I-CALPOETS '2021 I-SImpoSIUM ENGCACILEYO 

KUBONAKALA TONGO EISEN-MARTIN

Le Simpoziyam yempelaveki yempelaveki yeMibongo ilungiselelwe bonke abantu, ulutsha ukuya phezulu, abanomdla kubugcisa boncwadi - kubandakanywa iimbongi, ababhali, ootitshala, abafundi kunye nokunye.  Unikezelo luya kubandakanya iindibano zocweyo zokubhala ngokuyilayo, ufundo lwemibongo, neengcaciso-ntetho ezilungiselelwe ukufundisa imibongo kwiindawo zokuhlala.  Kuya kubakho imenyu epheleleyo yeminikelo ngoMgqibelo-ngeCawa, Agasti 21st-Agasti 22nd, 2021.  Ubhaliso luyafuneka kodwa ababhalisileyo banokukhetha kwaye bakhethe ukuba zeziphi iindibano zocweyo abathatha inxaxheba kuzo.  Inkomfa iya kwenzeka eZOOM njengefomathi yentlanganiso. I-symposium isimahla.  Iminikelo iyakhuthazwa ukuze isincede sihlawule iintlawulo kubabonisi, kunye nokuveliswa kwesiganeko. 

Kangangeminyaka engama-57, iimbongi zaseCalifornia ezikolweni zizise umlingo onamandla wokudalwa kwemibongo kunye nokusebenza kubafundi abangaphezu kwesigidi esinye.  Umsebenzi wethu ubaluleke ngakumbi kunangaphambili!  Uphononongo lubonisa ukuba ukubandakanyeka kwabafundi kwezobugcisa kunxulunyaniswa nokusebenza okuphezulu kwezemfundo, ukwanda kwamanqaku ovavanyo asemgangathweni, ukubandakanyeka okukhulu kwinkonzo yoluntu kunye namazinga asezantsi ayekayo isikolo. 

Ubuchule bokuyila #1 isakhono esinqwenelekayo kwimarike yomsebenzi yanamhlanje.  Umyalelo wesihobe wakha uvelwano kunye nokuziva uyinxalenye yegumbi lokufundela.  Imibongo kunye nobugcisa bunokuba sisixhobo esinamandla, esiphilisayo ezikolweni kunye noluntu oluchacha kwiintlekele zendalo kunye nezinye iintlungu ezinjengobundlobongela bemipu.  Le nkomfa yampelaveki ivuleleke kuluntu kwaye ilungiselelwe amagcisa okufundisa uncwadi (kubo bonke abaphulaphuli), ootitshala beklasi, iimbongi, abaviwa be-MFA kunye nokunye.  Umxholo uya kubandakanyeka kwabo batsha kraca ekufundiseni ubugcisa boncwadi kunye "neminqwazi emidala" phakathi kwethu.

Inkomfa iya kubanjwa njengeNtlanganiso yeZoom.  Ezinye iindibano zocweyo zinokuba nabazimasi abangaphezu kwekhulu, ngelixa ezinye iindibano zocweyo zinokusondelelana ngakumbi.  Siyavuya ukwenza uninzi lwale ndawo iguquguqukayo, yendibano ebonakalayo ukuze someleze uthungelwano lwethu kunye nokwakha uluntu.

Kuphela ngabathathi-nxaxheba ababhalisiweyo abaya kufumana ulwazi lokungena. Wamkelekile ukuba uzimase inkomfa yonke okanye ukhethe kwaye ukhethe iindibano zocweyo ezihambelana nomdla wakho.  Akukho mfuneko yokuba ubhalisele iindibano zocweyo ezithile kwangaphambili. Vele uphume uye kwiindibano zocweyo usebenzisa ikhonkco leZoom eliza kubonelelwa. 

Ngelixa ukufowuna kwi-symposium kuya kwenzeka, ngenxa yamava angcono kakhulu enkomfa, sincoma ukungena kwikhompyutheni kunye noqhagamshelwano oluhle lwe-wifi.  Inkomfa iya kusekwa ukuze umntu ngamnye okhoyo abonakale kwiqela lonke, nangona kunjalo unokucima okanye uyivule ikhamera yakho.  Bonke abathathi-nxaxheba baya kuthuliswa, nangona kunjalo kusenokubakho amaxesha apho omnye okanye abathabathi-nxaxheba abaninzi beyekiwe ukuba babelane neqela. 

Tongo Eisen Martin:  Imvelaphi yaseSan Francisco, uTongo Eisen-Martin yimbongi, umsebenzi wentshukumo, kunye nomfundisi-ntsapho. Ikharityhulamu yakhe yamva nje engokubulawa kwabantu abaNtsundu ngokungekho mthethweni, ethi, Sihlawulisa kwakhona ukubulawa kwabantu abaNtsundu, iye yasetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokufundisa nokulungelelanisa kwilizwe lonke. Incwadi yakhe enesihloko esithi, "Kukho umntu osele efile" yonyulwa kwiBhaso leNcwadi yaseCalifornia. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ethi "Izulu Ngazo Zonke Iindlela ezilungileyo" yapapashwa ngothotho lweembongi zeSixeko, yafakwa kuluhlu olufutshane lweBhaso leMibongo yeGriffins kwaye yaphumelela imbasa yeNcwadi yaseCalifornia kunye neMbasa yeNcwadi yaseMelika. Incwadi yakhe ezayo ethi "Igazi kwiNkungu" ikhutshwa ngoku kuwa kuthotho lweembongi zeSixeko. Uyimbongi yesibhozo eSan Francisco.

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