти и јас треба да се сретнеме.
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First, soon, and then a lot.
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Сега брзо, а потоа често.
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I'm thinking the southwest corner of 5th and 42nd at noon tomorrow,
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На југозападниот агол на 5-тата и 42-рата улица утре на пладне,
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but I'll stay until you show up, ponytail or not.
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но ќе чекам додека дојдеш, со или без репче.
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Hell, ponytail alone.
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Па дури и само репче.
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I don't know what else to tell you.
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Не знам што друго да ти кажам.
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I got a pencil you can borrow.
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Имам молив што може да го позајмиш.
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You can put it in your phone."
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Можеш да го ставиш во твојот телефон.“
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But the girl does not budge, does not smile, does not frown.
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Но, девојката не мрда, не се смее, не се мурти.
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She just says, "No thank you."
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„Не благодарам“
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You know?
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Знаеш?
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[ "i don't need 2 write it down." ]
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[ " не морам да го напишам ова." ]
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(Applause)
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(Аплауз)
Translated by Novica Nakov
Reviewed by Ivana Stoilkovska

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rives - Performance poet, multimedia artist
Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0 poet," using images, video and technology to bring his words to life.

Why you should listen

Part poet, part storyteller, part philosopher, Rives is the co-host of TEDActive as well as a frequent TED speaker. On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. Chimborazo.

A regular on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Rives also starred alongside model Bar Refaeli in the 2008 Bravo special Ironic Iconic America, touring the United States on a "roller coaster ride through the eye-popping panorama of American pop culture." Flat pages can't contain his storytelling, even when paper is his medium. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. 

His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.  

More profile about the speaker
Rives | Speaker | TED.com

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