Monica Byrne: A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram
مونيكا بيرن: رؤية خيالية للحب لفتاة ثلاثة الأبعاد عمرعا 318 عام
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can. Full bio
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and trust that you're there.
in the sand in front of me
في الرمال
and look like I'm floating in midair.
عائمة في الجو.
where your stage used to be.
المسرح أن يكون فيه.
is a creator's worst enemy.
أسوء الأعداء.
her to design something
تصميم شيء
in 23rd-century Cairo.
القرن 23 في مصر.
that another resident left behind.
أحد المقيمين وراءها.
creation needs constraint."
الابتكار يحتاج قيودا."
about my greatest discovery.
has been eternal life,
الأبديّة،
that your research will pay off.
ستؤتي ثمارها.
is now 432 years,
432 سنة،
the human lifespan indefinitely.
عمر الإنسان إلى أجل غير مسمى.
where we'll be content.
the longer we want to live,
كلّما أردنا أن نعيش أكثر.
take out a boat on Europa
ركوب قارب على أوروبا
all over the planet,
في جميع أنحاء الكوكب،
that you can stay and visit
يمكنك البقاء فيها وزيارتها
where there's just one songwriter
حيث يوجد فقط كاتب أغاني
where there's no one
حيث لا يوجد أحد
of touching your foot to sand
بإحسال لمس رجليك لرمال
in the Northeast.
with my naked eye.
and Ramachandran on the Equator.
وراماشاندران على خط الاستواء.
each other in Azadi Square,
بعضنا البعض في ساحة آزادي،
or introducing herself or anything,
أو أي شيء،
we didn't just pass through each other?"
فقط بجانب بعضنا ؟"
"Who the hell are you?"
"من أنتِ؟"
between elementary particles
بين الجسيمات الأولية
that also has the properties of mass,
خصائص الكتلة،
"I thought you'd say that.
"تبادر إلي إنك ستفكرين هكذا،
so that particles have mass.
كتلة.
each other at the speed of light
بسرعة الضوء
climbing up into a mountain range together
مجموعة من الجبال
constellations of words
مجموعة من الكلمات
as soon as we made them,
and go on to the next thing, on and up.
وننتقل إلى الأمر الموالي، وهكذا.
was like we were always making bread,
كان مثل إعداد الخبز،
adding in a little more flour
المزيد من الدقيق بكمية صغيرة،
Navid's obsession was touch.
كان هاجس نافيد اللمس.
down over my face so slowly
إلى أسفل وجهي ببطء شديد
the difference between her body and mine.
الفرق بين جسدها وجسدي.
and dig her shoulder into mine
نحو كتفي
this feel so good?"
يبدو هذا جيدا جدا؟ "
for her facetious question,
لأسلتها الطريفة،
its constraints,
the future is going to be like
أنه سيكون عليه المستقبل
humans could freeze themselves
أن البشريمكنهم تجميد أنفسهم
humans could replace organs
استبدال الأغضاء
ماتوا على أي حالِ.
is the only place people live.
المكان الوحيد الذي يعيش فيه الناس.
people come to die.
الناس ليموتوا فيه.
what everyone does,
الجميع،
and send her to Earth,
would have to look at her
or think about her and her ...
her actual physical body.
was fascinated by it,
كانت مفتونة بذلك،
day by day, independent of her will.
بعد يوم، مستقلة بإراداتها.
just before we left, said,
قالنا قبل مغادرتنا،
like you think your love is that special."
كأنك تعتقدين أن حبك مميز ".
that Navid said to me
is subject to entropy.
يخضع إلى الانتروبيا.
in this universe without mass.
في هذا الكون من دون كتلة.
حاولت كل شيء.
where the Higgs field was altered.
حيث يتغيير مجال هيغز.
subatomic movements in my body
الحركات دون الذرية في جسدي
was to create a coil dimension
حول إنشاء بعد لفاف
in which time moved infinitely slower,
ببطء شديد،
to move in normal time.
في التوقيت العادي.
in our universe as a hologram --
ثلاثية الأبعاد
ما فعلت،
almost normally to all eyes,
عادة تقريبة من كل العيون،
Navid loved most,
الذي تحبه نافيد كثيرا،
in blue and violet blooms on the insides,
من الداخل،
and further apart,
only because it ends.
فقط لأنها تنتهي.
they allow perfect freedom.
تسمح بحريّة كاملة ومثالية.
here this morning.
هنا هذا الصباح.
who passed by what it felt like,
بما شعرعند تجربته ذلك،
like melted butter.
مثل الزبدة الذائبة.
but the space you give me.
لكن المساحة التي تعطيها لي.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Monica Byrne - Author and playwrightNovelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne thinks that there's an infinite number of stories to tell, and she intends to tell as many as she can.
Why you should listen
Novelist, writer, culture critic and playwright Monica Byrne deftly avoids the traps of conventional fiction by inventing mold-breaking characters who express themselves in surprising ways. Her first novel, The Girl in the Road, has garnered acclaim both inside and outside the spheres of science fiction.
In addition to her work on her new novel The Actual Star, Byrne is a resident playwright at Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in Durham, NC. Her story "Blue Nowruz" was commissioned for TED2015 by Neil Gaiman. She holds degrees in biochemistry from MIT and Wellesley.
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