Ngakhale kuti anapambana, wolemba nkhani zasayansi wa ku Britain Charlie Strauss amadziona ngati wolephera: akuwoneka kuti walephera pa ntchito ya kukula. M'gawo lake, amayesa kupeza chomwe chimayambitsa kudziona kuti ndi wotsika.
Nditatsala pang’ono kukwanitsa zaka 52, mwadzidzidzi ndinazindikira kuti: Ndimaona kuti sindinathe kupirira ntchito yoti ndikhale munthu wamkulu. Kodi kukhala wamkulu kumakhala bwanji? Gulu lina la zochita ndi machitidwe? Aliyense akhoza kupanga mndandanda wake. Ndipo mwina inunso mumaona kuti simungathe kufanana nazo.
Sindili ndekha pamenepa. Ndikudziwa anthu ambiri amisinkhu yosiyanasiyana, anzanga ndi achichepere, amene amadziona ngati olephera chifukwa chakuti analephera kukula.
Ndikuona ngati sindinakule, koma kodi zimenezi zikutanthauza kuti sindinakwanitsedi ntchito yokula? Ndine wolemba, ndimakhala mnyumba yanga, ndili ndi galimoto yangayanga, ndine wokwatiwa. Ngati mulemba mndandanda wa zonse zomwe zikuyenera kukhala ndi zomwe muyenera kuchita ngati munthu wamkulu, ndimagwirizana nazo. Chabwino, zomwe sindichita sizokakamizidwa. Ndipo komabe ndimadzimva ngati wolephera… Chifukwa chiyani?
Ndili mwana, ndinaphunzira chitsanzo chakuti achinyamata masiku ano amangodziwika ndi mafilimu akale okha.
Malingaliro anga okhudza uchikulire anapangidwa ndili mwana kutengera zomwe makolo awo adakwanitsa zaka 18 kumapeto kwa ma 1930 ndi koyambirira kwa ma 1940. Ndipo adatsata chitsanzo cha kukula kwa makolo awo, agogo anga - atatu a iwo sindinawapeze amoyo. Iwo nawonso, adakalamba usiku wa Nkhondo Yoyamba Yapadziko Lonse kapena mkati mwake.
Ndili mwana, ndinaphunzira chitsanzo cha khalidwe la anthu akuluakulu chimene achinyamata masiku ano amachidziwa pongotengera mafilimu akale. Amunawo nthawi zonse ankavala suti ndi chipewa ndipo ankapita kuntchito. Azimayi ankavala madiresi okha, amakhala kunyumba ndi kulera ana. Kulemera kwakuthupi kunatanthauza kukhala ndi galimoto ndipo mwinamwake TV yakuda ndi yoyera ndi chotsukira chofufumitsa—ngakhale kuti chinali chinthu chapamwamba kwambiri m’ma 1950. Ulendo wa pandege udakali wachilendo panthawiyo.
Akuluakulu ankapita kutchalitchi (m’banja mwathu, sunagoge), anthu a m’derali anali osagwirizana komanso osagwirizana. Ndipo chifukwa sindimavala suti ndi tayi, sindisuta chitoliro, sindimakhala ndi banja langa mnyumba yanga kunja kwa mzinda, ndimadzimva ngati mwana wokulirapo yemwe sanathe kukhala wamkulu. kuti akwaniritse zonse zomwe munthu wamkulu akuyenera kuchita.
Mwina zonsezi ndizopanda pake: panalibe akuluakulu oterowo kwenikweni, kupatula olemera, omwe adatumikira monga zitsanzo kwa ena onse. Kungoti chithunzi cha munthu wachipambano chapakati chasanduka chitsanzo cha chikhalidwe. Komabe, anthu osatetezeka, amantha amayesa kudzitsimikizira kuti ndi achikulire, ndipo amayesa kugwirizana ndi chilichonse chimene ena amati amayembekezera kwa iwo.
Anthu okhala m’matauni a m’zaka za m’ma 50 nawonso anatengera lingaliro la khalidwe la achikulire kuchokera kwa makolo awo. Mwina iwonso ankadziona ngati olephera amene analephera kukula. Ndipo mwina mibadwo yam’mbuyomo inamvanso chimodzimodzi. Mwina makolo ogwirizana a 1920s adalepheranso kukhala abambo enieni a mabanja mu mzimu wa Victorian? Iwo mwina anazitenga ngati kugonja kulephera kulemba ganyu wophika, wantchito kapena woperekera chikho.
Mibadwo imasintha, chikhalidwe chimasintha, mukuchita zonse bwino ngati simugwiritsa ntchito zakale
Kuno anthu olemera ali bwino: angathe kupeza chilichonse chimene akufuna - antchito ndi maphunziro a ana awo. Kutchuka kwa Downton Abbey ndikomveka: kumakamba za moyo wa olemera, omwe angathe kukwaniritsa zofuna zawo zonse, kukhala momwe akufunira.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, anthu wamba amayesa kumamatira ku tiziduswa ta zitsanzo zachikale zomwe zinachedwa kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, ngati tsopano mukutanganidwa ndikugwira ntchito pa laputopu, ngati simunavale suti, koma ma hoodies ndi othamanga, ngati mutenga zitsanzo za zombo zapamlengalenga, khalani omasuka, simuli otayika. Mibadwo imasintha, chikhalidwe chimasintha, mukuchita zonse bwino ngati simugwiritsa ntchito zakale.
Monga momwe Terry Pratchett ananenera, mkati mwa mwamuna wazaka 80 aliyense amakhala mnyamata wosokonezeka wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu amene samamvetsetsa chimene helo chikumchitikira tsopano. M’kumbatirani mwana wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu’yu ndi kumuuza kuti akuchita zonse bwino.
Za Wolemba: Charles David George Strauss ndi wolemba nkhani zasayansi waku Britain komanso wopambana mphotho za Hugo, Locus, Skylark ndi Sidewise.