Izithombe: ngenhlonipho yombhali.
Paloma Orozco Unomsebenzi wobungcweti ohlukahlukene kakhulu. Funda Kwesokudla, wasebenza njengentatheli, wanqoba ukuphikiswa kwe umphathi wokuphatha, waqondisa amaphephandaba, umsakazo nezinhlelo zethelevishini, wabuye wazinikela kukho ukukhangisa kanye nokwakheka. Kodwa ngangihlale ngifisa ukubhala. Uzifela ngaye Japan namasiko abo futhi lokho kubonakala emisebenzini yabo efana Izimfundiso zamaSamurai impilo yonke. Kodwa usayina izihloko eziningi zohlobo lwamaphupho njenge I-Draconia, Isithunzi sikaPeter Pan o umbuso wolwandle. Kulokhu ingxoxo Usitshela okuncane ngakho konke futhi ngimbonga kakhulu ngesikhathi azinikezele.
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- ACTUALIDAD LITERATURA: Ushicilele izihloko eziningi, cishe zonke ezinetimu emnandi futhi eziqondiswe kubafundi abancane. Noma yisiphi isizathu esikhethekile?
I-PALOMA OROZCO: Iqiniso wukuthi angikaze ngicabange ukubhalela izethameli ezithile. Ngibe nenhlanhla yokubhala okungithinte ngandlela thize enhliziyweni yami. Ngiyaluthanda uhlobo lwamaphupho ngoba kimina, umhlaba wanamuhla udinga isilinganiso esikhulu somlingo nenganekwane.
- U-AL: Uyakhumbula noma yikuphi ukufunda kwakho kokuqala? Futhi indaba yokuqala oyibhalile?
PO: Umama wanginika incwadi yami yokuqala ethi “Inkosana Encane”, ngisenayo ngokuzinikela kwakhe lapho abhala khona izinto ezibaluleke ngempela ekuphileni, ezifingqiwe kwezintathu: uthando, imvelo kanye nokulandela amaphupho akho. Njengoba ngiyifunda, ngangisola ukuthi isiphetho sasingeke sibe mnandi, ngakho ngaphambi kokuyiqeda le ncwadi, ngayifaka eqhweni. Yebo, ngokwezwi nezwi: Ngiyifake efrijini ukuze indaba ibe yiqhwa futhi umlingiswa oyinhloko angahlupheki. Khona-ke umama wangitshela ukuthi kungcono ngaso sonke isikhathi ukubhekana nalokho esingakuthandi futhi sikushintshe. Ngaqala kanjalo-ke ukubhala, ngishintsha iziphetho zezindaba engangizifunda. Futhi ngaba umbhali.
- AL: Umbhali oyinhloko? Ungakhetha ngaphezu kweyodwa nakuzo zonke izinkathi.
PO: Ngaphandle kokungabaza izinkondlo zikaBorges, Pedro Salinas, Walt Whitman, Emily u-Dickinson; izindaba zikaDino Buzzati, u-Edgar Alan Poe no-Bioy Casares; i amanoveli e-adventure kaSalgari noJules Verne; Paul Auster, Italo Calvino, U-Edgard Lee Masters… Maningi kakhulu.
- AL: Imuphi umlingiswa womlando ongathanda ukuhlangana naye futhi yimuphi umlingiswa wemibhalo obungazakhela?
PO: Ngingathanda ukuhlangana ne-samurai yokuqala eyayikhona e-feudal Japan, u-Tomoe Gozen. Ngagqugquzelwa nguye ngenoveli yami ethi Indodakazi Yomtholo. Ngaphandle kokungabaza ukudala inguqulo yabesifazane ye-Sherlock Holmes bekungaba kuhle.
- AL: Yimiphi imikhuba noma imikhuba ekhethekile uma kukhulunywa ngokubhala noma ukufunda?
PO: Iqiniso liwukuthi anginakho ukuzilibazisa okukhethekile uma kuziwa ekubhaleni, mhlawumbe ngivula incwajana entsha yokubhala umlando. Ngihlala nginesithombe sikamama emamatheka nami kwaphakade. Naye ubengumbhali futhi ngiyasola ukuthi sisaxhumene nakuba sekunesikhathi ehambile.
Ukufunda, ngithanda ukukhululeka futhi ngiphuze itiye. Yisikhathi sokuphumula kimina futhi ngifuna ukusijabulela.
- AL: Futhi indawo yakho oyithandayo nesikhathi sokwenza?
PO: Ukube benginokuzikhethela, bengizobhala ekuseni kakhulu noma ebusuku. Ngidinga ukuthula okuphelele. Kodwa kuye kwadingeka ngijwayele ukukwenza lapho ngikwazi nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sosuku nanoma yikuphi lapho ngikhona. Manje sengiwuchwepheshe ekudaleni ama-oases amancane ngaphakathi kwesivunguvungu sansuku zonke lapho ngikwazi ukuzihlukanisa nakho konke okungizungezile. Lokho kuyasebenza nasekufundeni.
- AL: Uthanda ziphi izinhlobo?
PO: Ngithanda kakhulu ukuba ngokoqobo komlingo, inganekwane yesayensi, amanoveli izigigaba, izinkondlo, izindaba...
- AL: Ufundani manje? Futhi ukubhala?
PO: Manje ngiphinda ngifunda (bathi incwadi engakwazi ukufundwa kabili ayifanele ukuyifunda kanye) Imizi engabonakalingu-Italo Calvino.
Futhi ngibhala enye inoveli eyenzeka e-feudal Japan ngesikhathi se-Edo. Indaba ethokozisayo futhi ngikujabulela kakhulu ukuphindela emuva kuleso sikhathi namasiko amangalisayo.
- AL: Ucabanga ukuthi inkundla yokushicilela injani nje jikelele?
I-PO: Angiyena uchwepheshe kulesi sihloko, kodwa ngokombono wami kukhona abashicileli abaqhubeka nokwenza imizamo emikhulu yokuletha iziqu ezinhle emakethe. Ngicabanga ukuthi iSpain iyizwe lapho kufundwa kakhulu khona. Ngibe nenhlanhla enkulu ngomhleli wami kanye nendlu yami yokushicilela i-Edhasa.
- AL: Usiphatha kanjani lesi sikhathi esiphila kuso?
PO: I-samurai (njengoba wazi, ngizithatha njengesamurai yesimanje) yayinesisho esithi: zanshin, kusho isimo sengqondo ngaphambi kwesiphepho. Izwe linesiphithiphithi, kodwa singakhetha isimo sethu sengqondo ngezinto ezenzekayo. Kufanele siqhubeke senza ingxenye yethu yokushiya umhlaba kangcono kunalokho esikutholile. Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke qeqesha amehlo enhliziyo,njengoba esho uNkosana.