Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy: How we became sisters
Felice Belle ve Jennifer Murphy: Nasıl kız kardeş olduk
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
from their play "Other Women,"
by Monica L. Williams,
yapacak,
and Jennifer Murphy.
Kumar oynamak.
of the rest of your life.
kalanının bir kaba taslağı ile.
is worth more than it will ever be.
şimdiye kadarkinden daha fazla edecektir.
bed and breakfast hillside fire pit
yamaç kenarında ocak başında kahvaltı yap,
and vineyard view.
üzüm bağı manzarası eşliğinde.
bags of burgers.
sit at the blackjack table,
kumar masasına otur,
köşeye çekil
bir as yollayacak kadar umursasın.
olduğunu söylerler.
and possibly a monster like Loch Ness --
muhtemelen Loch Ness gibi bir canavar--
When the dream was a notion,
Hayal bir düşünce iken
where NASA tested space ships.
NASA'nın uzay gemileri test ettiği yerde.
but it kept being delayed.
ama ertelenmeye devam eder.
in a bed of wrecked strawberries.
dolu yatakta annesinden çıkar.
took endless drives over the grapevine
sonsuz gezintilere çıkar,
with oranges and silence,
kasaba ortasında,
you feared for its life.
ona bir şey olmasından korkarsın.
on its face and crush it.
parçalanabilir gibi görünüyordur.
to love something so much.
çok sevmek seni korkutur.
sarhoş olur,
on your neighbor's rose bushes.
işemekten tutuklanır.
reading the "Easter Parade"
as a waitress at a restaurant
gitmek yerine.
it had better things to do.
yapabileceği daha iyi şeyler var.
dispatch fleets of messages to God
Tanrıya gün ışığında nasıl görünür
itself known in daylight.
göndermesi gerek.
publish, get rich, publish,
zengin olmayı, yine yayınlamayı,
in the backseats of taxis,
adamlarla düşünmeden sevişmeyi,
with the truth.
yani gerçekle.
the dream had you.
aslında hayal sana sahip.
of its plans fell through.
it heard its name being called.
kendini karanlığa gömer.
of sticking around long enough to be seen.
ağza alınmaz düşüncelere kafa yorar.
who've waited years for its arrival.
bekleyenleri arar.
don't they, your girls?
hani sizin kızlar,
and belief in you,
umutla sana bakanlar,
"No maps, no idea where we're headed."
nereye gideceğimize dair fikrimiz yok.''
cannot believe this is happening,
hallucinating with fear,
how we became sisters.
öğrenmek istiyor.
sanki evli çiftiz gibi.
Like we're a married couple.
Poets Café in 1999.
1999'da tanıştık.
spent in the audience or on the mic.
ya da mikrofon kısmında geçti.
ortalığı kasıp kavurduğunu duyardın.
about the poet who killed it.
on the lap of my archnemesis.
baş düşmanımın kucağında oturuyordu.
imkanı yoktu.
with someone you don't like?
size me up and spit me out
ben daha tek kelime etmeden
before I've said one word.
before investigation" comes to mind.
bunun için söylenmiş.
she believes in science and math,
çerçevesinde algıladığını iddia eder.
with logic, like a man.
lot of fairness and justice,
insaf ve adalet,
görebilirsiniz.
she only plays one onstage.
o sadece bir sahnede oynuyor.
I say it as a private investigator,
bir özel dedektif olarak söylüyorum.
doesn't need a license.
ruhsata ihtiyacı yoktur.
televizyondan öğrendim.
detective work, I learned on TV.
in the basement of Two Boots pizzeria.
şiir okumaya davet edildik.
we have a slice.
bir dilim aldık.
something I hadn't told anyone.
kimseye söylemediğim bir şey söyledim.
with Nacho Velasquez.
after I was diagnosed with cancer.
tanısı konulduktan sonra arkadaş olduk.
because my family wasn't handy.
benimle Sloan Kettering'e gelmiştin.
mutlu görmemiştim.
with carved faces and missing ears.
insanlar topallıyordu etrafta.
little packets of graham crackers.
mısır unu krakerleri vardı.
sweating through my dress,
sırılsıklam olmuş şekilde oturuyordum,
there is a transit strike.
bir işçi grevi vardır.
to Crown Heights
and this one is key.
kilit anlar vardır.
no car service, no bus,
hiçbir şey yokken
just to be by my side.
kilometrelerce yürür.
I'm having a meltdown."
demektir.
Nacho Velasquez,"
yattın?'' diyorsa
around our friendship again.
yaşıyorum,
demektir.
and she is in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
o Bedford-Stuyvesant'ta.
and she is in Paris, writing.
o Paris'te yazıyordur.
sun-glassed and hoodied,
ve kapüşon takmış,
koreografi oluşturuyorsundur.
to the right soundtrack.
having flashbacks to 9/11,
itfaiyeci arkadaşının
in the North Tower.
''Teşekkür ederim.''
you are asleep and she is calling.
sen daha uyurken o arar.
arkadaşının vurulduğunu söylersin
your boyfriend, the cop, got shot
the depth and calm of a windless lake.
sakin ve derin gelir.
and remains very quiet and very kind.
sessizce ve sakince kalır.
"Let's see each other this week,"
and talk on the phone instead."
demek istiyordur.
reminded me of you,"
seni getirdi,''
of her and then you.
getirdi demektir.
köklü kabullenmeler hakkında manevi
guided meditations again,
some spiritual-wisdom-type shit
patlatmak üzere olduğu
each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
tekrarlanamaz bir mucize kabul etmek.
with the constancy of dawn.
savaşıyordun.
JM: What's wrong with you?
JM: Senin sorunun ne?
would raise their hands and say,
elini kaldırır ve
because she was having surgery.
çiçek göndermiştin.
yaşadığın bir baharda
on Fulton Street.
yağmur altında dikilmişti.
two decades, two women, one dream.
yirmi yıl, iki kadın, bir hayal.
and wonderfully made."
geride kaldı,''
you're done with that MFA."
thank God that pesky dream is finished,
Tanrıya şükür sinir bozucu hayal biter,
to peeling potatoes and shucking corn.
dönebilirsiniz.
ilk gösterini oynarken
when your play premieres
olmasını ister.
agrees to send out your stories.
istediğinde çığlıklar atarak sevinir.
romantic and spiritual victories.
başarılarını kutlar.
of becoming when they grew up.
düşünürsün --
is poetry to the beloved.
edebiyatta ona ait.
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