Beth Malone: How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)
Бет Мелоун: Як хвороба мого батька змінила моє уявлення про смерть (та життя)
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.
що вражає людей у віці 50 чи 60 років.
someone's personality,
особистість людини,
with his own hands.
власними руками.
with the falsetto singing voice
що володіє тембром гососу фальцет,
for round-the-clock care
з цілодобовим доглядом,
and I made the mistake
and afternoon art classes
та заняття з мистецтва в обід,
everybody with cutlery.
the curtains off the wall,
і скинув штори зі стіни,
to throw plants out the window.
the old ladies out of their wheelchairs."
з інвалідних візків".
a bunch of state-run facilities
по різних державних центрах,
specifically for people with dementia.
спеціально для хворих на деменцію.
on the ground wearing a onesie --
на підлозі в льолі -
that zip in the back.
що застібається на спині.
as he yanked at it,
доки він не тріпнувся,
coming out of the pit of my belly.
що вирвався зсередини.
was worth living anymore.
варте того, щоб жити далі.
to prioritize productivity.
мати продуктивність в пріоритеті.
an Adonis in this case --
красень Адоніс в цьому випадку -
in the way we expect him to be,
як ми очікуємо,
was that my dad was being tortured
як мого батька піддавали тортурам
the vessel of that torture.
камерою для тих тортур.
I'm going to kill Dad.
Я вб'ю татка.
to live the rest of your life
решту свого життя,
how to buy heroin."
як дістати героїн".
about his death a lot.
говоримо про його смерть.
about death when we were all healthy.
коли всі здорові.
and then a support group,
та й група підтримки,
when they're worried about loved ones.
коли хвилюються за близьких.
and it's OK to go when you're ready.
і що він може піти, якщо готовий.
on the ground in the onesie.
в тій же льолі.
and just kind of looking at the ground.
десь на підлогу.
about nothing in particular,
ні про що,
he sneezed from the ginger ale.
він чхнув від імбирного елю.
it jerked his body upright,
and sparking, over and over and over again
та оживати знову і знову,
and he was looking at me,
і він дивився на мене,
то можеш.
because I'm just a mess.
тому що розгубилась.
he seemed kind of OK.
здавалось, що з ним все гаразд.
was still attached to his body.
що його душа все ще була з його тілом.
as father and daughter.
батька та доньки.
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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