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Vol. 17 MAY 1913 Cha 2

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IMAGINATION

UMUNTU ujabulela umsebenzi wezingqondo, kodwa akavamile noma angacabangi ngalokhu ukuze azi ukuthi kuyini, ukuthi isebenza kanjani, yiziphi izinto eziqashiwe, yiziphi izinqubo nemiphumela yomsebenzi, nokuthi yini injongo yangempela yokucabanga . Njengamanye amagama, njengombono, ingqondo, ukucabanga, ukucabanga ngokuvamile kuvame ukusetshenziswa ngokungakhethi noma ngaphandle kwencazelo eqondile. Abantu bakhuluma ngomcabango ngendumiso, njengokufinyelela noma isici samadoda amakhulu abanobuchule namandla abo abafake izifiso zezwe kanye nezwe; futhi abantu abanjalo bayakhuluma ngakho njengobuntu babantu abangenakusizo, abanesifiso esiningi kanye nezingqondo ezibuthakathaka; ukuthi imibono enjalo ayinasisebenzisi, amaphupho abo akalokothi agcwaliseke, alindele okungakaze kwenzeke; futhi, babhekwa ngesihawu noma ukudelelwa.

Ukucabangela kuzokuqhubeka nokuqhubekela phambili. Kuzoqhubekela phezulu ezindaweni eziphakeme futhi abanye baye ekujuleni. Kungenza noma kuhlanganise abantu.

Ukucabanga akuyona i-nebula engabonakali yamaphupho, izinkanuko, ukucabangela, amafantasti, izinkolelo, izinto ezingenalutho. Ukucabanga kwenza izinto. Izinto zenziwa emcabangweni. Okwenziwe emcabangweni kungokoqobo kulowo owenza njengemikhiqizo yombono lapho ehlanganiswa nokusetshenziswa ngokomzimba.

Lokho kuyiqiniso kumuntu awazi ngakho. Umuntu uyazi izinto ngokubambeka kuye noma ngokubheka. Akaqondi lokho awaziyo, kuze kube yilapho eseqaphele futhi ezama ukucabanga nokuliqonda. Uma ecabanga futhi azama ukukuqonda, ukucabanga kuyodlulisela amafomu amasha kuye; uzobona izincazelo ezintsha kumafomu amadala; uzofunda ukwenza amafomu; futhi uzoqonda futhi alindele phambili ubuciko bokugcina bokucabanga, ekukwenzeni nokwenza ifomu.

Ukucabanga akuxhomeki esikhathini noma indawo, nakuba ngezinye izikhathi ubuciko besithombe kumuntu bukhulu futhi busebenza kakhulu kunezinye, futhi kukhona izindawo ezifanele kangcono kunabanye emsebenzini, hhayi umdlalo, wokucabanga. Kuxhomeke esimweni, isimo sengqondo, umlingiswa, ukuthuthukiswa komuntu ngamunye. Isikhathi nendawo kuhlangene kakhulu nomphuphi othanda izinto kuzokwenzeka futhi ulindele amathuba namanxusa, kepha ukucabanga kudala amathuba, kuqhuba imizwelo kuye, kwenza izinto zenzeke. Kuye, umcabango usebenza noma nini nanoma iyiphi indawo.

Labo abacabanga ukuthi kukhona okungalungile noma okuhle, okungahambi kahle noma okusebenzayo, abaphuphi noma abacabangelayo. Imicabango yephupho iphakanyiswa izinzwa nezinto zabo; umcabango ocabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ubangelwa umcabango wakhe. Iphupho lizwela futhi lingahambi kahle, i-imaginator ezwelayo futhi enhle. Umphuphi uyomqondo wakhe, ngokusebenzisa isakhiwo sakhe somfanekiso, ubonisa noma uthatha izinhlobo zezinto zengqondo noma imicabango, futhi ngubani ophikisana nalezi. I-imaginor noma i-imaginator yiyena oletha isakhiwo sakhe somfanekiso, into ephathekayo, eqondiswa umcabango wakhe, ngokusho kolwazi lwakhe futhi enqunywe ngamandla akhe okuthanda. Imicabango ephulukisayo nemisindo nemifomu enomsindo kudonsela umphuphi. Ingqondo yakhe ilandela futhi idlala nabo emidlalweni yabo, noma iyabanjwa futhi ibanjwe yiyo, futhi ikhono lakhe lesithombe liqhutshwa futhi liphoqelelwe ukuba libonise njengoba liqondisa. Umcabangi ucindezela ikhono lakhe lesithombe futhi uvala ingqondo ngokucabanga kancane aze athole umcabango wakhe. Njengoba imbewu iphonswa esibelethweni somhlaba, ngakho-ke umcabango unikezwa ku-faculty image. Eminye imibono ayifakiwe.

Ukuphumula ekugcineni kolwazi olulandelwe engqondweni nangamandla okuthanda, ukucabangela kugqugquzela umqondo wesithombe ngomqondo wakhe kuze kuqale umsebenzi wokucabanga. Ngokusho kolwazi olulinganisiwe lokucabangela nangamandla okuthanda, umcabango uthatha impilo esithombeni somfanekiso. Lezi zinsuku zibizwa ngokuthi zisetshenziswe futhi ngamunye ukhonza emsebenzini wokucabanga. Umcabango owenziwe ngombono, ungumuntu oyinhloko eqenjini noma emaqenjini amafomu, athatha umbala wawo kuwo futhi awuthonya kuze kube yilapho umsebenzi womcabango usuqedile.

Indlela yokucabanga esebenza ngayo iboniswa endabeni yomlobi. Ngokucabanga, uphendukela ekukhanyeni kwakhe kwengqondo kulokhu okufisa ukuveza futhi akhuthaze njengoba ecabanga. Izinzwa zakhe azikwazi ukumsiza, ziphazamisa futhi zidideke. Ngokucatshangelwa ukuthi ucacisa futhi ugxile ekukhanyeni kwengqondo yakhe aze athole isihloko somcabango wakhe. Kungase kungene embonweni wakhe wengqondo kancane kancane njengemfudu enzima. Kungase kukhanyise yonke yayo njengombani noma imisebe ye-sunburst. Lokhu akusiyo izinzwa. Yiziphi lezi izinzwa ezingakwazi ukuqonda. Khona-ke isikhundla sakhe sesithombe sisasebenza, futhi izinzwa zakhe zihlanganyela ngokuzikhandla kwezinhlamvu lapho isakhiwo sakhe somfanekiso sinikeza ifomu. Izinto zezwe ezingaphandle zingasetshenziswa kuze kube manje ukuthi zikwazi ukukhonza njengento ebonakalayo ekusetshenzisweni kwesihloko ezweni lakhe ngaphakathi. Njengoba izinhlamvu zikhula zibe yifomu, umqondo ngamunye unomthelela ngokufaka ithoni noma ukunyakaza noma ukuma noma umzimba. Zonke ziphiliswa endaweni yazo lapho umbhali abize ngomsebenzi wezingqondo.

Ukucabanga kungenzeka kuwo wonke umuntu. Ngamanye amandla namandla okucabanga acishe abe ngezinga eliphansi; nabanye benza ngendlela engavamile.

Amandla okucabanga: amandla okufisa, amandla okucabanga, amandla okuthanda, amandla okuzwa, amandla okusebenza. Ukufisa kuyinkinga yenxenye ehlukumezayo, eqinile, ekhangayo futhi engacacile yengqondo, okushoyo nokwaneliseka ngokusebenzisa izinzwa. Ukucabanga ukugxila kokukhanya kwengqondo ngendaba yokucabanga. Ukuzikhethela yilokho okuphoqelela, ngomcabango, walokho okhethiwe ukukwenza. Ukuzwa ukuhanjiswa kwezinto ezitholakalayo ezitholakale ngezingxenye zengqondo kumakhono engqondo. Ukwenza lokhu kungukuthi lokho okufisayo noma okuthandayo kuyakwenza.

Lezi zinsuku zivela kolwazi oluye lwazuza ingqondo esikhathini esidlule. Imibono ethandwayo ayilungile, ukuthi ubuciko bokucabanga buyisipho semvelo, ukuthi amandla asetshenziswe emcabangweni angumnikelo wendalo noma umphumela wokuzalwa. Amagama izipho zemvelo, ukuzalwa nobudala kanye nokuhlinzeka kusho ukuthi yilokho okuye kwavela kumzamo yomuntu. Ubuciko kanye nesabelo somcabango kanye namandla asetshenziswe emcabangweni ifa kulokhu kuphila kwamanje okuyingxenye yalokho umuntu ayekutholile ngomzamo empilweni yakhe yangaphambili. Labo abanamandla amancane noma abafisa ukucabanga baye benza umzamo omkhulu wokuwuthola.

Ukucabanga kungathuthukiswa. Labo abanokuncane, bangathuthukisa okuningi. Labo abanokuningi bangathuthukisa okuningi. Izinzwa ziyisiza, kodwa akusho ekuthuthukiseni imicabango. Izinzwa ezingaphelele ziyoba usizo olungenasici, kodwa azikwazi ukuvimbela ukusebenza kwengqondo.

Ukucabanga kufinyelelwa ekufundiseni nasekusebenziseni kwengqondo emsebenzini womcabango. Ukuze uqondise ingqondo yombono, khetha isihloko esingacacile futhi uhlanganyele ekucabangeni ngakho ngezikhathi ezithile kuze kube yilapho kubonakala futhi kuqondwe yingqondo.

Omunye uqala ukucabanga ngendlela aqondisa ngayo ingqondo ngenhloso. Amasiko wezinzwa ahlanganisa amanani athile okungenasisekelo emiphumeleni yomsebenzi wokucabanga. Kodwa ubuciko emcabangweni buncike engqondweni futhi budluliselwa noma ngezinzwa ngokusebenzisa amandla okucabanga okuphathelene nokucabanga.

(Izophetha)