KaThi Bui Eyona nto sinokuyenza yincwadi oyifunde kwindawo enye kwaye uthathe iintsuku ukuyenza ngokupheleleyo. Sisikhumbuzo esibonisa ukusinda kosapho lukaBui emva kokuwa kwe-Vietnam yase-Vietnam ngo-1970, kunye nobomi abakha emva kolo gonyamelo lokufuduka. Ikwa ngamava ka-Bui nokuba ngumama, ukuba amabali esizwe akhiwa njani, kwaye nokuba le mbali yazisa njani ukuba singobani. Ibali, elinzulu lomntu kunye nelikhanyayo ngokwembali, liya kukutshabalalisa kwaye likukhuthaze kumanqanaba amaninzi. Ungafunda amaphepha ambalwa okuqala kwi Iincwadi zika-Abrams.
Ndandinethuba lokuthetha noBu emnxebeni malunga nencwadi yakhe, kwaye yavela njani ngokuhamba kwexesha. Ngexesha apho umchasi-mbacu kunye nokuchasana nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kuphezulu kakhulu, Eyona nto sinokuyenza Isifundo esinamandla ngakumbi endinokucebisa ngaso nabani na. Emva kokufunda incwadi kaBuyi, ndaziva ngathi ndibona umbono wemfazwe eVietnam eyayilahlekile kwimfundo yam eninzi.
I-TMS (uCharline): Kwintshayelelo utsho ukuba uninzi lweembono eza kuqala kuwe nge-2002 kwaye yathatha iindlela ezahlukeneyo. Ndinomdla wokwazi ukuba yintoni ekugqibeleni eyenze ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokuba imemori yemizobo yeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokubalisa ibali.
UThi Bui: Ewe, yaqala njengembali yomlomo kwaye andonelisekanga ngokwenyani ngembali yomlomo. Ndivile ngathi inokuba yeyonobuqu obuninzi ngakumbi, kwaye kuba ndizobe ndaza ndabhala ndacinga ukuba mhlawumbi ndingenza ii-comics, ezijike zangumbono onekratshi. Kwandithatha njengeminyaka eyi-10 elungileyo ukuba ndibone indlela yokwenza ii-comics. Kodwa ndaphefumlelwa zezinye zeememori ezinkulu zemizobo ezinje impuku nguArt Spiegelman kunye IPersepolis ngu-Marjane Satrapi. Ezi ncwadi ziyimizekelo emikhulu yokuba umntu kunye nezopolitiko kunye nembali banokuthi balukwe njani ebalini. Kwaye emva koko, andifuni nyani ukubhala imemo, imbali yomlomo yayidinga umlinganiswa ophambili ukuba akukhokele ebalini kwaye kwafuneka ndizivolontiye.
NJL: Inomdla, bendichaza nje incwadi kumhlobo kwaye ndathi iyandikhumbuza IPersepolis ngendlela edibanisa imbali yezopolitiko kunye nebali lomntu. Iqala kwaye iphela ngokwenyani ngokubonakalisa ukuba ngumama. Ndixelele ukuba kutheni uthathe isigqibo.
Bui: Ndikhule ngamabali omzali wam kwaye ndiye ndaqala ukuhlanganisa emva koko xa ndandikwi-20s yam, kodwa ndahlala kwimathiriyeli ixesha elide kwaye yayingathi inkulu kakhulu isifundo. Kwakungekude ndide ndibe ngumzali apho ndaziva ngathi ndingakwazi ukuphatha imathiriyeli. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba yayilutshintsho nje lovelwano, uyazi?
Bendingasacingi ngesiqu sam njengomntwana kubudlelwane nabazali bam, ngoku ndandingumzali kwaye yayiyinto eyoyikisayo leyo, ngesiquphe ndaziqonda ukuba kufanele ukuba ndineempendulo ngoku zabantwana bam kwaye wenza njani ? Kwaye, nkwenkwe, ujija njani ukuba ungumzali? Ke ndiyaqikelela ukuba uloliwe wengcinga undikhokelele ekubeni ndibenovelwano kwimibuzo endinokuyibuza abazali bam, ke ndicinga ukuba kuninzi endikufumanayo kwinkumbulo zabo ngaloo ndlela- kuba bendingabuzi njengomntwana wabo, kodwa njengo umntu onokucinga ukuba usezihlangwini zakhe.
NJL: Ndicinga ukuba uzive uxanduva lwakho xa ubalisa amabali abo, ngaba unabazali bakho abasebenza nawe njengoko ubusenza incwadi kwaye basabele njani kuyo?
Bui: Ndandisoyika ngokwenene ukubonisa utata wam Isahluko 3, uhlobo lwayo lwangaphambili. Bendingazimisele kumbonisa ngoba bendisendinovalo oluncinci malunga nokuba uzokuyithatha njani kwaye ke ndicinga ukuba wayifunda xa ndingekho ekhaya. Kwaye emva koko khange ndimbone kwiiveki ezimbini ezizayo. Akazange athethe nam iiveki ezimbini. Andazi ukuba ibiyinjongo, kodwa khange ndimbone kwaye xa ebuya ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi uye wadlula kwinto ekufuneka eyenzile emva koko wathi, Kulungile. Ndicinga nje ukuba kufuneka utshintshe izinto ezimbalwa kuba andizikhumbuli ngendlela efanayo.
Ke ibintle, ibiyinkqubo. Kwakukho into eninzi yokuya ngapha nangapha kwaye ndiza kubabonisa iidrafti ezirhabaxa. Kuya kubanceda bakhumbule izinto ezingaphezulu, okanye ndiza kuqonda ngelixa ndizobe ukuba andazi ngokwaneleyo ukuzoba indawo ethile kwaye yayiyindlela elungileyo yokuba nexesha elifanelekileyo nabazali bam, eneneni.
NJL: Ukhankanyile iimpembelelo ezimbalwa ngaphambili, yayizizo ezo mpembelelo ngokubalisa kodwa kwanefuthe lesimbo. Ndacinga ukuba obunye bobugcisa baziva buxhomisa kakhulu kwimizobo yebrashi yendabuko, kodwa andazi ukuba oko bekungabom.
Bui: Ndandinomfundisi-ntsapho wokuzoba ekholejini ogama linguJane Rosen kwaye wayenempembelelo enkulu ekundifundiseni ukuzoba. Impembelelo yakhe ikakhulu kwi-Renaissance masters yaseYurophu kodwa emva koko ikwayiHokusai kunye neHiroshige. Kwaye emva koko ndajonga abantu abaninzi kwii-comics abaziinkosi zebrashi njengoPaul Pope, ndiyaqikelela abantu abaninzi baseYurophu. Kodwa ngenene andikhethi cala nalapho ndithanda ukujonga khona, ke nantoni na ebamba iliso lam iba yimpembelelo.
NJL: Kutheni le nto ukhethe oluhlobo lomhlwa, umbala weorenji njengeyona ithoni iphambili ebalini?
Bui: Ndazi ukuba ndifuna ukuba yincwadi emdaka. Ndizamile oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kodwa ndaziva ngathi kukho uhlobo oluthile oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka olufunda nje njengegrafiki yenoveli eluhlaza. Kananjalo, khange isebenze ngendlela ebeliziva ngayo ibali kum ndiye ndazama imibala eyahlukeneyo emdaka kwaye ekugqibeleni ndawufumana umthunzi olungileyo-ndiyaqikelela isitena. Kushushu, mdala noko, kwaye kunothuli.
NJL: Libali lobuqu, kodwa likwangumbali kunye nendlela izizwe eza kupenda amabali ahlukeneyo ngesiganeko esinye. Ngaba uziva ngathi incwadi yakho izisa into kwiingxelo eziphambili ebezilahlekile?
Bui: Ewe, yayiyinjongo leyo. Xa ndiyibhalayo njengembali yomlomo yonke into ebhaliweyo kwizifundo ngaphambili yayinayo yonke loo nto, kodwa ndaziva ngathi ngumceli mngeni kum, ukuyiguqula ibe yingxelo yobuqu, yayikukuba ndingaze ndithethe amagama anje ngokubalaseleyo okanye ukwenzakala. Ndifuna ukuba elo gama liphume kumfundi hayi ebalini lam.
NJL: Ndijonge olunye uphononongo, kunye noViet Thanh Nguyen (umbhali we Uvelwano ) owayedumisa kakhulu lencwadi kutshanje wayethetha ngendlela i-United States ene-amnesia yembali ngayo kwaye asicingi ukuba iimbacu zaseVietnam kunye nabaphambukeli babecingelwa njengeyingozi ngokwenene kwi-70s. Ngaba uziva ngathi kukho ixesha elifanelekileyo kwincwadi yakho?
Bui: Ndiqale le ncwadi kwiminyaka ka-Bush, ke ndicinga ukuba bendisenza uqhankqalazo emva apho. Kodwa ndiyisebenzisile incwadi ngexesha elininzi loxolo, ndiyathetha, ndinoxolo kwinkululeko. Ndaye ndasonga incwadi ke emva koko unyulo lwenzeka kwaye ndinobudlelwane obukude nencwadi ngoku.
Ndiyathetha, ngokuqinisekileyo ndicinga ukuba kuyanceda ukuba nembono ecace gca ngembali yethu ukuze ndikwazi ukuthi, Hayi ayisiyiyo kanye le nto yayiyiyo kubantu ababona imbali ngeglasi enombala ophakamileyo kwaye bacinga ukuba ubuzwe kunye nokuzonda abantu ngoku yahlukile kunokuba yayihle kakhulu nangaliphi na ixesha kukho amaza eembacu. Ke ndinokukhumbuza abantu, Hayi, bebengasifuni nathi. Ndiyathetha, irhuluneli yethu u-Jerry Brown yamkelekile ngoku kwiimbacu, iyamangalisa-wayengasifuni ngo-1975 xa wayekwikota yakhe yokuqala njenge rhuluneli. Utshintshile, ndinethemba lokuba abantu bazakutshintsha. Sifuna nje ukuba batshintshe ngokukhawuleza okukhulu.
NJL: Ufuna ukuba abantu baphendule njani kwincwadi yakho? Ngokucacileyo umntu onemvelaphi ethile eVietnam kwaye ngeli xesha unokuphendula ngokwahlukileyo kumntu ongenalo nofifi ngale mbali.
Bui: Ndiyenzile endaweni yothando kunye nokuvuleleka kunye novelwano kwaye ke ndiyathemba ukuba iya kuza. Khange ndiyenze ukusuka kwindawo yokuchasana okanye ukulwa nayiphi na ingcinga ethile, ke ndiyathemba ukuba iyakuqhekeza ubambiswano olunentetho yezopolitiko ngoku. Ndiyathemba ukuba baya kudibana nabalinganiswa kwaye baqonde ukuba bangabantu nje ngomnye umntu.
NJL: Zifikelele njani iimpendulo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?
Bui: Kulungile ngokwenene, ndiye ndamangaliswa ngokwenene. Kuyandixelela ukuba ndifunde uphononongo lwabantu kuba kuninzi kakhulu ngovelwano olundincedayo ndibone ukuba baphi abantu kunye nokukwazi kwabo ukuba novelwano ngomnye. Kananjalo ndiyaqikelela, ukukwazi kwabo ukuba nonxibelelwano lobuqu kwiimbali ezinokuthi zahluke kakhulu kwezabo. Yinto ethatha ixesha ngoko ke andilindelanga ukuba wonke umntu ayithande kodwa ndiyazi ukuba baninzi abantu abayilungele.
NJL: Ndabona kwakhona Incwadi yeencwadi zika-Abrams kukho iphepha lokubiza eliluncedo. Ngaba lilizwi lakho elo?
Bui: Hayi, lilizwi likamama lowo! Ndiye ndamhlalisa phambi kwecomputer ndavula iGarage Band ndamnika noluhlu lwamagama azowathetha.
NJL: Ngaba kukho naziphi na iinzame zokusa le ncwadi e-Asiya?
Bui: Ewe, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiyiguqulele kwisiVietnam.
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