It's not fair having 12 pairs of legs | Aimee Mullins

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I was speaking to a group of about 300 kids,

Obraćala sam se grupi od oko 300 dece,

ages six to eight, at a children's museum,

starih od šest do osam godina, u jednom muzeju za decu

and I brought with me a bag full of legs,

i sa sobom sam ponela vreću nogu,

similar to the kinds of things you see up here,

sličnih ovima koje vidite ovde.

and had them laid out on a table for the kids.

Poređala sam ih po stolu pred tom decom.

And, from my experience, you know, kids are naturally curious

I, kao što znamo iz iskustva, deca su po prirodi radoznala

about what they don't know, or don't understand,

kad je reč o onome što ne poznaju, što ne razumeju

or is foreign to them.

ili što im je strano.

They only learn to be frightened of those differences

Takvih razlika ona nauče da se boje

when an adult influences them to behave that way,

tek kad ih neka odrasla osoba nauči takvom ponašanju,

and maybe censors that natural curiosity,

eventualno cenzuriše njihovu prirodnu radoznalost

or you know, reins in the question-asking

ili zauzda njihovo postavljanje pitanja

in the hopes of them being polite little kids.

u želji da od njih napravi lepo vaspitanu dečicu.

So I just pictured a first grade teacher out in the lobby

I baš sam zamišljala učiteljicu prvog razreda

with these unruly kids, saying, "Now, whatever you do,

s tom nemirnom decom kako im kaže: "Radite šta hoćete,

don't stare at her legs."

samo joj ne gledajte u noge".

But, of course, that's the point.

Naravno, u tome je cela stvar.

That's why I was there, I wanted to invite them to look and explore.

Zbog toga sam bila tamo, želela sam da im ponudim da gledaju i proučavaju.

So I made a deal with the adults

Zato sam se dogovorila s odraslima

that the kids could come in without any adults for two minutes

da deca uđu na dva minuta bez ijedne odrasle osobe,

on their own.

dakle, sama.

The doors open, the kids descend on this table of legs,

Vrata su se otvorila, deca su se sjurila na taj sto s nogama,

and they are poking and prodding, and they're wiggling toes,

počela da ih pipkaju, čačkaju, mrdaju im prste,

and they're trying to put their full weight on the sprinting leg

pokušavaju da prebace svu težinu na nogu za sprint

to see what happens with that.

i vide šta će da se desi.

And I said, "Kids, really quickly --

Onda sam im rekla: "Deco, slušajte,

I woke up this morning, I decided I wanted to be able to jump over a house --

Probudila sam se jutros i zaključila da bi bilo dobro da mogu da preskočim kuću,

nothing too big, two or three stories --

ne neku ogromnu, već od dva-tri sprata.

but, if you could think of any animal, any superhero, any cartoon character,

Sad brzo razmislite, kad biste mogli da birate neku životinju, super-heroja, lik iz crtanih filmova,

anything you can dream up right now,

šta god vam padne na pamet,

what kind of legs would you build me?"

čije biste mi noge dali?"

And immediately a voice shouted, "Kangaroo!"

Neko je odmah uzviknuo "Kengur!"

"No, no, no! Should be a frog!"

"Ne, ne, ne! Bolje da bude žaba!"

"No. It should be Go Go Gadget!"

"Ne. Bolje Go Go Gadget!"

"No, no, no! It should be the Incredibles."

"Ne, ne! Bolje Izbavitelji."

And other things that I don't -- aren't familiar with.

I druge stvari koje mi nisu poznate.

And then, one eight-year-old said,

A onda je jedan osmogodišnjak rekao sledeće:

"Hey, why wouldn't you want to fly too?"

"A zašto ne bi i letela?"

And the whole room, including me, was like, "Yeah."

I svi u sobi, uključujući mene, rekli su: "Pa, da".

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And just like that, I went from being a woman

Tek tako sam prestala da budem žena

that these kids would have been trained to see as "disabled"

koju bi ta deca vremenom naučila da smatraju "invalidom"

to somebody that had potential that their bodies didn't have yet.

i postala sam neko ko raspolaže fizičkim mogućnostima koje oni još nemaju.

Somebody that might even be super-abled.

Čak neko s nadljudskim sposobnostima.

Interesting.

Interesantno.

So some of you actually saw me at TED, 11 years ago.

Neki od vas su me verovatno gledali na TED-u pre 11 godina.

And there's been a lot of talk about how life-changing this conference is

Mnogo se pričalo o tome kako ta konferencija utiče na život,

for both speakers and attendees, and I am no exception.

kako izlagača, tako i publike, i ja nisam izuzetak.

TED literally was the launch pad to the next decade of my life's exploration.

TED je bukvalno bio odskočna daska za narednu deceniju istraživanja mog života.

At the time, the legs I presented were groundbreaking in prosthetics.

U to vreme proteze za noge koje sam prikazala bile su najnoviji krik u protetici.

I had woven carbon fiber sprinting legs

Imala sam proteze za sprint napravljene od upletenih ugljeničnih vlakana

modeled after the hind leg of a cheetah,

konstruisane po uzoru na zadnje noge geparda,

which you may have seen on stage yesterday.

koje ste juče možda videli na sceni.

And also these very life-like, intrinsically painted silicone legs.

Takođe sam imala ove veoma uverljive, prirodno obojene noge od silikona.

So at the time, it was my opportunity to put a call out

To je za mene bila prilika da pozovem

to innovators outside the traditional medical prosthetic community

inovatore izvan polja tradicionalne medicinske protetike

to come bring their talent to the science and to the art

da svoj talenat primene u nauci i umetnosti

of building legs.

izrade nogu,

So that we can stop compartmentalizing form, function and aesthetic,

kako bismo prestali da pravimo razliku između forme, funkcije i estetike

and assigning them different values.

i pridajemo im različite vrednosti.

Well, lucky for me, a lot of people answered that call.

Srećom po mene, odazvao se veliki broj ljudi.

And the journey started, funny enough, with a TED conference attendee --

I putovanje je otpočelo, zamislite, s osobom koja je bila na toj konferenciji TED-a.

Chee Pearlman, who hopefully is in the audience somewhere today.

To je bila Či Perlman, koja je, nadam se, i danas negde u publici.

She was the editor then of a magazine called ID,

Radila je kao urednik časopisa "ID"

and she gave me a cover story.

i posvetila mi je priču s naslovne strane.

This started an incredible journey.

Tako je počelo jedno neverovatno putovanje.

Curious encounters were happening to me at the time;

U to vreme sam imala neobične susrete.

I'd been accepting numerous invitations to speak

Prihvatala sam brojne pozive da govorim

on the design of the cheetah legs around the world.

širom sveta o konstrukciji nogu po uzoru na noge geparda.

And people would come up to me after the conference, after my talk,

Ljudi su mi prilazili posle konferencija, posle mog izlaganja,

men and women.

i muškarci i žene.

And the conversation would go something like this,

I obično bi razgovor tekao ovako:

"You know Aimee, you're very attractive.

"Znaš, Ejmi, ti si veoma privlačna osoba.

You don't look disabled."

Ne izgledaš kao invalid."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I thought, "Well, that's amazing,

Tad bih pomislila: "Prosto neverovatno,

because I don't feel disabled."

pošto se i ne osećam kao invalid."

And it really opened my eyes to this conversation

I to mi je zapravo ukazalo da bi se ta interakcija

that could be explored, about beauty.

vezana za lepotu, mogla istražiti.

What does a beautiful woman have to look like?

Kako treba da izgleda lepa žena?

What is a sexy body?

Šta je seksi telo?

And interestingly, from an identity standpoint,

I, ono što je zanimljivo, sa stanovišta identiteta,

what does it mean to have a disability?

šta znači biti invalid?

I mean, people -- Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do.

Pa razmislite, Pamela Anderson ima u sebi više protetike nego ja.

Nobody calls her disabled.

I niko je ne zove invalidom.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So this magazine, through the hands of graphic designer Peter Saville,

Dakle, taj časopis je, preko grafičkog dizajnera Pitera Sevila,

went to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and photographer Nick Knight,

stigao do modnog kreatora Aleksandra MekKvina i fotografa Nika Najta

who were also interested in exploring that conversation.

koji su takođe bili zainteresovani da istraže tu interakciju.

So, three months after TED I found myself on a plane

Tako sam se tri meseca posle TED-a našla u avionu

to London, doing my first fashion shoot,

za London, gde sam imala svoju prvu modnu foto-sesiju

which resulted in this cover --

čiji je rezultat ova naslovna stranica.

"Fashion-able"?

Fashion-able? /igra reči: modno sposoban/

Three months after that, I did my first runway show for Alexander McQueen

Tri meseca kasnije, prvi put sam nastupila na modnoj reviji Aleksandra MekKvina

on a pair of hand-carved wooden legs made from solid ash.

hodajući na paru ručno rezbarenih drvenih nogu od pune jasenovine.

Nobody knew -- everyone thought they were wooden boots.

Niko to nije znao - svi su mislili da se radi o drvenim čizmama.

Actually, I have them on stage with me:

Zapravo, imam ih ovde kod sebe.

grapevines, magnolias -- truly stunning.

S izrezbarenom vinovom lozom, magnolijama, zaista su neverovatne.

Poetry matters.

Bitan je poetski element.

Poetry is what elevates the banal and neglected object

Poezija je ta koja jedan banalan i zanemaren predmet uzdiže

to a realm of art.

na nivo umetnosti.

It can transform the thing that might have made people fearful

Ona može da transformiše nešto čega se ljudi boje

into something that invites them to look,

u nešto što ih mami da pogledaju,

and look a little longer,

da bace jedan duži pogled,

and maybe even understand.

i možda to čak i razumeju.

I learned this firsthand with my next adventure.

To sam lično iskusila tokom svoje sledeće avanture.

The artist Matthew Barney, in his film opus called the "The Cremaster Cycle."

Umetnik Metju Barni, u svom filmskom ciklusu po imenu "Cremaster"

This is where it really hit home for me --

Tad mi je u stvari sinulo

that my legs could be wearable sculpture.

da bi moje noge mogle da budu nosiva skulptura.

And even at this point, I started to move away from the need to replicate human-ness

I u tom trenutku počela sam da se udaljavam od potrebe da oponašam ono što je ljudsko

as the only aesthetic ideal.

kao jedini estetski ideal.

So we made what people lovingly referred to as glass legs

Tako smo stvorili noge koje ljudi od milošte nazivaju staklenim,

even though they're actually optically clear polyurethane,

mada se radi o prozirnom poliuretanu,

a.k.a. bowling ball material.

tj. materijalu od kojeg se prave kugle za kuglanje.

Heavy!

Što su teške!

Then we made these legs that are cast in soil

Onda smo napravili noge izlivene od zemlje,

with a potato root system growing in them, and beetroots out the top,

sa sistemom korena krompira u njima i cveklama na vrhu,

and a very lovely brass toe.

i veoma lepim mesinganim prstom.

That's a good close-up of that one.

To je veoma dobar krupni plan.

Then another character was a half-woman, half-cheetah --

Zatim još jedan lik: pola žena - pola gepard,

a little homage to my life as an athlete.

kojim je odata počast meni kao atletičarki.

14 hours of prosthetic make-up

Trebalo je 14 sati protetskog šminkanja

to get into a creature that had articulated paws,

da bi se stvorilo biće sa zglobnim šapama

claws and a tail that whipped around,

kandžama i repom kojim maše

like a gecko.

kao neki gušter.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And then another pair of legs we collaborated on were these --

Zatim, još jedan par nogu na kojima smo sarađivali...

look like jellyfish legs,

To su ove, koje izgledaju kao meduze.

also polyurethane.

Takođe od poliuretana.

And the only purpose that these legs can serve,

Jedino čemu ove noge mogu da služe,

outside the context of the film,

van konteksta filma,

is to provoke the senses and ignite the imagination.

jeste da pokrenu čula i podstaknu maštu.

So whimsy matters.

Dakle, kapric ima smisla.

Today, I have over a dozen pair of prosthetic legs

Trenutno imam više od dvanaest pari proteza za noge

that various people have made for me,

koje su za mene napravili razni ljudi,

and with them I have different negotiations of the terrain under my feet,

pomoću njih mogu da imam različite odnose s tlom kojim hodam,

and I can change my height --

mogu da menjam visinu.

I have a variable of five different heights.

Raspolažem s pet različitih visina.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Today, I'm 6'1".

Danas sam visoka 185 cm.

And I had these legs made a little over a year ago

Ove noge mi je pre nešto više od godinu dana

at Dorset Orthopedic in England

napravila firma Dorset Orthopaedic iz Engleske.

and when I brought them home to Manhattan,

Kad sam ih donela kući na Menhetn,

my first night out on the town, I went to a very fancy party.

i kad sam prvi put izašla, išla sam na veoma otmenu zabavu.

And a girl was there who has known me for years

Tamo je bila devojka koja me već godinama poznaje

at my normal 5'8".

s mojoj normalnom visinom, što je 172 cm.

Her mouth dropped open when she saw me,

Zinula je kad me je videla,

and she went, "But you're so tall!"

i rekla: "Kako si visoka!"

And I said, "I know. Isn't it fun?"

Odgovorila sam: "Znam. Smešno, je l' da?"

I mean, it's a little bit like wearing stilts on stilts,

Otprilike kao da sam na štule stavila štule.

but I have an entirely new relationship to door jams

Ali sad imam poputno novi odnos prema okvirima vrata

that I never expected I would ever have.

koji uopšte nisam očekivala.

And I was having fun with it.

I to me zabavlja.

And she looked at me,

Pogledala me je

and she said, "But, Aimee, that's not fair."

i rekla: "Ali, Ejmi, to nije fer."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And the incredible thing was she really meant it.

I, što je neverovatno, ona je to zaista mislila.

It's not fair that you can change your height,

Nije fer da možeš da menjaš visinu

as you want it.

kako ti se prohte.

And that's when I knew --

Tada sam shvatila -

that's when I knew that the conversation with society

shvatila sam da se interakcija s društvom

has changed profoundly

iz korena promenila

in this last decade.

tokom poslednje decenije.

It is no longer a conversation about overcoming deficiency.

Više se ne radi o prevazilaženju nedostataka

It's a conversation about augmentation.

već o povećanju.

It's a conversation about potential.

Predmet te interakcije jeste potencijal.

A prosthetic limb doesn't represent the need to replace loss anymore.

Veštački ekstremitet više nije samo zamena za nešto izgubljeno.

It can stand as a symbol that the wearer

On je simbol koji pokazuje da onaj koji ga nosi

has the power to create whatever it is that they want to create

ima moć da stvori šta god želi

in that space.

umesto njega.

So people that society once considered to be disabled

Tako da oni koje je društvo nekad smatralo hedikepiranima

can now become the architects of their own identities

sada mogu sami da grade svoj identitet

and indeed continue to change those identities

pa čak i da ga dalje menjaju

by designing their bodies

dizajnirajući svoje telo

from a place of empowerment.

kao neko ko na to ima pravo.

And what is exciting to me so much right now

Ono što mi se čni posebno uzbudljivim

is that by combining cutting-edge technology --

jeste to što se kombinovanjem najnovije tehnologije

robotics, bionics --

robotike, bionike,

with the age-old poetry,

i drevne poezije

we are moving closer to understanding our collective humanity.

približavamo shvatanju celog ljudskog roda.

I think that if we want to discover the full potential

Smatram da, ako želimo da otkrijemo sav potencijal

in our humanity,

naše ljudske vrste,

we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths

moramo da odamo počast tim dirljivim moćima

and those glorious disabilities that we all have.

i veličanstvenim hendikepima koje sve imamo.

I think of Shakespeare's Shylock:

Setila sam se šekspirovog Šajloka:

"If you prick us, do we not bleed,

Zar ja ne krvarim kad me ko poseče,

and if you tickle us, do we not laugh?"

zar se ne smejem kad me ko golica?"

It is our humanity,

Naša čovečnost

and all the potential within it,

i potencijal koji u njoj počiva

that makes us beautiful.

jesu ono što nas čini lepima.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)