Beth Malone: How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)
Beth Malone: Hogyan változtatta meg apám demenciája gondolkodásomat a halálról (és az életről)?
TED Resident Beth Malone brings bold art to public spaces across the US, encouraging artists to have a sense of humor, to be vulnerable and take creative risks. Full bio
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that hits people in their 50s or 60s.
ami az 50-60 éveseknél jellemző.
someone's personality,
az ember személyiségét,
with his own hands.
with the falsetto singing voice
a fejhangjával
for round-the-clock care
felügyeletet kapjon
and I made the mistake
elkövettük azt a hibát
and afternoon art classes
és délutáni művészfoglalkozásaik
everybody with cutlery.
the curtains off the wall,
to throw plants out the window.
kidobni az ablakon.
the old ladies out of their wheelchairs."
kirángatta a tolószékéből."
a bunch of state-run facilities
állami intézetet
specifically for people with dementia.
kifejezetten demenciás betegeknek.
on the ground wearing a onesie --
és kezeslábast viselt --
that zip in the back.
aminek a hátán van a cipzár.
as he yanked at it,
ahogy rángatta,
kényszerzubbonynak tűnt.
coming out of the pit of my belly.
hogy az apám,
was worth living anymore.
érdemes lenne élni?
to prioritize productivity.
hogy a produktivitás legyen az első.
an Adonis in this case --
ez esetben egy Adonisz --
in the way we expect him to be,
úgy, ahogy elvárnánk tőle,
was that my dad was being tortured
hogy apámat megkínozták,
the vessel of that torture.
I'm going to kill Dad.
meg fogom ölni Apát.
to live the rest of your life
how to buy heroin."
about his death a lot.
a haláláról.
about death when we were all healthy.
róla, mikor még mind egészségesek voltunk
and then a support group,
aztán egy segítő csoportba,
when they're worried about loved ones.
mikor szeretteikért aggódnak.
and it's OK to go when you're ready.
s ha készen állsz, mehetsz.
on the ground in the onesie.
a kezeslábasában.
and just kind of looking at the ground.
mintha csak a földet bámulná.
about nothing in particular,
csak úgy, lényegtelen dolgokról,
he sneezed from the ginger ale.
és ő tüsszentett a gyömbérsörtől.
it jerked his body upright,
felegyenesítette a testét,
and sparking, over and over and over again
és kiegyenesedett, újra, meg újra.
and he was looking at me,
because I'm just a mess.
mert csak zűrzavar volt bennem .
he seemed kind of OK.
nagyjából úgy tűnt, rendben van.
was still attached to his body.
még mindig kapcsolatban van a testével.
rajta és magamon,
as father and daughter.
mint apa és lánya.
ahogy mindig is tettük.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Beth Malone - Social entrepreneur, artistTED Resident Beth Malone brings bold art to public spaces across the US, encouraging artists to have a sense of humor, to be vulnerable and take creative risks.
Why you should listen
Beth Malone is executive director and partner at Dashboard US, an award-winning, experimental creative agency. Dashboard has presented exhibitions and special artist projects in cities around the country including New York, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Detroit. Dashboard has commissioned new, nontraditional works from over 200 artists.
Malone encourages artists to have a sense of humor, to be vulnerable and take creative risks, a practice she employed for herself when processing illness, caretaking and death. In 2014, she and her dad were sitting on a couch in a psychiatric hospital in Atlanta, GA. He looked at her and said, "I’m gonna be lost after this. After this, I’m gonna be gone." In August 2017, her dad passed away from frontotemporal lobe dementia -- just two months after she gave her TED Talk. It was a good death.
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