Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy: How we became sisters
فيليس بيللي وجينيفر ميرفي: كيف أصبحنا أخوات
Felice Belle consumes and creates stories to make sense of the world and her place in it. She spends her free time solving fictional crimes. Full bioJennifer Murphy - Writer, performer, private investigator
Jennifer Murphy is an award-winning writer, performer and private investigator who spends her time solving crimes -- some real, some imagined. Full bio
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and Jennifer Murphy
from their play "Other Women,"
"نساء أخريات"
by Monica L. Williams,
"مونيكا إل ويليامز"
and Jennifer Murphy.
و"جينيفر مورفي".
of the rest of your life.
عن كامل مستقبلك.
is worth more than it will ever be.
تملكينه أعلى بكثير من أي قيمة مستقبلية له.
bed and breakfast hillside fire pit
وتناولي الفطور بجانب التل
and vineyard view.
وإطلالة حقل العنب.
bags of burgers.
sit at the blackjack table,
اجلسي على طاولة لعب الورق،
هو فعل عميق
and possibly a monster like Loch Ness --
وربما وحش كبحيرة "لوخ نيس"...
When the dream was a notion,
where NASA tested space ships.
قامت "ناسا" باختبار سفن الفضاء.
but it kept being delayed.
لكنه ما زال يتأخر تحققه.
in a bed of wrecked strawberries.
من الفراولة المحطمة.
took endless drives over the grapevine
لا تنتهي فوق حقل العنب
with oranges and silence,
you feared for its life.
فخفتِ على حياته.
on its face and crush it.
to love something so much.
on your neighbor's rose bushes.
على أغصان الورد عند بيت جارك.
reading the "Easter Parade"
يقرأ مسرحية "إيستر بريد"
as a waitress at a restaurant
it had better things to do.
كان عنده أشياء أفضل ليفعلها.
dispatch fleets of messages to God
من الرسائل إلى الله
itself known in daylight.
في وضح النهار.
publish, get rich, publish,
ثم يصبح ثرياً ثم ينشر،
in the backseats of taxis,
في المقاعد الخلفية لسيارات الأجرة،
with the truth.
the dream had you.
بل قد امتلككِ الحلم.
of its plans fell through.
it heard its name being called.
حتى سمع اسمه يُنادى أخيراً.
of sticking around long enough to be seen.
في المكوث بالقرب مدة كافية لتتم رؤيته.
who've waited years for its arrival.
انتظروا وصوله لسنوات.
don't they, your girls?
and belief in you,
"No maps, no idea where we're headed."
ولا فكرة لدينا إلى أين ذاهبون."
cannot believe this is happening,
أن هذا يحدث،
hallucinating with fear,
how we became sisters.
أصبحنا أخوات.
Like we're a married couple.
اثنين متزوجَين.
Poets Café in 1999.
عام 1999.
spent in the audience or on the mic.
بين الجمهور أو على المنصة.
about the poet who killed it.
عن الشاعرة التي أبهرت الجميع.
on the lap of my archnemesis.
على حضن عدوتي اللدود.
with someone you don't like?
size me up and spit me out
before I've said one word.
قبل أن أقول كلمة واحدة.
before investigation" comes to mind.
"تم الرفض قبل إجراء التحقيق".
she believes in science and math,
بالعلم والرياضيات،
with logic, like a man.
lot of fairness and justice,
والكثير من الإنصاف والعدل،
she only plays one onstage.
إنها تمثل دور المحقق على المنصة فحسب.
I say it as a private investigator,
doesn't need a license.
detective work, I learned on TV.
تعلمته من التلفاز.
in the basement of Two Boots pizzeria.
في مطعم "تو بوتس" للبيتزا.
we have a slice.
something I hadn't told anyone.
لم أخبره لأحد من قبل.
with Nacho Velasquez.
مع "ناتشو ڤيلاسكيز".
after I was diagnosed with cancer.
أن تم تشخيصي بالسرطان.
because my family wasn't handy.
لأن عائلتي لم تستطع القدوم.
with carved faces and missing ears.
مجروحة وآذان مقطوعة.
little packets of graham crackers.
وعُلب البسكويت الصغيرة.
sweating through my dress,
والعرق يتصبب على ثوبي.
there is a transit strike.
هجوم عابر.
to Crown Heights
إلى "كراون هايتس"
and this one is key.
وتلك اللحظة من أهمها.
no car service, no bus,
ولا حافلة،
just to be by my side.
I'm having a meltdown."
أنا أمرّ بأزمة نفسية".
Nacho Velasquez,"
around our friendship again.
حيال صداقتنا مجدداً.
and she is in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
وهي في "بيدفورد ستايفيسنت".
and she is in Paris, writing.
وهي في "باريس" تقوم بالكتابة.
sun-glassed and hoodied,
وقميصاً ثقيلاً ذو القبعة،
to the right soundtrack.
المناسبة.
having flashbacks to 9/11,
من حادثة 9/11،
in the North Tower.
you are asleep and she is calling.
أنت نائمة وهي تتصل بك.
your boyfriend, the cop, got shot
تلقى إصابة
the depth and calm of a windless lake.
كبحيرة هادئة.
and remains very quiet and very kind.
على هدوئها ولطفها الشديدَين.
"Let's see each other this week,"
and talk on the phone instead."
على الهاتف بدلاً من ذلك."
reminded me of you,"
ذكرني بكِ"
of her and then you.
guided meditations again,
some spiritual-wisdom-type shit
من نوع الحكمة الروحية
each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
معجزة لا تتكرر.
with the constancy of dawn.
- ما خطبكِ أنتِ؟
JM: What's wrong with you?
would raise their hands and say,
سوف يرفعون أيديهم ويقولون ،
because she was having surgery.
لأنها كانت تخوض عملية جراحية.
on Fulton Street.
two decades, two women, one dream.
امرأتان، وحلمٌ واحد.
and wonderfully made."
you're done with that MFA."
الفنون الجميلة."
thank God that pesky dream is finished,
أن ذلك الحلم المزعج قد انتهى،
to peeling potatoes and shucking corn.
لتقشير البطاطس وتقشير الذرة.
when your play premieres
العروض الأولى
agrees to send out your stories.
أن يرسل قصصك.
romantic and spiritual victories.
والعاطفية والروحية.
of becoming when they grew up.
is poetry to the beloved.
كالشعر بالنسبة للمحبوب.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Felice Belle - Poet, playwright, pop culture enthusiastFelice Belle consumes and creates stories to make sense of the world and her place in it. She spends her free time solving fictional crimes.
Why you should listen
Felice Belle is a poet, playwright and pop culture enthusiast. She has performed at Joe’s Pub, the Apollo Theater and the American Museum of Natural History. Belle was a featured poet at TED’s City2.0 conference and her young audiences play, Game On!, premiered at the Kennedy Center as part of the One Mic: Hip Hop Culture Worldwide festival.
Belle co-wrote and performs alongside Jennifer Murphy in Other Women, a two-woman show about the enduring nature of sisterhood that interrogates ideas about women as artists, lovers, and friends. A unique theatrical experience with stories, poems and images, Other Women invites audiences to choose what’s real, what’s fantasy, and what lies between. Other Women was created by Monica L. Williams and produced by #LoveHustle, a global dialogue and performance series.
Belle holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, an M.A. in Individualized Study from NYU’s Gallatin School and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Long Island University. She spends her free time solving fictional crimes.
Felice Belle | Speaker | TED.com
Jennifer Murphy - Writer, performer, private investigator
Jennifer Murphy is an award-winning writer, performer and private investigator who spends her time solving crimes -- some real, some imagined.
Why you should listen
Jennifer Murphy is an award-winning writer and performer whose work has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies. A recipient of the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award honoring excellence in multicultural literature, she has performed at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, Knitting Factory and The Nuyorican Poets Café, among other performance venues. Murphy also maintains a parallel career as a private investigator, specializing in online investigations and threat monitoring for high-consequence events.
Murphy co-wrote and performs alongside Felice Belle in Other Women, a two-woman show about the enduring nature of sisterhood that interrogates ideas about women as artists, lovers, and friends. A unique theatrical experience with stories, poems and images, Other Women invites audiences to choose what’s real, what's fantasy, and what lies between. Other Women was created by Monica L. Williams and produced by #LoveHustle, a global dialogue and performance series.
Jennifer Murphy | Speaker | TED.com