Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi yokudweba njalo, uStephen Edgar Bradbury wabonakala sengathi, kulesi sigaba empilweni yakhe, usengomunye wemikhakha yakhe yobuciko ayikhethile. Ubuciko bakhe, ikakhulukazi imidwebo ye-graphite ku-yupo (iphepha elingenazinkuni elivela eJapane elenziwe nge-polypropylene), buye baqashelwa kabanzi emazweni aseduze nakude. Umbukiso womuntu siqu wemisebenzi yakhe uzobanjelwa e-Center for Spiritual Care kuze kube nguJanuwari 28.
UBradbury uthe wayekujabulela ukusebenza ngaphandle futhi wayehlala ephethe ithuluzi lokubhala kanye nencwajana lapho ehamba ngezinyawo nasohambweni.
"Amakhamera amahle kakhulu, kodwa awathwebuli imininingwane eminingi njengoba iso lomuntu lingakwenza. Iningi lomsebenzi engiwenzayo yimidwebo yemizuzu engama-30-40 eyenziwa ekuhambeni kwami kwansuku zonke noma ohambweni lwangaphandle. Ngiyahambahamba, ngibona izinto…"Yilapho ngiqala khona ukudweba. Ngangidweba cishe nsuku zonke futhi ngihamba amamayela amathathu kuya kwayisithupha. Njengomculi womculo, udinga ukuzijwayeza izikali zakho nsuku zonke. Udinga ukudweba nsuku zonke ukuze uqhubeke," kuchaza uBradbury.
Incwadi yokudweba ngokwayo iyinto enhle kakhulu ukuyiphatha esandleni sakho. Manje nginezincwadi zokudweba ezingaba ngu-20. Ngeke ngiyisuse le midwebo ngaphandle kokuba othile efuna ukuyithenga. Uma nginakekela ubuningi, uNkulunkulu uzonakekela ikhwalithi.
Ekhulela eSouth Florida, uBradbury wafunda isikhashana eCooper Union College eNew York City ngawo-1970. Wafunda ukubhala ngobuciko kanye nokudweba ngesiShayina eTaiwan ngawo-1980, wabe eseqala umsebenzi njengomhumushi wezincwadi futhi wasebenza njengoprofesa wezincwadi iminyaka engaba ngu-20.
Ngo-2015, uBradbury wanquma ukuzinikela isikhathi esigcwele kwezobuciko, ngakho washiya umsebenzi wakhe wabuyela eFlorida. Wahlala eFort White, eFlorida, lapho uMfula i-Ichetucknee ugeleza khona, awubiza ngokuthi “omunye wemifula yasentwasahlobo emide kakhulu emhlabeni futhi ungenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zalesi sifundazwe esihle,” kwathi eminyakeni embalwa kamuva wathuthela eMelrose.
Nakuba uBradbury wayesebenza kwezinye iziteshi zezindaba ngezikhathi ezithile, lapho ebuyela ezweni lobuciko wakhangwa yi-graphite kanye "nobumnyama bayo obucebile kanye nokucaca kwesiliva okwangikhumbuza amafilimu amnyama nobusuku obukhanyayo benyanga."
“Bengingazi ukuthi ngiyisebenzisa kanjani imibala,” kusho uBradbury, enezela ngokuthi yize edwebe ngama-pastel, wayengenalo ulwazi olwanele ngombala ukuze adwebe ngamafutha.
“Engangikwazi nje ukukwenza kwakuwukudweba, ngakho ngathuthukisa amasu amasha futhi ngaguqula ubuthakathaka bami baba amandla,” kusho uBradbury. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-watercolor graphite, i-graphite encibilikayo emanzini okuthi uma ixutshwe namanzi ibe yiyinki.
Izingcezu zikaBradbury ezimnyama nezimhlophe ziyagqama, ikakhulukazi uma ziboniswa eduze kwezinye izinto, ngenxa yalokho akubiza ngokuthi “isimiso sokuntuleka,” echaza ukuthi akukho mncintiswano omkhulu kule ndlela engavamile.
“Abantu abaningi bacabanga ngemidwebo yami ye-graphite njengezithombe noma amaphrinti. Kubonakala sengathi nginezinto ezibonakalayo kanye nombono ohlukile,” kusho uBradbury.
Usebenzisa amabhulashi aseShayina kanye nezinto zokufaka ezifashisayo njengezikhonkwane zokugoqa, ama-napkin, amabhola kakotini, iziponji zopende, amatshe, njll. ukudala ukwakheka ephepheni le-Yupo elenziwe ngokwenziwa, alithandayo kunephepha elijwayelekile le-watercolor.
“Uma ubeka okuthile kuyo, kudala ukuthungwa. Kunzima ukuyiphatha, kodwa ingaveza imiphumela emangalisayo. Ayigobi uma imanzi futhi inenzuzo eyengeziwe yokuthi ungayisula bese uqala kabusha,” kusho uBra DeBerry. “KuYupo, kufana kakhulu nengozi ejabulisayo.
UBradbury uthe ipensela lihlala liyithuluzi elikhethwa kakhulu abaculi abaningi be-graphite. Umsizi omnyama wepensela "efana ne-lead" ojwayelekile awuyona nhlobo i-lead, kodwa i-graphite, uhlobo lwekhabhoni olwalungavamile kangangokuthi eBrithani lwaluwukuphela komthombo omuhle amakhulu eminyaka, futhi abavukuzi babehlaselwa njalo ukuze baluthole. Abayona "i-lead". Ungawuthumeli ngaphandle ngokungekho emthethweni.
Ngaphandle kwamapensela e-graphite, uthi, “kunezinhlobo eziningi zamathuluzi e-graphite, njenge-graphite powder, izinduku ze-graphite kanye ne-graphite putty, engiyisebenzisela ukudala imibala emnyama kakhulu.”
UBradbury wasebenzisa ne-eraser engcolile, izikele, ama-cuticle pusher, ama-ruler, onxantathu kanye nensimbi egobile ukudala ama-curve, athi ukusetshenziswa kwawo kwashukumisela omunye wabafundi bakhe ukuthi athi, “Kumane kuyiqhinga.” Omunye umfundi wabuza, “Kungani ungasebenzisi ikhamera nje?”
“Amafu yinto yokuqala engathandana nayo ngemva kukamama – kudala ngaphambi kwamantombazane. Kuyisicaba lapha futhi amafu ashintsha njalo. Kufanele usheshe kakhulu, ahamba ngokushesha okukhulu. Anezimo ezinhle kakhulu. . Kwakujabulisa kakhulu ukuwabuka. Kulezi zindawo zotshani kwakungimi kuphela, kwakungekho muntu eduze. Kwakunokuthula kakhulu futhi kukuhle.”
Kusukela ngo-2017, umsebenzi kaBradbury ubulokhu uboniswa emibukisweni eminingi eyedwa neyeqembu eTexas, e-Illinois, e-Arizona, eGeorgia, eColorado, eWashington, naseNew Jersey. Uthole imiklomelo emibili ye-Best of Show evela eGainesville Fine Arts Society, indawo yokuqala emibukisweni ePalatka, eFlorida naseSpringfield, e-Indiana, kanye ne-Excellence Award e-Asheville, eNorth Carolina. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBradbury uthole i-PEN Award ka-2021 ye-Translated Poetry. ngencwadi ka-Amang, imbongi yaseTaiwan kanye nomenzi wefilimu, ethi Raised by Wolves: Poems and Conversations.
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