Beth Malone: How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)
Бет Малоун: Как деменция моего папы изменила моё отношение к смерти (и к жизни)
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.
в возрасте 50–60 лет.
someone's personality,
или сделать их жестокими.
ему стало настолько плохо,
выселить его из дома —
with his own hands.
with the falsetto singing voice
поющий фальцетом,
for round-the-clock care
в учреждение круглосуточного ухода,
and I made the mistake
допустили ошибку,
and afternoon art classes
everybody with cutlery.
the curtains off the wall,
to throw plants out the window.
the old ladies out of their wheelchairs."
из инвалидных кресел».
a bunch of state-run facilities
в дома престарелых,
specifically for people with dementia.
для больных деменцией.
on the ground wearing a onesie --
на полу в комбинезоне —
that zip in the back.
as he yanked at it,
как он вырывался,
coming out of the pit of my belly.
was worth living anymore.
всё ещё имеет ценность.
to prioritize productivity.
предпочитать продуктивность.
an Adonis in this case --
Адонис в нашем случае —
in the way we expect him to be,
как нам бы хотелось,
was that my dad was being tortured
что мой отец подвергался пыткам,
the vessel of that torture.
I'm going to kill Dad.
я убью своего отца.
to live the rest of your life
how to buy heroin."
about his death a lot.
мы много говорим об его смерти.
about death when we were all healthy.
когда мы все были здоровы.
с помощью героина,
and then a support group,
when they're worried about loved ones.
когда переживают за любимых.
and it's OK to go when you're ready.
ты можешь уйти, когда будешь готов».
on the ground in the onesie.
на полу в комбинезоне.
and just kind of looking at the ground.
уставившись на землю.
about nothing in particular,
he sneezed from the ginger ale.
it jerked his body upright,
and sparking, over and over and over again
снова и снова,
and he was looking at me,
и он смотрел на меня,
because I'm just a mess.
he seemed kind of OK.
он казался нормальным.
was still attached to his body.
до сих пор был привязан к телу.
помочь ему и себе —
as father and daughter.
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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