Ikhaya lokudweba linika ukukhanya okufudumele nokuthulile, njengokuphuma kanyekanye, kancane kancane kudlula phezulu emagcekeni amhlophe. Ubaba obhujisiwe ikusasa namhlanje ufana nosuku olwandulela, eqhuba shirt eqinile, izikhala zepuleti zivikela kancane, ziveza umoya wokugxila okunzima kanye nezithombe zokuphila. Uthule phambi kwephaneli yokudweba, ubuso bakhe buvuliwe ngemizwa engathandeki—akuyona injabulo, akuyona usizi, kodwa uze wathola ngokugxila. Uthatha ipensela yokudweba, ephakama ngokuqhuba kalula ebhuthini, kwesinye isikhathi ubhaqa imigqa ephelele, kwesinye isikhathi uqhubeka ngemithambo encane nezinqumo. Le msebenzi ayikaphelelanga, umyalezo wezithombe uhambisana nokungaqondakali, ucacisa izikhumbuzo ezimnyama nezifuna kwemizwa yangaphakathi.
Isikhala sebhodi sokudweba asikhulu, kodwa sinesimo sokukhanya. Ibhokisi lekhanda lezakhamizi lincike kuzo zonke izincwadi, amakhasi aluhlaza ahlanzekile, kukhona kuphela izincwadi eziphezulu ezihlala phezulu, ezibhalwe ngamathekhniki okudweba, akukho okukhalipha, kube nomphumela wokuhlola. Sikuba khona kancane nezincwadi eziphuma kumathafa omndeni ezivela emlandweni wokuthuthukiswa kwezobuciko obukhuluma, imibala kanye nezizinda eziphakanyisiwe.
I-palette yokufaka imibala ikhululekile eceleni kwedeski, kuhlanganiswe ikhompiyutha, uthuthu, i-gold, ne-pigment yezinyoni. Esikhaleni sezinto zikaBill, i-akhawunti yezehlakalo zihlala zizikhipha ngengubo egqokekayo, ubuso bakho foldwa kumathambo amancane. Uthola amakhono nezinto eziphilayo, kuyinto ehle kakhulu yeza kamuva. Izicathulo zokudweba ziyatholakala, izincwadi ezingekho kahle, noma lezo ezinqamulelayo 'to-do notes' ziyahluka. Ubufakazi bukhombisa uhambo lokwakha.
Inhliziyo yezehlakalo yethu, ububanzi obuhlangene nohlu lwe-A4 lwezithombe ebhodi yokudweba inikezela ngefomu lokudala. Kulokhu, uBaba uzama ukukhombisa umfundi ngamaphuzu ahambelyo, angaguqukanga.. Iphutha elithile Imithetho ithumba okwauphendula. Uma kuhlelwa „ukuqinisekisa izithombe”, ubaba uhlangabeza: „Isondo sesithombe sikhona, futhi kufanele kube yimigqi ethile.” Unemiqondo emihle kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ezinxenyeni ezingapheli, okuyisiboniso seziqubeko.
Imvuselelo yokudweba edlalayo ibalulekile, lapho bantu baziqhenya lapho behlanganisa izinto ezihlukene. Abanethembiso abavula isikhumbuzo esisha ngezithombe zebhodi lehlabathi. Lokhu kudala ukuhlanganisa okukhulu, kutshala ubuciko empilweni, umsebenzi. Nansi okunye ukuhamba kokwenza isikhathi sakuqala. Ngemva kokuphothula isikhathi sokudweba, uBaba uhlelana ithoni.
Izinhlelo zikhulula umbala, kumele ndawonye, umndeni uhamba, ibhuku thina sinikela ngokwenkolo, isithombe siyaphila. Lesi sikhangiso sikhombisa umbono unezikhumbuzo zokufaka. Uminyaka kamama, ngubaba ozama izimiselo ezivamile. Uma ungudoli, uthole izikhumbuzo zasemhlabeni—izixhumanisi ezidingekayo zalabo abahamba kancane, Ukuhlangana kwezinto zendlela. Lezi zinto ezincane zihlala zingenayo impendulo, umbono uqhubeka njalo.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, Igceke libhikisha ekuphileni, udinga isikhathi, ukukhwabanisa umndeni ukuphinda uthethe. Ubuza imihla uzokukhumbuza. Futhi, uvusa izethembiso zikasoma bakhe, kuphinde uphinde. Ngakho, uNdlovukazi kaBarnabé uqhubekela phambili ngemiphefumulo yamaqhawe.