Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy: How we became sisters
Felis Bel i Dženifer Marfi (Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy): Kako smo postale sestre
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
svoje predstave „Druge žene“,
from their play "Other Women,"
Monika L. Vilijams,
by Monica L. Williams,
and Jennifer Murphy.
Felis Bel i Dženifer Marfi.
of the rest of your life.
za ostatak svog života.
is worth more than it will ever be.
vredi više nego ikada.
u Los Anđelesu,
bed and breakfast hillside fire pit
po brdskim motelima
and vineyard view.
i pogledom na vinograde.
bags of burgers.
sit at the blackjack table,
sedi za sto za blekdžek,
dovoljno stalo da izbaci asa.
koje je, kažu, duboko
and possibly a monster like Loch Ness --
i možda čudovište poput onog iz Loh Nesa -
When the dream was a notion,
where NASA tested space ships.
gde je NASA testirala svemirske brodove.
but it kept being delayed.
ali je stalno odlagan.
in a bed of wrecked strawberries.
iz postelje uništenih jagoda.
took endless drives over the grapevine
beskonačno se vozio kroz vinovu lozu
with oranges and silence,
you feared for its life.
da ste se bojali za njegov život.
on its face and crush it.
na njegovo lice i razbiti ga.
to love something so much.
on your neighbor's rose bushes.
na komšijino žbunje.
reading the "Easter Parade"
i čita „Uskršnju paradu“
as a waitress at a restaurant
kao konobarica u restoranu
it had better things to do.
imao je pametnijeg posla.
dispatch fleets of messages to God
šalje flotu poruka bogu
itself known in daylight.
na svetlosti dana.
publish, get rich, publish,
objavljuje, obogati se, objavljuje,
in the backseats of taxis,
privlačnim muškarcima
with the truth.
the dream had you.
of its plans fell through.
it heard its name being called.
nije čuo da ga zovu po imenu.
of sticking around long enough to be seen.
ostajanja dovoljno dugo da bi ga videli.
who've waited years for its arrival.
čekali njegov dolazak.
don't they, your girls?
zar ne, tvoje devojke?
and belief in you,
"No maps, no idea where we're headed."
bez predstave kuda smo se uputili.“
cannot believe this is happening,
da veruješ da se ovo događa,
hallucinating with fear,
how we became sisters.
kako smo postale sestre.
Like we're a married couple.
Kao da smo venčani par.
Poets Café in 1999.
u Njujorškom kafiću pesnika.
spent in the audience or on the mic.
provodile smo u publici ili za mikrofonom.
about the poet who killed it.
o pesniku koji je rasturio na nastupu.
on the lap of my archnemesis.
mog zakletog neprijatelja.
nećemo biti prijateljice.
with someone you don't like?
sa nekim koga ti ne voliš?
size me up and spit me out
before I've said one word.
pre nego sam i progovorila.
before investigation" comes to mind.
mi pada na pamet.
she believes in science and math,
u nauku i matematiku,
with logic, like a man.
vodi logikom, kao muškarac.
lot of fairness and justice,
mnogo pravičnosti i poštenja;
she only plays one onstage.
već samo glumi detektiva na sceni.
I say it as a private investigator,
govorim to kao privatni detektiv
doesn't need a license.
detective work, I learned on TV.
naučila sam na TV-u.
in the basement of Two Boots pizzeria.
u podrumu picerije „Dve čizme“.
we have a slice.
pojele smo po parče.
something I hadn't told anyone.
nešto što nikom pre nisam rekla.
with Nacho Velasquez.
sa Naćom Velaskezom.
after I was diagnosed with cancer.
nakon što su mi dijagnostifikovali rak.
because my family wasn't handy.
jer moja porodica nije bila pri ruci.
svoju sestru srećniju.
with carved faces and missing ears.
sa licima punim ožiljaka i bez ušiju.
little packets of graham crackers.
male paketiće krekera.
sweating through my dress,
i znojim se kroz haljinu,
iz detinjstva umire.
there is a transit strike.
dešava se štrajk saobraćajnih radnika.
to Crown Heights
do Kraun Hajtsa
and this one is key.
i ovaj je ključan.
no car service, no bus,
just to be by my side.
samo da bi bila uz mene.
I'm having a meltdown."
Naćom Velaskezom?“
Nacho Velasquez,"
around our friendship again.
sa poverenjem u našem prijateljstvu.
and she is in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
a ona je u Bedford-Stajvesantu.
and she is in Paris, writing.
a ona je u Parizu, piše.
sun-glassed and hoodied,
za sunce i kapuljačom,
to the right soundtrack.
having flashbacks to 9/11,
i imaš flešbekove od 11. septembra,
in the North Tower.
u Severnoj kuli,
you are asleep and she is calling.
your boyfriend, the cop, got shot
da je tvoj momak, policajac, upucan
the depth and calm of a windless lake.
i smirenost jezera bez vetra.
and remains very quiet and very kind.
veoma tiha i ljubazna.
"Let's see each other this week,"
da se vidimo ove nedelje“,
and talk on the phone instead."
i umesto toga pričamo telefonom.''
reminded me of you,"
me podsetilo na tebe“,
of her and then you.
na samu sebe, pa onda na tebe.
guided meditations again,
vođenu meditaciju
some spiritual-wisdom-type shit
duhovno-mudrog tipa
each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
svaku minutu kao neponovljvo čudo.
with the constancy of dawn.
sa postojanoću zore.
JM: What's wrong with you?
DžM: Šta nije u redu s tobom?
would raise their hands and say,
sa razrogačenim očima
„Šta se dešava sa vas dve?“
because she was having surgery.
jer je bila na operaciji.
on Fulton Street.
na kiši u ulici Fulton.
two decades, two women, one dream.
dve decenije, dve žene, jedan san.
and wonderfully made."
sa master studijama.“
you're done with that MFA."
hvala bogu da je taj dosadni san gotov.
thank God that pesky dream is finished,
to peeling potatoes and shucking corn.
when your play premieres
tokom premijere svoje predstave
agrees to send out your stories.
pristane da pošalje tvoje priče.
romantic and spiritual victories.
romantične i duhovne pobede.
of becoming when they grew up.
da će postati kada odrastu.
is poetry to the beloved.
poezija je voljenima.
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