Ilungu lomndeni wonxiwankulu eBarcelona, lapho umkhulu nomalume wakhe babependa khona njengezinto zokuzilibazisa, uSantiago Carbonell wayazi kusukela ebuntwaneni ukuthi ufuna ukupenda.
Ngenkathi uSantiago omncane etshela ubaba wakhe lokhu, wathola impendulo enhle: "Uma ufuna ukuba ngumculi, kuzofanele uqede isikole kuqala bese uzopenda, kodwa kufanele ukwenze ukuze uphile."
Ngaqala ukusebenza e-United States ngathola indawo yokubukisa eMiami, kodwa ikakhulukazi ngapenda izindawo zaseWest Texas, ogwadule. Ngiyayithanda indawo eyihlane, akukhona ukuthi ngiyi-landscaper kodwa ngiyijwayeze kakhulu futhi ngiyaqhubeka nokuyipenda. Iqiniso ukuthi ngithole ithuba lokumenyelwa eMexico. Ngafika izinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu, ezathatha izinyanga ezintathu; Ngangihamba nobhaka wami ngilazi izwe futhi ngangilithanda futhi ngathandana, ngoba ngangizizwa ngisekhaya. Ekugcineni ngabuyela e-United States kodwa ngangingasakwazi ukuhlala lapho, ngakho ngathatha izimpahla zami, ezazingeziningi, ngabuya. EMexico City ngahlangana no-Enrique noCarlos Beraha, abanikazi begalari ebalulekile, abangitshela ukuthi banentshisekelo kwimidwebo yami; Ngangingenawo amacebo noma ukuthi ngizohlala kuphi, futhi ngenhlanhla umngane wami owayenendlu engenalutho eQuerétaro wangitshela ukuthi ngifuna ukuya kupenda lapho, futhi ngihlale lapho kusukela lapho. Ngazinza futhi ngazizwa ngithandwa ngabantu, futhi ngamukela lelizwe, ngoba ngizwa uhhafu weSpanish nengxenye waseMexico.
Ukudweba kufana nokupheka, kwenziwa ngothando, ngokunakekela nangokubekezela. Ngithanda imidwebo yefomethi ephakathi nendawo enkulu. Ngipenda kancane kakhulu, kungithatha cishe izinyanga ezimbili ukuqeda umdwebo. Ngihlela ngokucophelela umdwebo kusukela ekuqaleni, ngicabange ngawo kuyo yonke imininingwane yawo futhi ungaphambuki. Ngicabanga ukuthi izobukeka iqediwe kanjani futhi cishe ayikho indawo yokuguqulwa noma yokuzisola.
Uma uthi nhlá uCarbonell ungumdwebi wamaqiniso, uthonywe umdwebo wothando nowe-neoclassical wekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye, oqala ukuthatheka ngemininingwane engalindelekile. Ubhekisa ekusetshenzisweni kwezindwangu ukumboza noma ukukhumula onobuhle bakhe besifazane, ababonakala bentanta ngaphambili kwezwe lenkangala yaseMexico; ukuthamba kwendwangu nesikhumba, uSantiago uphikisana nobulukhuni bomhlaba, itshe netshe, konke okwenziwe ukuthamba kokukhanya okusazofa.
Ngikuthanda kakhulu ukuhlobana kwesikhala nesikhathi. Khipha izinto kumongo wazo uzifake ezimweni ezahlukahlukene ukusheshisa ukuqashelwa, ukuze umbukeli angahlali nje phambi komdwebo futhi afune ukutolikwa kwawo ngokusheshisa ukucabanga. Angifuni ukwenza ama-portraits; ngaphezu kokudweba izibalo, engikuthandayo ukudweba. Ukudweba kimi akuyona injabulo, kubuhlungu. Yiqiniso, ngiyakujabulela ukudweba umuntu wesifazane ngaphezu kwengilazi.
Ngempatho emnene nenkulumo ezolile, uSantiago usikhombisa ingadi yendlu yakhe futhi buqamama nomhlaba waseQueretaro, osondela kude. Emsebenzini wakhe omfushane njengomdwebi, uCarbonell uzuze udumo olukhulu nokuqashelwa okuvela kubaqoqi. Imibukiso yamaqembu yalandelwa yimibukiso yabantu eMexico, e-United States nase-Europe, kanti eminye yemisebenzi yakhe isendalini eNew York. Kodwa-ke, uCarbonell ufuna ukuhlaba ikhefu ukuze abonakalise futhi aphume endaweni yegalari isikhashana: Ngifuna ukupenda nokugcina imidwebo yami, ukwenza iqoqo lomsebenzi wami futhi ngingazizwa ngicindezelwa ukuphikelela kwabathengi.
Umthombo: I-Aeroméxico Tips No. 18 Querétaro / ubusika 2000
