Maira Kalman: The illustrated woman

Prevoditelj: Martina Peraic Recezent: Sanda L

What I am always thinking about

Uvijek razmišljam o onome

is what this session is about, which is called simplicity.

o čemu je ovo izlaganje, a to je jednostavnost.

And almost, I would almost call it being simple-minded,

I gotovo da bih nazvala to jednostavnošću uma,

but in the best sense of the word.

ali u najboljem smislu.

I'm trying to figure out two very simple things:

Pokušavam razumjeti dvije vrlo jednostavne stvari:

kako živjeti i kako umrijeti; kraj.

how to live and how to die, period.

That's all I'm trying to do, all day long.

To je jedino što pokušavam raditi, svakoga dana.

And I'm also trying to have some meals, and have some snacks,

Također pokušavam nešto pojesti, i nešto grickati,

and, you know, and yell at my children, and do all the normal things

i, znate, vikati na svoju djecu, raditi sve normalne stvari

that keep you grounded.

koje vas čine prizemljenima.

So, I was fortunate enough to be born a very dreamy child.

Imala sam sreću roditi se kao sanjivo dijete.

My older sister was busy torturing my parents,

Moja starija sestra bila je zauzeta mučenjem mojih roditelja,

and they were busy torturing her.

a oni su bili zauzeti mučeći nju.

I was lucky enough to be completely ignored,

Imala sam sreću biti potpuno zanemarena,

which is a fabulous thing, actually, I want to tell you.

što je, moram vam reći, božanstvena stvar.

So, I was able to completely daydream my way through my life.

Mogla sam isključivo maštati kroz svoj životni put.

And I finally daydreamed my way into NYU, at a very good time, in 1967,

I napokon sam izmaštala svoj put u NYU, u prilično dobro vrijeme, 1967. godine,

gdje sam upoznala muškarca koji je htio bombardirati matematički odsjek NYU-a.

where I met a man who was trying to blow up the math building of NYU.

And I was writing terrible poetry and knitting sweaters for him.

Pisala sam očajnu poeziju i plela sam mu džempere.

And feminists hated us, and the whole thing was wretched

Feministice su nas mrzile, cijela stvar bila je osuđena na propast

from beginning to end.

od početka do kraja.

Ali nastavila sam pisati lošu poeziju, a on nije raznio matematički odsjek,

But I kept writing bad poetry, and he didn't blow up the math building,

ali je otišao na Kubu.

but he went to Cuba.

But I gave him the money, because I was from Riverdale

Ja sam mu dala novac jer ja sam bila iz Riverdalea

so I had more money than he did.

pa sam imala više novca od njega.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And that was a good thing to help, you know, the cause.

I bilo je dobro pomoći, znate, velikom djelu.

But, then he came back, and things happened,

Ali onda se on vratio i dogodile su se neke stvari,

and I decided I really hated my writing,

odlučila sam da stvarno mrzim svoje pisanje,

that it was awful, awful, purple prose.

da je to bila užasna, užasna, naporna proza.

And I decided that I wanted to tell --

Odlučila sam da želim ispričati --

but I still wanted to tell a narrative story

ipak sam i dalje htjela ispričati narativnu priču,

and I still wanted to tell my stories.

i dalje sam htjela pričati svoje priče.

So I decided that I would start to draw. How hard could that be?

Odlučila sam početi crtati. Koliko teško bi moglo biti?

And so what happened was that I started

Dogodilo se da sam počela

just becoming an editorial illustrator through, you know,

tek postajati ilustrator tiskovina, znate,

sheer whatever, sheer ignorance.

kompletnim neznanjem.

And we started a studio.

Osnovali smo studio.

Well, Tibor really started the studio, called M&Co.

Tibor je započeo studio imena M&Co.

And the premise of M&Co was, we don't know anything,

Ideja vodilja studija bila je, mi ne znamo ništa,

but that's all right, we're going to do it anyway.

ali nema veze, ipak ćemo to učiniti.

And as a matter of fact, it's better not to know anything,

I zapravo je bolje ne znati ništa,

because if you know too much, you're stymied.

jer ako znate previše, to vas ograničava.

So, the premise in the studio was,

Tako da je ideja studija bila,

there are no boundaries, there is no fear.

nema ograničenja, prema tome nema ni straha.

And I -- and my full-time job, I landed the best job on Earth,

Radeći puno radno vrijeme na najboljem poslu na svijetu,

was to daydream, and to actually come up with absurd ideas

posao mi je bio maštati i smišljati apsurdne ideje

that -- fortunately, there were enough people there,

koje -- srećom, bilo je dovoljno ljudi ondje,

and it was a team, it was a collective,

bio je to tim, kolektiv,

it was not just me coming up with crazy ideas.

ne samo ja koja smišljam sulude ideje.

But the point was that I was there as myself, as a dreamer.

Poanta je bila u tome da sam ondje bila svoja kao sanjar.

And so some of the things -- I mean, it was a long history of M&Co,

I neke od stvari -- mislim, duga je bila povijest M&Co.-a,

and clearly we also needed to make some money,

i jasno je da smo trebali zaraditi nešto novca,

so we decided we would create a series of products.

pa smo odlučili kreirati seriju proizvoda.

And some of the watches there,

Neki od ovih satova,

attempting to be beautiful and humorous --

u pokušaju da budu lijepi i šaljivi --

maybe not attempting, hopefully succeeding.

možda ni ne pokušavaju, nego, nadam se, uspijevaju.

That to be able to talk about content,

Moći govoriti o sadržaju,

to break apart what you normally expect, to use humor and surprise,

odstupiti od onoga što je očekivano, koristiti humor i iznenađenje,

elegance and humanity in your work was really important to us.

elegancija i ljudskost u radu bila nam je veoma važna.

It was a very high, it was a very impersonal time in design

Bilo je to vrlo otuđeno, vrlo neosobno doba dizajna,

and we wanted to say, the content is what's important,

a mi smo željeli reći da je važan sadržaj,

not the package, not the wrapping.

a ne pakiranje ili omot.

You really have to be journalists, you have to be inventors,

Doista morate biti novinari, morate biti izumitelji,

you have to use your imagination more importantly than anything.

što je najvažnije, morate koristiti svoju maštu.

So, the good news is that I have a dog

Dobra vijest je da imam psa

te iako nisam sigurna vjerujem li u sreću --

and, though I don't know if I believe in luck --

I don't know what I believe in, it's a very complicated question,

ne znam u što vjerujem, to je vrlo teško pitanje,

but I do know that before I go away, I crank his tail seven times.

ali znam da kad nekamo odlazim, zavrtim njegovim repom sedam puta.

So, whenever he sees a suitcase in the house,

Pa kad god vidi kofer u kući,

because everybody's always, you know, leaving,

jer, znate, svi stalno nekamo odlaze,

they're always cranking this wonderful dog's tail,

uvijek vrte repom tog prekrasnog psa,

and he runs to the other room.

a on bježi u drugu prostoriju.

But I am able to make the transition from working for children and --

Ali u mogućnosti sam prijeći iz rada za djecu i --

from working for adults to children, and back and forth,

iz rada za odrasle na rad za djecu, u oba smjera,

because, you know, I can say that I'm immature,

jer znate, moguće je reći da sam nezrela

and in a way, that's true.

i to je na neki način točno.

I don't really -- I mean, I could tell you that I didn't understand,

Mogla bih vam reći da ne razumijem,

I'm not proud of it, but I didn't understand

ne ponosim se time, ali nisam razumjela

let's say 95 percent of the talks at this conference.

oko 95 posto govora na ovoj konferenciji.

But I have been taking beautiful notes of drawings

Ali pisala sam i crtala lijepe bilješke

and I have a gorgeous onion from Murray Gell-Mann's talk.

i imam božanstven komad luka sa govora Murraya Gell-Manna.

And I have a beautiful page of doodles from Jonathan Woodham's talk.

Imam prekrasnu stranicu crtarija sa govora Jonathana Woodhama.

So, good things come out of, you know, incomprehension --

Dobre stvari izniču iz, znate, nerazumijevanja --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- which I will do a painting of, and then it will end up in my work.

-- a od toga ću načiniti crtež koji će završiti u mome radnom opusu.

So, I'm open to the possibilities of not knowing

Tako da sam otvorena mogućnostima neznanja

and finding out something new.

i otkrivanja nečeg novog.

So, in writing for children, it seems simple, and it is.

Pisanje za djecu djeluje jednostavno, i ono to doista jest.

You have to condense a story into 32 pages, usually.

Obično morate stisnuti priču na 32 stranice.

And what you have to do is, you really have to edit down to what you want to say.

Tako da stvarno morate izbrusiti ono što želite reći.

And hopefully, you're not talking down to kids

I možete se nadati da ne govorite djeci svisoka

and you're not talking in such a way that you,

i da ne govorite na takav način

you know, couldn't stand reading it after one time.

da ni vi sami ne biste podnijeli to pročitati više od jednog puta.

So, I hopefully am writing, you know,

Nadam se da pišem, znate,

books that are good for children and for adults.

knjige koje su dobre i djeci i odraslima.

But the painting reflects --

Ali slikanje odražava --

I don't think differently for children than I do for adults.

ne razmišljam drugačije za djecu i drugačije za odrasle.

I try to use the same kind of imagination, the same kind of whimsy,

Pokušavam koristiti istu vrstu mašte, istu vrstu zaigranosti,

the same kind of love of language.

istu vrstu ljubavi prema jeziku.

So, you know, and I have lots of wonderful-looking friends.

Tako da imam puno prelijepih prijatelja.

This is Andrew Gatz, and he walked in through the door and I said,

Ovo je Andrew Gatz, ušao je kroz vrata a ja sam rekla,

"You! Sit down there." You know, I take lots of photos.

"Ti! Sjedi ovdje." Puno fotografiram.

Bertoia stolica u pozadini je moja najdraža stolica.

And the Bertoia chair in the background is my favorite chair.

So, I get to put in all of the things that I love.

Pa je stavljam u sve stvari koje volim.

Hopefully, a dialog between adults and children will happen on many different levels,

Nadam se da će se dijalog između djece i odraslih dogoditi na puno razina

and hopefully different kinds of humor will evolve.

i nadam se da će nastati nove vrste humora.

And the books are really journals of my life.

Knjige su doista dnevnici mog života.

I never -- I don't like plots.

Nikada -- ne volim književne radnje.

I don't know what a plot means.

Ne znam ni što to znači.

I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning,

Ne podnosim ništa što počinje na početku,

you know, beginning, middle and end. It really scares me,

znate, što ima početak, sredinu i kraj. To me plaši.

because my life is too random and too confused,

Zato što je moj život suviše proizvoljan i zamršen,

and I enjoy it that way.

a ja uživam u njemu takvom.

But anyway, so we were in Venice,

No evo nas u Veneciji,

and this is our room. And I had this dream

ovo je naša soba. Sanjala sam

that I was wearing this fantastic green gown,

kako nosim divnu zelenu haljinu,

and I was looking out the window,

gledala sam kroz prozor

and it was really a beautiful thing.

i bilo je prelijepo.

And so, I was able to put that into this story, which is an alphabet,

Stavila sam to u priču, koja se sastoji od abecede,

and hopefully go on to something else.

i, nadam se, postat će nešto drugo.

The letter C had other things in it.

Slovo C imalo je druge stvari na sebi.

I was fortunate also, to meet the man who's sitting on the bed,

Posrećilo mi se također da upoznam čovjeka koji sjedi na krevetu,

though I gave him hair over here and he doesn't have hair.

iako sam mu na slici podarila kosu, a on zapravo nema kosu.

Well, he has some hair but -- well, he used to have hair.

Pa, ima nešto kose ali -- pa, nekad ju je imao.

And with him, I was able to do a project that was really fantastic.

S njim sam uspjela odraditi stvarno fantastičan projekt.

I work for the New Yorker, and I do covers, and 9/11 happened

Ja radim za New Yorker, crtam naslovnice, i dogodio se 11. rujna

and it was, you know, a complete and utter end of the world as we knew it.

i to je bio, znate, konačan kraj svijeta kakvog smo poznavali.

And Rick and I were on our way to a party in the Bronx,

Rick i ja bili smo na putu za tulum u Bronxu,

and somebody said Bronxistan,

i netko je rekao Bronxistan,

netko je rekao Ferreristan,

and somebody said Ferreristan,

and we came up with this New Yorker cover,

i smislili smo tu naslovnicu New Yorkera,

a to smo mogli -- nismo imali pojma što radimo.

which we were able to -- we didn't know what we were doing.

We weren't trying to be funny, we weren't trying to be --

Nismo pokušavali biti smiješni, nismo pokušavali biti --

pa, zapravo jesmo htjeli ispasti smiješni, ovo nije točno.

well, we were trying to be funny actually, that's not true.

We hoped we'd be funny, but we didn't know it would be a cover,

Nadali smo se da smo smiješni, ali nismo znali da će to postati naslovnica,

and we didn't know that that image, at the moment that it happened,

i nismo znali da će ta slika, u trenutku u kojem se dogodila,

would be something that would be so wonderful for a lot of people.

biti nešto toliko divno za toliko velik broj ljudi.

And it really became the -- I don't know, you know,

Stvarno je postala -- ne znam,

it was one of those moments people started laughing at what was going on.

bio je to jedan od trenutaka kada se ljudi jednostavno počnu smijati na događaje.

And from, you know, Fattushis, to Taxistan to, you know,

Od Fattushija do Taxistana, znate,

for the Fashtoonks, Botoxia, Pashmina, Khlintunisia, you know,

za Fashtoonke, Botoxiju, Pashminu, Khlintunisiju, znate,

we were able to take the city

uspjeli smo prikazati grad

and make fun of this completely foreign, who are -- what's going on over here?

i zabaviti se tim potpuno stranim, tko su -- što se uopće događa ondje?

Who are these people? What are these tribes?

Tko su ti ljudi? Tko su ta plemena?

And David Remnick, who was really wonderful about it,

David Remnick, koji je bio oduševljen ovim,

had one problem. He didn't like Al Zheimers,

imao je problem. Nisu mu se svidjeli Al Zheimeri,

because he thought it would insult people with Alzheimer's.

jer je smatrao da će to uvrijediti osobe s Alzheimerovom bolešću.

Ali znate, rekli smo, "Davide, tko će uopće saznati?

But you know, we said, "David, who's going to know?

They're not."

Oni sigurno neće."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So it stayed in, and it was, and, you know, it was a good thing.

Tako da je ostalo, i znate, bila je to dobra stvar.

You know, in the course of my life, I never know what's going to happen

Tijekom mog života, nikada ne znam što će se dogoditi

and that's kind of the beauty part.

i to je ljepši dio.

And we were on Cape Cod, a place, obviously, of great inspiration,

Bili smo na Cape Codu koji je, očito, mjesto velike inspiracije,

and I picked up this book, "The Elements of Style," at a yard sale.

i uzela sam knjigu "Osnove stila" na garažnoj rasprodaji.

And I didn't -- and I'd never used it in school,

Nikada je nisam koristila u školi,

because I was too busy writing poems, and flunking out,

jer sam bila prezauzeta pisanjem pjesama, padanjem razreda

and I don't know what, sitting in cafes.

i ne znam čime, sjedenjem u kafićima.

But I picked it up and I started reading it and I thought, this book is amazing.

Ali uzela sam je i počela čitati te pomislila, ova knjiga je sjajna.

I said, people should know about this book.

Pomislila sam, ljudi bi trebali znati za ovu knjigu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So I decided it needed a few -- it needed a lift, it needed a few illustrations.

Odlučila sam da joj treba malo šminke, nekoliko ilustracija.

And basically, I called the, you know, I convinced the White Estate,

Nazvala sam i, znate, uvjerila White Estate,

and what an intersection of like, you know,

takav neobičan susret, znate,

Polish Jew, you know, main WASP family. Here I am, saying,

poljska Židovka, znate, moćna bjelačka protestantska obitelj. I ja govorim,

I'd like to do something to this book.

željela bih učiniti nešto ovoj knjizi.

And they said yes, and they left me completely alone,

Oni su pristali i ostavili me sasvim samu,

which was a gorgeous, wonderful thing.

što je bila prekrasna stvar.

And I took the examples that they gave,

Uzela sam primjerke koje su mi dali

and just did 56 paintings, basically.

i samo sam načinila 56 slika.

So, this is, I don't know if you can read this.

Ovo je, ne znam možete li pročitati.

"Well, Susan, this is a fine mess you are in."

"Pa, Susan, ubacila si se u priličan kaos."

And when you're dealing with grammar,

A kada radite s gramatikom,

which is, you know, incredibly dry,

koja je, znate, vrlo dosadna,

E.B. White wrote such wonderful, whimsical -- and actually, Strunk --

E. B. White napisao je tako sjajnu, zaigranu -- a zapravo, Strunk --

and then you come to the rules and, you know,

a onda dođete do pravila i, znate,

there are lots of grammar things. "Do you mind me asking a question?

ima puno gramatike. "Smijem li vam postaviti pitanje?

Do you mind my asking a question?"

Smeta li vas moje postavljanje pitanja?"

"Htjela, mogla, trebala ili htjela, trebala, mogla".

"Would, could, should, or would, should, could."

And "would" is Coco Chanel's lover, "should" is Edith Sitwell,

"htjela" je ljubavnik Coco Chanel, "trebala" je Edith Sitwell,

and "could" is an August Sander subject.

a "mogla" je lik Augusta Sandera.

I "Primijetio je veliku mrlju nasred tepiha".

And, "He noticed a large stain in the center of the rug."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So, there's a kind of British understatement, murder-mystery theme

Postoji britanska tema podnaglašenosti, zagonetnog ubojstva

that I really love very much.

koju jako volim.

And then, "Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand."

A zatim, "Budi jasno nejasan! Budi divlji na jeziku na način koji možemo razumjeti."

E.B. White wrote us a number of rules,

E. B. White napisao je brojna pravila,

which can either paralyze you and make you loathe him

koja vas mogu paralizirati i zbog kojih ga možete prezirati

for the rest of time, or you can ignore them, which I do,

za sva vremena, ili ih možete ignorirati, što ja činim,

or you can, I don't know what, you know, eat a sandwich.

ili možete, ne znam što, pojesti sendvič.

So, what I did when I was painting was I started singing,

Dok sam slikala, počela sam pjevati,

because I really adore singing,

jer obožavam pjevanje

and I think that music is the highest form of all art.

i mislim da je glazba najviši oblik umjetnosti.

So, I commissioned a wonderful composer, Nico Muhly,

Zaposlila sam divnog skladatelja Nicu Muhlyja,

who wrote nine songs using the text,

koji je napisao devet pjesama koristeći se tekstom

and we performed this fantastic evening of --

i priredili smo tu fantastičnu večer --

he wrote music for both amateurs and professionals.

on je pisao glazbu i za amatere i za profesionalce.

I played the clattering teacup and the slinky

Ja sam svirala na klimavoj šalici za čaj i metalnoj igrački

in the main reading room of the New York Public Library,

u glavnoj sobi za čitanje njujorške javne knjižnice,

where you're supposed to be very, very quiet,

gdje biste trebali biti vrlo, vrlo tihi,

and it was a phenomenally wonderful event,

i bio je to fenomenalan događaj

which we hopefully will do some more.

i nadam se da ćemo to ponoviti.

Who knows? The New York TimesSelect, the op-ed page,

Tko zna? New York TimesSelect, stranica koja objavljuje autorsku prozu,

asked me to do a column, and they said, you can do whatever you want.

zamolili su me da napišem kolumnu, i rekli su, možeš činiti što god želiš.

So, once a month for the last year,

Svaki mjesec prošle godine

I've been doing a column called "The Principles of Uncertainty,"

pisala sam kolumnu "Načela nesigurnosti",

which, you know, I don't know who Heisenberg is,

koja, znate, ja ne znam tko je Heisenberg,

but I know I can throw that around now. You know,

ali znam da se time sada može baratati.

it's the principles of uncertainty, so, you know.

Znate, to su načela nesigurnosti, pa...

I'm going to read quickly -- and probably I'm going to edit some,

Brzo ću pročitati -- i vjerojatno ću još nešto preurediti,

because I don't have that much time left -- a few of the columns.

jer nemam još puno vremena -- nekoliko kolumni.

And basically, I was so, you know, it was so amusing,

I znate, bilo je tako zabavno

jer sam pitala, "Koliko prostora imam?"

because I said, "Well, how much space do I have?"

And they said, "Well, you know, it's the Internet."

A oni su rekli, "Pa to vam je internet."

And I said, "Yes, but how much space do I have?"

A ja sam pitala, "Da, ali koliko prostora?"

And they said, "It's unlimited, it's unlimited."

A oni su rekli, "Neograničen je."

OK. So, the first one I was very timid, and I'll begin.

OK. U prvoj sam bila vrlo plaha, i da počnem,

"Kako bih vam mogla reći sve što mi je na srcu?

"How can I tell you everything that is in my heart?

Impossible to begin. Enough. No. Begin with the hapless dodo."

Nemoguće je početi. Dosta. Ne. Počnimo s nesretnim dodom."

And I talk about the dodo, and how the dodo became extinct,

Pa govorim o dodu te kako je dodo izumro,

and then I talk about Spinoza.

a zatim govorim o Spinozi.

"As the last dodo was dying, Spinoza was looking for a rational explanation

"Dok je posljednji dodo umirao, Spinoza je tragao za racionalnim objašnjenjem

for everything, called eudaemonia.

svega, nazvanog eudaimonija.

And then he breathed his last, with loved ones around him,

I onda je izdahnuo, uz bližnje oko sebe

i znam također da je jeo pileću juhu za posljednji obrok."

and I know that he had chicken soup also, as his last meal."

I happen to know it for a fact.

Slučajno znam tu činjenicu.

And then he died, and there was no more Spinoza. Extinct.

I onda je umro i više nije bilo Spinoze. Izumro je.

And then, we don't have a stuffed Spinoza,

Zatim, nemamo prepariranog Spinozu,

but we do have a stuffed Pavlov's dog,

ali imamo prepariranog Pavlovljevog psa

and I visited him in the Museum of Hygiene in St. Petersburg, in Russia.

kojeg sam posjetila u Muzeju higijene u St. Petersburgu u Rusiji.

And there he is, with this horrible electrical box on his rump

Nalazi se ondje sa zastrašujućom električnom kutijom na stražnjem dijelu,

in this fantastic, decrepit palace.

u toj fantastičnoj, zapuštenoj palači.

"And I think it must have been a very, very dark day

"Mislim da je bio vrlo, vrlo mračan dan

when the Bolsheviks arrived.

kada su stigli Boljševici.

Maybe amongst themselves they had a few good laughs,

Možda su se u svom društvu i mogli malo nasmijati,

but Stalin was a paranoid man, even more than my father."

ali Staljin je bio paranoičan, čak više od moga oca."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You don't even know.

Nemate vi pojma.

"And decided his top people had to be extinctified."

"I odlučio je da njegovi glavni ljudi moraju biti izumrirani."

Which I think I made up, which is a good thing.

To sam izmislila, što je dobro.

And so, this is a chart of, you know, just a small chart,

Ovo je popis, znate, tek maleni popis,

because the chart would go on forever of all the people that he killed.

jer popis ljudi koje je ubio bio bi beskonačan.

So, shot dead, smacked over the head, you know, thrown away.

Znači, strijeljanih, smaknutih udarcem po glavi, znate, bačenih u jame.

"Nabokov's family fled Russia. How could the young Nabokov,

"Nabokovljeva obitelj pobjegla je iz Rusije. Kako je mladi Nabokov

sitting innocently and elegantly in a red chair,

sjedeći nevino i elegantno u crvenoj stolici,

leafing through a book and butterflies,

listajući knjigu o leptirima,

imagine such displacement, such loss?"

mogao zamisliti takvo otuđenje, toliki gubitak?"

And then I want to tell you that this is a map.

Želim vam reći da je ovo zemljopisna karta.

So, "My beautiful mother's family fled Russia as well.

"Obitelj moje lijepe majke također je pobjegla iz Rusije.

Too many pogroms.

Previše pogroma.

Napuštajući kolibu, šume s divljim borovnicama, guske, rijeku Sluč,

Leaving the shack, the wild blueberry woods, the geese, the River Sluch,

they went to Palestine and then America."

otišli su u Palestinu, a zatim u Ameriku."

And my mother drew this map for me of the United States of America,

Majka mi je nacrtala ovu kartu Sjedinjenih Američkih Država

and that is my DNA over here, because that person who I grew up with

i ovo ovdje je moj DNK, jer osoba uz koju sam odrastala

had no use for facts whatsoever.

nije uopće marila za činjenice.

Facts were actually banished from our home.

Činjenice su bile zabranjene u našem domu.

And so, if you see that Texas -- you know, Texas and California

Ako pogledate ovaj Teksas -- znate, Teksas i Kalifornija

are under Canada, and that South Carolina is on top of North Carolina,

su ispod Kanade, a ta Južna Karolina je povrh Sjeverne,

this is the home that I grew up in, OK?

to je dom u kojem sam odrasla, OK?

So, it's a miracle that I'm here today.

Pa je čudo što sam danas ovdje.

But actually, it's not. It's actually a wonderful thing.

Ali zapravo nije. Zapravo je to čudesna stvar.

Ali onda kaže, Tel Aviv i Lenjin,

But then she says Tel Aviv and Lenin,

which is the town they came from, and, "Sorry, the rest unknown, thank you."

što je grad iz kojega su došli i "Oprosti, ostalo je nepoznato, hvala."

But in her lexicon, "sorry, the rest unknown, thank you" is

Ali u njezinom rječniku to znači

"Oprosti, ostalo je nepoznato; idi dovraga",

"sorry, the rest unknown, go to hell,"

because she couldn't care less.

zato što nju nije briga.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"The Impossibility of February"

"Nemogućnost veljače"

is that February's a really wretched month in New York

je o tome kako je veljača stvarno jadan mjesec u New Yorku

and the images for me conjure up these really awful things.

i slike za mene predstavljaju ove doista strašne stvari.

Well, not so awful.

Pa, ne toliko strašne.

I received a box in the mail and it was wrapped with newspaper

Dobila sam paket poštom i bio je zamotan u novine,

and there was the picture of the man on the newspaper and he was dead.

a na novinama je bila slika muškarca koji je bio mrtav.

And I say, "I hope he's not really dead,

Kažem ja, "Nadam se da nije stvarno mrtav,

just enjoying a refreshing lie-down in the snow,

nego samo uživa ležeći u snijegu,

but the caption says he is dead."

ali piše da je mrtav."

And actually, he was. I think he's dead, though I don't know,

I zapravo je bio mrtav. Mislim da je mrtav, iako ne znam,

maybe he's not dead.

možda nije mrtav.

"And this woman leans over in anguish, not about that man,

"Ova žena se naginje u užasu, ne zbog tog muškarca,

but about all sad things. It happens quite often in February."

nego zbog svih tužnih stvari. To se događa vrlo često u veljači."

There's consoling.

Postoji utjeha.

This man is angry because somebody threw onions all over the staircase,

Ovaj muškarac je ljut jer je netko bacao luk po stubištu,

and basically -- you know, I guess onions are a theme here.

i znate -- mislim da je luk tema ovdje.

And he says, "It is impossible not to lie.

On kaže: "Nemoguće je ne lagati.

It is February and not lying is impossible."

Veljača je i nemoguće je ne lagati."

And I really spend a lot of time wondering,

Stvarno trošim puno vremena razmišljajući

how much truth do we tell?

koliko istine govorimo?

What is it that we're actually -- what story are we actually telling?

Što to zapravo -- koju to priču pričamo?

How do we know when we are ourselves?

Kako znamo da smo to mi?

How do we actually know that these sentences coming out of our mouths

Kako znamo da su te rečenice koje nam dopiru iz usta

are real stories, you know, are real sentences?

stvarne priče, znate, stvarne rečenice?

Or are they fake sentences that we think we ought to be saying?

Ili su izmišljene rečenice koje mislimo da bismo trebali reći?

I'm going to quickly go through this.

Proći ću brzo kroz ovo.

A quote by Bertrand Russell,

Citat Bertranda Russella,

"All the labor of all the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration,

"Sav rad svih doba, sva posvećenost, svo nadahnuće,

all the noonday brightness of human genius

sav sjaj ljudskog genija pod sunčevim svjetlom

are destined to extinction.

osuđen je na izumiranje.

So now, my friends, if that is true,

Pa, prijatelji, ako je to istinito,

and it is true, what is the point?"

a jest, u čemu je smisao?"

Teško pitanje.

A complicated question.

And so, you know, I talk to my friends

Pričam s prijateljima

and I go to plays where they're singing Russian songs.

i odlazim na predstave na kojima se pjevaju ruske pjesme.

Oh my God, you know what?

Zaboga, znate što?

Možemo li -- ne, nemamo vremena.

Could we have -- no, we don't have time.

Snimila sam svoju tetu kako pjeva pjesmu na ruskom iz --

I taped my aunt. I taped my aunt singing a song in Russian from the --

you know, could we have it for a second?

možemo li je dobiti nakratko?

Do you have that?

Imate li je?

(Music)

(Pjevanje)

OK. I taped my -- my aunt used to swim in the ocean

Snimila sam -- moja teta je nekada plivala u oceanu

every day of the year until she was about 85.

svakog dana u godini sve dok nije napunila 85 godina.

So -- and that's a song about how everybody's miserable

To je pjesma o tome kako su svi očajni

because, you know, we're from Russia.

zato što, znate, iz Rusije smo.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Posjetila sam Kitty Carlisle Hart koja ima 96 godina

I went to visit Kitty Carlisle Hart, and she is 96,

and when I brought her a copy of "The Elements of Style,"

i kada sam joj donijela primjerak "Osnova stila",

she said she would treasure it.

rekla je da će ga pažljivo čuvati.

Govorila je o Mossu Hartu i rekla sam,

And then I said -- oh, and she was talking about Moss Hart, and I said,

"When you met him, you knew it was him."

"Kada si ga upoznala, znala si za njega."

Rekla je, "Znala sam da je to on."

And she said, "I knew it was he."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So, I was the one who should have kept the book, but it was a really wonderful moment.

Ja sam bila ta koja je trebala zadržati knjigu, ali bio je to divan trenutak.

And she dated George Gershwin, so, you know, get out.

Izlazila je s Georgeom Gershwinom, tako da, gubi se.

Gershwin died at the age of 38.

Gershwin je umro u 38. godini.

He's buried in the same cemetery as my husband.

Sahranjen je na istom groblju kao moj muž.

I don't want to talk about that now.

Ne želim sada govoriti o tome.

I do want to talk -- the absolute icing on this cemetery cake

Želim govoriti o -- a ovo je šlag na torti groblja,

is the Barricini family mausoleum nearby.

mauzoleju obitelji Barricini koji je u blizini.

I think the Barricini family should open a store there and sell chocolate.

Obitelj Barricini bi ondje trebala otvoriti dućan i prodavati čokoladu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Voljela bih voditi taj dućan za njih.

And I would like to run it for them.

And I went to visit Louise Bourgeoise,

Posjetila sam Louise Bourgeoise

who's also still working, and I looked at her sink,

koja još radi, i pogledala sam u umivaonik,

which is really amazing, and left.

što je sjajno, i otišla.

And then I photograph and do a painting of a sofa on the street.

Zatim fotografiram i slikam kauč na ulici.

And a woman who lives on our street, Lolita.

I ženu koja živi na našoj ulici, Lolitu.

And then I go and have some tea.

Zatim odlazim na čaj.

And then my Aunt Frances dies, and before she died,

Zatim moja teta Frances umire, i prije nego je umrla

she tried to pay with Sweet'N Low packets for her bagel.

pokušala je platiti svoje pecivo paketićima Sweet'N Lowa.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Pitam se koji je smisao i tada znam i uviđam

And I wonder what the point is and then I know, and I see

that Hy Meyerowitz, Rick Meyerowitz's father,

da je Hy Meyerowitz, otac Ricka Meyerovitza,

a dry-cleaning supply salesman from the Bronx,

prodavač opreme za kemijsko čišćenje iz Bronxa,

won the Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in 1931.

osvojio natjecanje sličnosti s Charliejem Chaplinom 1931. godine.

That's actually Hy.

Ovo je zapravo Hy.

And I look at a beautiful bowl of fruit,

Pogledam prelijepu zdjelu voća

and I look at a dress that I sewed for friends of mine.

i pogledam haljinu koju sam sašila za svoje prijatelje.

And it says, "Ich habe genug," which is a Bach cantata,

Na njoj piše "Ich habe genug", što je Bachova kantata

which I once thought meant "I've had it, I can't take it anymore,

za koju sam prije mislila da znači "dosta mi je, ne mogu podnijeti više,

give me a break," but I was wrong.

pustite me na miru", ali pogriješila sam.

To znači "imam dovoljno". I to je sasvim istinito.

It means "I have enough." And that is utterly true.

I happen to be alive, end of discussion. Thank you.

Jednostavno sam živa, kraj rasprave. Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)