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THE

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Vol. 17 JUNE 1913 3

Ilungelo lokushicilela ngo-1913 ngu-HW PERCIVAL

IMAGINATION

(Kuqukunjelwe)

EKUGQIBENI kulele imithombo apho intelekelelo itsalela kuyo isondlo. Utyekelo lwendalo kunye neenjongo zobomi ziya kugqiba ukuba yiyiphi imithombo yokucinga. Umntu onomfanekiso wakhe osebenzayo kodwa onamandla amancinci okucinga, unokuba nemibono emininzi yeendlela ezininzi, kodwa endaweni yokuba baphile kwaye baphile ngokupheleleyo, baya kuphuphuma zizisu, bengekazalwa. Ezi ziya kuba nomdla kwaye zinike uchulumanco kuloo mntu, kodwa aziyi kuba luncedo kwihlabathi. Umntu kufuneka acinge, kufuneka acinge indlela yakhe eya kwindawo yengcinga, kwilizwe lengqondo, ngaphambi kokuba abonelele ngeefomu ezifanelekileyo zeengcinga anokuzizisa kwihlabathi lengqondo kunye nelokwenyama. Ukuba akanakungena kwindawo yokucinga, iingcinga ezimkhuthazayo aziyi kuba zezohlobo lwakhe[1][1] Umntu, ingqondo efakwe inyama, kukugxothwa kwikhaya lakhe kwihlabathi lengqondo, ilizwe lengcinga. Iingcinga zakhe ezilungileyo nemisebenzi yakhe emihle ihlawula intlawulelo yakhe, yaye ukufa yindlela abuyela ngayo ekhaya ukuze aphumle—kuphela ukuze aphumle. Kunqabile ukuba ebudeni bobomi bakhe basemhlabeni afumane indlela yokubuya, okanye nomzuzwana nje akhangele kwikhaya lakhe. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba afumane indlela ngoxa eselapha emhlabeni. Indlela kukucinga. Iingcinga ezihlala zihleli ziyamphazamisa kwaye zimphazamise, kwaye zimkhokelela kude xa ezama ukucinga, njengoko ukuzonwabisa kunye neziyolo kunye nezilingo zehlabathi zimkhokelela kude kwiimfanelo zakhe kunye nemisebenzi yobomi. Kuya kufuneka asebenze etyhutyha ingxokozelo yeengcinga ezimi phakathi kwakhe nenjongo yakhe.—engeyiyo eyehlabathi lengqondo, kwaye akayi kukwazi ukubabamba kwaye azazi kwaye agwebe kwaye asebenze nazo. Xa engena kwindawo yokucinga, uya kufumana ingcinga yakhe kunye neengcinga aza kunika kuzo iifom kwaye aya kuzizisa emhlabeni ngentelekelelo. Ungena kwindawo yokucinga ngokuzama ukucinga, ngokuqeqesha ukukhanya kwakhe ukuze agxininise kwingcamango engabonakaliyo anqwenela ngayo, ade ayifumane kwaye ayazi. Ukholo kunye nentando kunye nomnqweno olawulwayo ziyimfuneko ukuqalisa nokuqhubeka ukucinga, de umxholo wokucinga ufunyenwe kwaye waziwe.

Ukholo asikokuqikelela okanye ukunqwenela okanye ukukholelwa kwizinto ezinokwenzeka. Ukholo kukuqiniseka okuzinzileyo kwinyani yomxholo wengcinga, nokuba iyokwaziwa. Alikho inani lokuzama okulilize ukuyifumana; akukho kusilela, nangona kubanzi kuluphawu, kuya kuguqula ukholo, kuba ukholo olunjalo luvela kulwazi, ulwazi umntu alufumene kobunye ubomi kwaye buhlala emntwini ukuba enze ibango aze alikhusele. Xa umntu enokholo olunjalo kwaye ekhetha ukwenza isenzo, ukukhetha kwakhe kuzisa amandla eminqweno; uguqula ingqondo yakhe ukuba abe nokholo, kwaye ukucinga kwakhe kuqala. Ukungakwazi ukwazi umxholo wakhe wengcinga ayisiyonto isilele. Inzame nganye iluncedo ekugcineni. Imenza akwazi ukuthelekisa nokugweba izinto ezingena kumbono wengqondo, kwaye ufumana ukuziqhelanisa nendlela yokulahla. Ngaphezu koku, inzame nganye inceda ukulawula umnqweno oyimfuneko wokucinga. Umnqweno olawulwayo unika amandla kwiifom eziveliswa ngumbono. Ngokulawulwa kokungaboni kakuhle okungaboniyo okuphazamisa ukucinga, ukukhanya kwengqondo kuyacaciswa kwaye amandla anikwe ekucingeni.

Inkumbulo ayiyomfuneko kwintelekelelo, oko kukuthi, ingqiqo-inkumbulo. Imemori yoluvo yinkumbulo ngokusebenzisa izivamvo, ezinje ngokukhumbula kunye nokukhumbula, ukwenza umfanekiso kwakhona, ukuphinda-phinda, ukungcamla, ukuphinda unukise, ukubamba kwakhona, izinto ezibonwayo kunye nezandi kunye nokungcamla kunye nevumba kunye neemvakalelo eziye zafunyanwa ngenxa kubomi bomzimba bangoku. Inkumbulo yinkonzo kumsebenzi wentelekelelo emva, kodwa hayi ngaphambili, umntu ufumene ingcinga eza kuba ngumsebenzi wentelekelelo ukuzisa kwimo kunye nemveliso.

Ukucinga yimeko yengqondo apho icandelo lomfanekiso linyanzeliswa ukuba lithathe inyathelo. Kwintelekelelo isenzo secandelo lomfanekiso silungile kwaye asilunganga. Inkqubo ye- ezimbi isenzo yimbonakaliso yezinto zeemvakalelo kunye neengcinga, kunye nokucingelwa kombala kunye nefom yazo. Umsebenzi ongalunganga wentelekelelo uboniswa ngabantu "abanomfanekiso-ngqondweni", aboyikayo nabaphulukene nolungelelwaniso ngokubonisa izinto ezinokuthi zenzeke (ngelixa irhamncwa eliqinisekileyo lingenangqondo). Nge ezintle intshukumo, leyo “yomntu ocingayo,” amandla omfanekiso avelisa umzobo nombala aze azenze zibe yinto, aze achaze izandi, zonke njengoko zimiselwa yimpembelelo yamanye amathandathu amandla engqondo.

Zonke izinto kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa kufuneka yenziwe ngohlobo lokucinga ngaphambi kokuba zinikezwe ukubonakala kwenyama ebonakalayo. Ekubonakaliseni ukubonakala kwihlabathi lezinto ezibonakalayo kwiimpawu ezenziwe zaza zenziwa zaphila ngokwengcinga ziingcinga ezimelwe apho, amalungu angaphandle engqondo asetyenziswa njengezixhobo, ezikhokelwa ziimvakalelo zangaphakathi ukunika umzimba wangaphandle kwifom yangaphakathi. Izixhobo zengqondo zakha umzimba wento ekrwada njengeeprojekti zokucinga indlela yayo yokuphila nokuhlala kunye nokwenza loo mzimba.

Ukubonakaliswa kobugcisa akunakwenzeka ngaphandle kokucinga. Emva kokuba ekhulelwe ingcinga, umntu ocinga ukuba uza kwenza into. Emva kokuba eyenzile indlela umzobi kufuneka ayinikeze intetho kwaye ayenze ibonakale kwihlabathi. Imisebenzi eza emhlabeni ngolu hlobo yimisebenzi yokuqikelela, imisebenzi yobugcisa kunye nomsebenzi wento yokucinga. Amagcisa akhoyo okanye afanele ukuba ngabacabangi. Ukuba abizwa ngokuba ziingcali abayiboni le fomu ngaphambi kokuba bazame ukuyenza ibonakale, ayingobugcisa, kodwa ngamagcisa kuphela, oomatshini. Abaxhomekekanga kwimibono yabo yeefom zabo. Baxhomekeke kwinkumbulo yabo, kwiifom zezinye iingqondo, kwindalo abayikhuphayo.

Ngeenkqubo ezichaziweyo, abaculi bomculi banika umhlaba ukuba zeziphi izinto zomhlaba ezinobugcisa. Iikopi zamagcisa oomatshini ezivela kwezi ntlobo zobugcisa. Kodwa ngokusebenza kunye nokuzinikela kwisifundo sabo, nabo, banokuba ngabazobi.

Umculi weengoma uphuma ngomnqweno ade ayikhanyele ingcinga. Ke umbono wakhe uqalisa ukusebenza. Umlinganiswa ngamnye, umbonakalo, ukuziva ubonakalisiwe, ubonakala endlebeni yakhe engaphakathi ngendlela yesandi, kwaye uphila kwaye enze inxenye yayo phakathi kwezinye iindlela zesandi ezihlelwe zijikeleze ingcinga yakhe esembindini-inkuthazo yenxalenye nganye nganye eyahlukeneyo , igcina nganye inxulumene namanye amalungu, kwaye yenza ukuvumelana ngaphandle kwezixhobo. Ukusuka kwisandi esingenamsindo, umqambi wenza isandi esingaqondakaliyo. Oku ubeka kwifom ebhaliweyo kwaye kuvakala kuvakala ngendlela evakalayo, ukuze abo baneendlebe beve kwaye balandele kwakwindawo yazalelwa kuyo.

Ngezandla kunye nebrashi kunye neenqwelwana ezivela kwipallet yakhe, umzobi wezobugcisa ulwakha le ndlela kwimicabango yakhe ukubonakala kokubonakala kwibhanile yakhe.

Umzobi ongumkroli wesithsaba kwaye unyanzelisa ukuba avele kwilitye eliqinileyo kwifomu engabonakaliyo nengqikelelo yakhe ebonakalayo.

Ngamandla okucinga ifilosofi inika inkqubo kwingcamango yayo, kwaye yakha ngamazwi iindlela ezingabonakaliyo zokucinga kwakhe.

Isithethi esingacingeliyo kwaye sinikezela ngemiyalelo kwaye sinika abantu imigaqo, ngokusekwe kumbono wakhe ngqo wento yangaphambili. Umbonisi unezimvo ezixabisayo kwaye zilindele ukuba zitshintshe kwaye zitshintshe iimeko kunye nezinto ezintsha, ezinokuthi ziyakuba zizinto kwimpucuko.

Bambalwa abantu abanokuthi okanye babe ngabacingeli ngaxeshanye, kodwa abaninzi baneminqweno emihle. Abo banamandla okucinga banobunzulu ngakumbi kwaye batsaleleka kwimpembelelo yobomi kunabo banamandla amancinci okucinga. Kumlinganisi, izihlobo, abantu obaqhelileyo, abantu, ngabalinganiswa abasebenzayo, abaqhubeka nokuphila ngamalungu abo kwimicabango yakhe xa eyedwa. Kungaqondakali, abantu banamagama amele into eninzi okanye encinci, iziphumo zoko bekwenzileyo kwaye banokubalwa ukuba benze ntoni. Ngokwamandla akhe okucinga, omnye uya kunxibelelana nezinto nabantu kwaye ezi ziya kungena kunye nabantu ingqondo yakhe, okanye, izinto kunye nabantu baya kuba ngaphandle kwakhe, ukubonwa kuphela xa kufuneka ngesiganeko. Umlinganisi unokucamngca ngokuphila kwaye aphonononge imibala, izigcini ezipapashiweyo kwimemori yakhe. Unokwakhela iifom ezintsha kwimemori, aze apeyinte izinto ezintsha, ezinokuphinda zikhunjulwe kwimemori yakhe kwixesha elizayo. Ngombono unokutyelela amazwe asemzini okanye ungene kwihlabathi elitsha aze ahambe phakathi kwabantu, aze athathe inxaxheba kwimiboniso angazange aqubane nayo ngaphambili. Ukuba umntu ongacingeliyo uthathela ingqalelo iindawo azindwendwele, inkumbulo yakhe imkhumbuza ngale nyani kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuba iphinde iphindaphinde izigcawu; okanye, ukuba iyakwenza, akuyi kubakho ntshukumo kunye nombala, kodwa kuphela izinto ezingabonakaliyo ngaphandle kobomi, kwinkungu engwevu. Akayi kwakha kumfanekiso wenkumbulo yakhe. Kutheni emele ukuba nomfanekiso ngqondweni wento eyayilapho?

Indoda engacingiyo iphila ngomgaqo ngokomkhwa, kwiifom ezimiselweyo kunye nee-grooves, kwaye isekwe kumava. Akanqweneli kubatshintsha, kodwa ufuna ukuqhubeka noku. Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba kufuneka ziphuculwe, kodwa nakuphi na ukuphuculwa kufanele ukuba kuhambisane nemigca yezinto ebesezikho. Uyoyika into engaziwayo. Okungaziwayo akunamtsalane kuye. I-imaginator iphila ngotshintsho, ngokwempembelelo, kwiimoods nakwiimvakalelo, ngokusekwe kwithemba lakhe nakwiinjongo zakhe. Akoyiki into angayaziyo; okanye, ukuba uyayenza, inomtsalane kuye ubumnandi. Abantu abangacingeliyo bahlala begcina umthetho. Abanqweneli ukuba kutshintshwe imithetho. Abantu abacingayo bayothuka xa umthetho uthintela izinto ezintsha. Baya kwamkela amanyathelo amatsha kwaye bazame iifom ezintsha.

Indlela engacingelwanga iyinqabile, iyacotha kwaye iyabiza kakhulu, ide ichithe ixesha, amava kunye nokubandezeleka kwabantu, kwaye ivala isondo lenkqubela. Ngokucinga kuninzi okulindelweyo kwaye ixesha elininzi kunye nokubandezeleka kuhlala kusindiswa. Ubuso obucingelayo bunyukela kwinqanaba lesiprofetho, uyakubona oko ukunyanzelwa ziingcinga zabantu. Umntu onikezela umthetho ongacingeliyo uhamba umzekelo ngeempumlo zakhe kufutshane nomhlaba kwaye ubona kuphela okuphambi kwempumlo yakhe, ngamanye amaxesha engayifumani. Lowo unombono unokuthatha kwicandelo elikhulukazi lombono, ubone ukusebenza kwamandla amaninzi, kwaye amanye engekabonakali kokungathandekiyo. Umntu ongacingeliyo ubona kuphela izinto ezisasazekileyo, kwaye akazithandi. Unyanzelwa kunye nomkhwa. Nabantu bokucinga, nangona kunjalo, ubume beziphi iimpawu zamaxesha banokuqondwa, kwaye ngombono ofanelekileyo kunye nexesha elifanelekileyo, iindlela zokunikezelwa komthetho.

Ukwakha inqaba, ukuphupha ngemini, ukudlala kunye neentsiba zemfashini, ukuphupha xa ulele, ukubona izinto ezibonakala ngathi zibubungqina obucacileyo, iiphantasms, ayisiyongcinga, nangona ubuchwephesha bokucinga busebenza ekuveliseni le misebenzi emininzi kunye neemeko zengqondo. Ukucwangciswa kwezinto, ingakumbi ezo zohlobo lokusebenzisa, ayisiyongcinga. Ewe kunjalo, ukukopa okanye ukuxelisa ayisiyongcinga, ke ngoko, abo bavelisa ngokutsha ifom, abanangcinga okanye abacingi, nangona ukwenziwa ngokutsha kuyinto yomculi kunye netalente yokubonisa.

Xa ukucinga kuyakusebenza ukuvelisa iifom zohlobo lokuthantamisa, umoya womhlaba awuphazamisi, kodwa uyakhuthaza ukusebenza kwawo ngenxa yokuba lo moya womhlaba ufumana amathuba amakhulu okufumana iimvakalelo ngeendlela ezintsha. Njengoko ingqondo icinga, iyafunda. Ifunda ngokuthe ngcembe, kodwa iyafunda. Ukuqiqa kufundisa ingqondo ngokusebenzisa iifom. Iyawuxabisa umthetho, ucwangco, ubungakanani. Ngolu phuculo rhoqo lwengqondo kusetyenziswa iifom eziphezulu, liyeza ixesha apho liya kuthi lisebenzise ukucinga ukuya kwiziphelo ezahlukeneyo kunokwenza iifom zeempawu. Ke ingqondo izama ukwenza iifomu ezingafunekiyo, ezingezizo ezamvakalelo, nomoya womhlaba ngaxeshanye uchasene nabavukeli. Umnqweno usasaza ukudideka engqondweni, i-beclouds kunye ne-bedazzles yengqondo. Umoya womhlaba ubangela iimvakalelo, iminqweno kunye namandla omzimba ukuba alwe edabini nxamnye nengqondo eqaqambileyo, njengoko isazama ukwenza iifom zeengcinga ezingezizo kunye nezokomoya. Kunqabile umntu ocinga ukuba angalwelwa ngempumelelo kulo mkhosi womoya wasemhlabeni ngokwakhe. Ukuba uyazilahla iinjongo zakhe, umoya womhlaba uvuza iimbeko zehlabathi, ngenxa yemimangaliso azisa ngayo emhlabeni. Ukuba umntu ocinga ukuba akayeki umlo, uyaphumelela okanye ubonakala emhlabeni ukuba usilele. Ngokwenyani akasileli. Uya kulwa kwakhona, kwaye ngamandla amakhulu kunye nempumelelo. Uya kuzisa ingcinga ngaphandle kwendawo esebenza kuyo izivamvo, kwindawo yendawo asebenza kuyo umoya omkhulu. Kanye kwiminyaka yobudala umcuphi uyaphumelela kule nto. Ayisiyompumelelo eqhelekileyo, akukho siganeko siqhelekileyo. Utyhila imithetho emitsha ngokomoya. Wenza, ngombono, iintlobo zeempawu ezinokuthi xa zivela kwilizwe lokomoya zize zibekho kwaye zizibonakalise.


[1] Umntu, ingqondo esenyameni, kukugxothwa kwikhaya lakhe kwilizwe lengqondo, ilizwe leengcinga. Iingcinga zakhe ezilungileyo nemisebenzi yakhe emihle ihlawula intlawulelo yakhe, yaye ukufa yindlela abuyela ngayo ekhaya ukuze aphumle—kuphela ukuze aphumle. Kunqabile ukuba ebudeni bobomi bakhe basemhlabeni afumane indlela yokubuya, okanye nomzuzwana nje akhangele kwikhaya lakhe. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba afumane indlela ngoxa eselapha emhlabeni. Indlela kukucinga. Iingcinga ezihlala zihleli ziyamphazamisa kwaye zimphazamise, kwaye zimkhokelela kude xa ezama ukucinga, njengoko ukuzonwabisa kunye neziyolo kunye nezilingo zehlabathi zimkhokelela kude kwiimfanelo zakhe kunye nemisebenzi yobomi. Kuya kufuneka asebenze etyhutyha ingxokozelo yeengcinga ezimi phakathi kwakhe nenjongo yakhe.