ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Candy Chang - Artist, designer, urban planner
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow.

Why you should listen

Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places. She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public space to improve our communities and help us lead better lives.

Recent projects include Before I Die, where she transformed an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into an interactive wall for people to share their hopes and dreams -- a project The Atlantic called “one of the most creative community projects ever.” Other projects include I Wish This Was, a street art project that invites people to voice what they want in vacant storefronts, and Neighborland, an online tool that helps people self-organize and shape the development of their communities. She is a TED Senior Fellow, an Urban Innovation Fellow, and was named a “Live Your Best Life” Local Hero by Oprah magazine. By combining street art with urban planning and social activism, she has been recognized as a leader in developing new strategies for the design of our cities. She is co-founder of Civic Center, an art and design studio in New Orleans. See more at candychang.com.

Coming up: Before I Die ... the book!

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Ao amin'ny tananany ao Nouvelles-Orléans, i Candy Chang, mpanakanto sady TED Fellow dia nanova trano haolo iray ho lasa solaitra be ahafahana mamaly ilay fanontaniana hoe: « Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te- ___. » Ny valinten'ireo mpiray vodirindrina aminy dia mahagaga, mafonja ary misy mampihomehy, hany ka lasa fitaratra tsy nampoiziny. (Inona ary no valinteninao ?)
- Artist, designer, urban planner
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow. Full bio

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There are a lot of waysfomba the people around us
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can help improvemanatsara our livesfiainana.
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dia afaka manampy amin'ny fanatsarana ny fiainatsika.
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We don't bumpmidona amin- into everyrehetra neighbormpiara-belona,
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Tsy afaka hifanerasera amin'ireo mpifanila-bodirindrina rehetra isika,
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so a lot of wisdomfahendrena never getsmahazo passedlasa on,
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ka maro noho izany ny anatra tsy voampita,
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thoughanefa we do shareanjara the sameihany public-bahoaka spacestoerana.
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na dia samy mampiasa ireo toerana faobe ary isika.
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So over the pastlasa fewvitsy yearstaona, I've triednanandrana waysfomba to shareanjara more
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Nandritra ny taona maro dia nanandrana fomba ahafahana mifandray
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with my neighborsmpifanolobodirindrina in public-bahoaka spacetoerana,
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amin'ireo mpiray tanàna aminà toerana faobe aho,
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usingmampiasa simpletsotra toolsfitaovana like stickersautocollant, stencilsstencils and chalktsaoka.
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amin'ny alalan'ny peta-drindrina sy ny "pochoir" ary ny tsaoka.
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And these projectstetikasa cametonga from questionsfanontaniana I had, like,
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Ireo tetikasa ireo dia teraka rehefa avy nanontany tena aho hoe, toy ny hoe
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how much are my neighborsmpifanolobodirindrina payingfandoavana for theirny apartmentstrano?
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firy amin'ireo mpiray tanàna amiko no mandoa hofan-trano?
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(LaughterNy tsikanikany) How can we lendhampindrana and borrowmindrana more things
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(Hehy) Ahoana no ahafahantsika mampindrana na mindrana zavatra
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withouttsy misy knockingmandondona on eachtsirairay other'sny hafa doorsvaravarana at a badratsy time?
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ka tsy mandondona am-baravaran'ny hafa amin'ny fotoana tsy mety?
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How can we shareanjara more of our memoriesfahatsiarovana
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Ahoana no fomba hifampizarantsika ireo tsiahin'
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of our abandonednandao buildingstrano,
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ireo trano tsy misy mipetraka intsony,
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and gaintombony a better understandingfahazavan-tsaina of our landscapetontolo?
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sy mba hanomezana endrika tsara kokoa ny tanàna?
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And how can we shareanjara more of our hopesfanantenana
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Ary ahoana koa no hifampizarantsika fanantenana
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for our vacantfoana storefrontsstorefronts, so our communitiesfiaraha-monina
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ho an'ireo trano fampirantiana goana, ka ahazoan'ny besinimaro
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can reflecttaratra our needszavatra ilaina and dreamsnofy todayamin'izao fotoana izao?
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mitaratra ny filantsika sy ny nofintsika ankehitriny?
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Now, I livevelona in NewVaovao OrleansOrleans,
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Monina ao Nouvelles-Orléans aho izao,
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and I am in love with NewVaovao OrleansOrleans.
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ary tiako Nouvelles-Orléans.
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My soulfanahy is always soothedmihamalefaka by the giantgoavam-be livevelona oakoaka treeshazo,
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Milamina ery ny fanahiko mahita ireo hazo goavambe toy ny "chêne",
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shadingfanasiana loko loverstia, drunksdrunks and dreamersdreamers
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mampialoka ireo mpifankatia, ireo mamolava ary ireo mpanonofinofy
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for hundreds-jatony of yearstaona, and I trustfahatokiana a citytanàna
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efa nandritra ny zato taona izay, sady matoky kokoa ny tanàn-dehibe
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that always makesmanao way for musicmozika. (LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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manome lanja ny mozika aho. (Hehy)
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I feel like everyrehetra time someoneolona sneezesmievina.,
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Mieritreritra aho fa isaky ny misy olona mihevina,
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NewVaovao OrleansOrleans has a paradematso. (LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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dia misy fety ao Nouvelle-Orléans. (Hehy)
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The citytanàna has some of the mostindrindra beautifultsara tarehy architecturemaritrano
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Io tanàn-dehibe io no manana maritrano tsara indrindra eto an-tany,
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in the worldizao tontolo izao, but it alsoihany koa has one of the highestambony indrindra amountsvola
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nefa izy koa no manana trano
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of abandonednandao propertiesfananana in AmericaAmerika.
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haolo betsaka indrindra eto Amerika.
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I livevelona nearakaiky this housetrano, and I thought about how I could
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Monina eo akaikin'io trano io aho, dia nieritreritra aho hoe ahoana no ataoko
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make it a nicertsara fanahy kokoa spacetoerana for my neighborhoodManodidina,
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hanatsarana io toerana io mba hanome endrika ny tanàna,
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and I alsoihany koa thought about something
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ary koa nieritreritra zavatra hafa aho
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that changedniova my life forevermandrakizay.
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izay nanova ny fiainako mandrakizay.
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In 2009, I lostvery someoneolona I lovedtia very much.
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Tamin'ny 2009, nodimandry izay olona akaiky ahy izay.
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Her nameanarana was JoanJoan, and she was a motherreny to me,
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Joan no anarany, toy ny reniko no fandraisako azy,
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and her deathfahafatesana was suddentampoka and unexpectedtsy nampoizina.
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ary tampoka tamiko sy tsy nampoiziko ny nahafatesany.
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And I thought about deathfahafatesana a lot,
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Dia lasa saina momban'ny fahafatesana aho,
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and
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sy
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this madenanao me feel deeplalina gratitudefankasitrahana for the time I've had,
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ny hoe tokony hahay hisaotra noho ireo andro rehetra niainako aho,
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and
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ary
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broughtnitondra claritymazava to the things that are meaningfulmanan-danja
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nampisokatra ny saiko izany momba ny zavatra manan-danja
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to my life now.
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rehetra amin'ny fiainako manomboka izao.
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But I struggletolona to maintainfoana this perspectivefomba fijery in my dailyisan'andro life.
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Ka miady ho an'io tanjona io aho amin'ny fiainako andavanandro.
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I feel like it's easymora to get caughttratra up in the day-to-dayisan'andro,
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Hitako fa mora voafangoky ny fiainana isika,
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and forgetmanadino what really matters-javatra to you.
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ka manadino ny tena manan-danja marina.
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So with help from oldantitra and newvaovao friendsnamana,
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Noho izany,noho ny fanampian'ireo namana tranainy sy vaovao
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I turnednitodika the sidelafiny of this abandonednandao housetrano
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dia novaiko ny ilan'ilay trano io haolo ho lasa
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into a giantgoavam-be chalkboardsolaitrabe and stenciledstenciled it
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solaitra be ary tamin'ny "pochoir" no nandokoana
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with a fill-in-the-blankfenoy na in ny banga sentencefehezanteny:
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ireo fehezanteny manao hoe :
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"Before I diematy, I want to ... "
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te-... »
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So anyonena iza na iza walkingmandeha by can pickhaka up a piecetapa of chalktsaoka,
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Ireo olona rehetra mandalo eo dia afaka mandray tsaoka,
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reflecttaratra on theirny livesfiainana, and shareanjara theirny personalmanokana aspirationshetaheta
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mieritreritra ny fiainany ary manoratra ireo hetahetany manokana
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in public-bahoaka spacetoerana.
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eo amin'io toerana io.
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I didn't know what to expectmanantena from this experimentandrana,
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Mbola tsy fantatro izay ho fivoaran'ity andrana ity,
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but by the nextManaraka day, the wallrindrina was entirelytanteraka fillednofenoina out,
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kanefa ny ampitso ihany dia feno tanteraka ilay rindrina,
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and it keptfoana growingmitombo.
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ary nitohy hatrany ny famenoana azy teo.
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And I'd like to shareanjara a fewvitsy things
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Hampiseho hafatra vitsivitsy
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that people wrotenanoratra on this wallrindrina.
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nosoratan'ny olona teo amin'io rindrina io aho.
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"Before I diematy, I want to be triednanandrana for piracypiraty." (LaughterNy tsikanikany)
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesaka, te-hotsaraina amin'ny asa jiolahi-tsambo aho. » (Hehy)
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"Before I diematy, I want to straddlestraddle the InternationalManeran-Tany DateDaty LineTsipika."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te-hanitsaka ny tsipiky ny daty iraisampirenena aho.»
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"Before I diematy, I want to singmihira for millionsan-tapitrisany."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, hihira manoloana olona an-tapitrisany aho. »
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"Before I diematy, I want to plantfototra a treehazo."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, tsy maintsy mamboly hazo aho. »
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"Before I diematy, I want to livevelona off the gridfefy."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te-hiaina tsy misy fifandraisana aho. »
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"Before I diematy, I want to holdmihazona her one more time."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te-hamihina azy indray mandeha farany aho. »
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"Before I diematy, I want to be someone'solona iray cavalrycavalry."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, tsy maintsy hanavotra olona aho. »
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"Before I diematy, I want to be completelytanteraka myselfny tenako."
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« Alohan'ny hahafatesako, te-hijanona amin'ny maha-izaho ahy hatrany aho. »
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So this neglectedtsirambina spacetoerana becamelasa a constructivemahasoa one,
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Io toerana tsy misy mpiraharaha io zao lasa mampivelatra,
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and people'solona hopesfanantenana and dreamsnofy
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ireo fanantenana sy nofinofin'ny olona
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madenanao me laughlaugh out loudmafy, tearhamiravira up,
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dia nisy nampihomehy ahy, nisy nampitomany ahy,
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and they consolednanambitamby me duringmandritra my ownny toughmafy timesfotoana.
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ary koa nanambitamby ahy tamin'ireo fotoan-tsarotra.
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It's about knowingmahalala you're not aloneirery.
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Ny zava-dehibe dia ny fahalalana fa tsy irery isika.
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It's about understandingfahazavan-tsaina our neighborsmpifanolobodirindrina
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Ahafahana mifankafantatra tamin'ireo mpifanila-bodirindrina io
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in newvaovao and enlighteningfanazavana mahaliana waysfomba.
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tamin'ny fomba vaovao sy mahafinaritra.
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It's about makingkevitra spacetoerana for reflectiontaratra and contemplationfandinihana,
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Fanomezana toerana ny fieritreretana sy fandinihana lalina izao,
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and rememberingfahatsiarovana what really matters-javatra mostindrindra to us
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sy fitadidiana ireo tena manan-danja
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as we growmitombo and changefiovana.
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rehefa mitombo sy miova isika.
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I madenanao this last yeartaona, and startednanomboka receivingmandray
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Tamin'ny herintaona no nataoko io tetikasa io ary naharay
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hundreds-jatony of messageshafatra from passionateliana people
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hafatra an-jatony tamin'ireo olona liana
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who wanted to make a wallrindrina with theirny communityfiaraha-monina,
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te-hanangana rindrina toa io any amin'ny fokontaniny aho,
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so my civicolom-pirenena centerfoibe colleaguesmpiara-miasa and I madenanao a toolFitaovana kitde l' evangile, and now
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noho izany izaho sy ireo mpiara-miasa amiko dia nanamboatra "kit" ary
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wallsrindrina have been madenanao in countriesfirenena around the worldizao tontolo izao,
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ankehitriny firenena maro no efa ahitana rindrina toa io
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includinganisan'izany ny KazakhstanKazakhstan, SouthAtsimo AfricaAfrika,
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toy ny any Afrika Atsimo, Kazakhstan,
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AustraliaAustralie,
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any Aostralia,
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ArgentinaArgentine and beyondmihoatra.
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any Argentine sy ny maro hafa.
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TogetherMiara-, we'veisika efa shownaseho how powerfulmahery our public-bahoaka spacestoerana
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Isika miaraka dia afaka mampiseho fa ny toerana andalambe
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can be if we're givennomena the opportunityfahafahana to have a voicefeo
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dia fitaovana lehibe ahafahana maneho hevitra
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and shareanjara more with one anotheriray hafa.
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sy mifampizara izany amin'ny hafa.
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Two of the mostindrindra valuablesarobidy things we have are time
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Ireo zavatra roa sarobidy ananantsika dia ny fotoana
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and our relationshipsfifandraisana with other people.
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sy ny fifandraisana amin'ny hafa.
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In our agetaona of increasingmitombo distractionsireo fialam-boly,
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Vanimpotoana mahabetsaka ny rendrarendra izao,
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it's more importantzava-dehibe than ever to find waysfomba to maintainfoana
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zava-dehibe anefa ny fitazonana
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perspectivefomba fijery and remembertsarovy that life is brieffohy and tendermampihetsi-po.
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tanjona sy fitadidiana hatrany fa fohy ary malemy ny fiainana.
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DeathFahafatesana is something that we're oftenmatetika discouragedkivy
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Matahotra hiresaka momban'ny fahafatesana isika,
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to talk about or even think about, but
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na tsy te-hieritreritra izany mihitsy aza, kanefa
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I've realizedtonga saina that preparingfanomanana for deathfahafatesana
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mahatsapa aho fa ny fiomanana amin'ny fahafatesana
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is one of the mostindrindra empoweringmanome hery things you can do.
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dia isan'ny fandraisana andraikitra lehibe afaka ataontsika.
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ThinkingNy fieritreretana about deathfahafatesana clarifiesmanazava your life.
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Ny fieritreretana ny fahafatesana vao mainka manazava ny fiainana.
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Our sharednizara spacestoerana can better reflecttaratra what matters-javatra to us
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Ireo toerana hifandraisantsika dia ahafahana mitaratra ny zava-dehibe
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as individualsolona and as a communityfiaraha-monina,
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amin'ny maha-singan'olona sy amin'ny fiaraha-monina koa.
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and with more waysfomba to shareanjara our hopesfanantenana, fearstahotra and storiestantara,
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Misy fitaovana maro ahafahana mizara fanantenana, ahiahy ary tantara,
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the people around us can not only help us
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afaka manampy antsika ireo olona manodidina antsika
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make better placestoerana, they can help us leadmitarika better livesfiainana.
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amin'ny fanavaozana ireo toerana tsizarizary ahafahana manatsara ny fiainana.
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Thank you. (ApplauseNitehaka mafy)
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Misaotra indrindra. (Tehaka)
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Thank you. (ApplauseNitehaka mafy)
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Misaotra. (Tehaka)
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(ApplauseNitehaka mafy)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Candy Chang - Artist, designer, urban planner
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior Fellow.

Why you should listen

Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places. She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public space to improve our communities and help us lead better lives.

Recent projects include Before I Die, where she transformed an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into an interactive wall for people to share their hopes and dreams -- a project The Atlantic called “one of the most creative community projects ever.” Other projects include I Wish This Was, a street art project that invites people to voice what they want in vacant storefronts, and Neighborland, an online tool that helps people self-organize and shape the development of their communities. She is a TED Senior Fellow, an Urban Innovation Fellow, and was named a “Live Your Best Life” Local Hero by Oprah magazine. By combining street art with urban planning and social activism, she has been recognized as a leader in developing new strategies for the design of our cities. She is co-founder of Civic Center, an art and design studio in New Orleans. See more at candychang.com.

Coming up: Before I Die ... the book!

More profile about the speaker
Candy Chang | Speaker | TED.com