Olu ludliwanondlebe kunye nomzobi odumileyo waseCuba UManuel Alfredo Sosabravo, ogqiba iminyaka engama-80 yobomi.
Ngo-1950, wawuzimase umboniso weWifredo Lam kwiCentral Park yaseHavana. Ngaba ithamsanqa lokuqala lokudibana njani nobugcisa obubonwayo, kwaye ibuchaphazele njani ubudlelwane bothando endibe nalo nobugcisa kule minyaka ingama-60 idlulileyo?
Ndihlala ndineenkxalabo zobugcisa, kodwa ndingazi ukuba ndenze ntoni ngazo. Ndacinga ukuba ndingangumculi. Xa ndandineminyaka eli-18 ubudala, ndaqala ukumamela umculo weklasikhi kwisikhululo seCMBF. Ndisandula ukuba ngumdlali wepiyano ndaza ndangena kwisikolo somculo ndaza ndafunda ngomculo. Ndandiphezulu kwiklasi yam xa kufikwa kwithiyori, kodwa okokugqibela ngokomculo. Uye wabhala amanye amabali athi apapashwa kumaphepha oncwadi afana noDiario de la Marina. Nangona kunjalo, ndakhawuleza ndaqonda ukuba ayingowam umsebenzi.
Amashumi amathandathu eminyaka yokuzinikela ngokunyanisekileyo kubugcisa. Ngaba umsebenzi wakho uhlala umnandi okanye ukhe wanamahla ndenyuka?
Kwakumnandi kakhulu, yayinjongo endazibekela yona xa ndandineminyaka engama-20 ubudala kunye namashumi amathandathu eminyaka kamva, ndiziva ngathi ndiphumelele.
Ngexesha lokuvulwa komboniso wakhe wakutshanje, uMbhali-mbali weSixeko saseHavana, u-Eusebio Leal, uchaze umsebenzi wakhe njengoncumo lwanaphakade. ucinga ntoni ngayo?
Ngethamsanqa, ndinethemba elikhulu kwaye oko kubonakala ngokucacileyo emsebenzini wam. Luhlobo lwendalo. Nditsho nemixholo ebalaseleyo eye yanoburharha. Ayisiyonto endiyifundileyo, ndiyaqikelela ukuba yinxalenye yam.
Onke amagcisa kuthiwa alandela isithethe xa ezala umsebenzi omtsha. Unayo?
Ndifuna ukuthatha uhambo ngegadi yam. Oko kundikhumbuza emaphandleni kunye nobuntwana bam. Esi siqwenga sendalo siphantse sayinxalenye yomsebenzi wam wobugcisa. Ngaphambi kokuba ndenze nantoni na kwi studio sam, ndiye phaya, ndibethwe ngumoya, emva koko ndiye emsebenzini. Xa ndidiniwe, ndiza kuphinda ndihlaziyeke ngokomoya, kwaye ndiyaqhubeka ndisebenza ndizele ngamandla. Kufana nokuzalisa itanki lemoto.
Unengqokelela enkulu yemisebenzi, kodwa ngaba kukho isiqwenga okanye uthotho onothando olukhethekileyo?
Zininzi, kodwa eyona ikhetheke kakhulu ngumzobo wesakhiwo esisefeni yeHabana Libre Hotel, eyokuqala endiyenzileyo. Yahlukile kwabanye kuba bendingenamava angaphambili.
Xa usebenza uzibona ngolu hlobo isiqwenga engqondweni yakho kwasekuqaleni, okanye ngaba usenyusa le nkqubo?
Ndihlala ndinemibono engaphambili. Ngamanye amaxesha amabinzana okanye izihloko zeemovie zinika indawo yokuqala.
Ukuba bekufanele ukhethe umzuzu okhethekileyo kwikhondo lakho lomsebenzi, ibiya kuba yintoni?
Xa ndagqiba ekubeni ndibe ngumzobi eneminyaka engama-20.
Abagxeki abaninzi babhekisa kwiinguqulelo ezingapheliyo zentetho yakhe yobuhle kunye neendlela ezandayo zokuzoba. Ngaba uzijonga njengomculi onenkani?
Andilulo uhlobo olugqithisileyo, kodwa ndicokisekileyo xa kusenziwa zonke iinkcukacha zomsebenzi wam.
Yintoni eyothusayo: ubuqili beenkcukacha zonke, okanye ukumangaliswa komsebenzi ogqityiweyo?
Zombini.
Sixelele ngamandla angummangaliso, njengengubo ethile, ejoyina umbala.
Eso sisiphumo samava. Kolo phendlo rhoqo kulo lonke ikhondo lomsebenzi wam, bendihlala ndizama ukufezekisa umbala endiwufunayo.
Ngoobani amagcisa owathandayo?
Ukuqala kwam ukupeyinta, abapeyinti endibathandayo yayinguMariano, uVíctor Manuel, kunye nePortocarrero. Kubazobi beli xesha, ndiyamthanda uFabelo. Ukuva kwam amagcisa aphuma kwihlabathi liphela, andizange ndiyeke ukuthanda abantu baseCuba, kodwa ndifumanise abanye abaziva ngathi lusapho, kuba bekukho iindawo zonxibelelwano emsebenzini wethu.
Ungakubhiyozela njani ukuzalwa kwendalo yakho entsha?
Ndicinga nje njengomfazi ozalayo, nangona kungengenabuhlungu, kodwa endaweni yokonwaba. Xa ndigqiba ndihlala ndicinga ukuba umhle umntanam.
Kucacile ukuba ungumculi ongoyikiyo osoloko ekulungele ukuthatha umngcipheko omtsha, kodwa akukhathaleki nokuba ziziphi izinto ezintsha onokuzifumana apha endleleni, soloko ugcina ukuvumelana kulwimi lwakho lobuhle. Ucinga ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukugcina isimbo esifanayo?
Onke amagcisa azama ukuchonga ngendlela yokusebenza ephunyelelweyo ngokufaka kunye nokwala iimpembelelo de bafumane isimbo sabo. Ndisoloko ndikholelwa ukuba abazobi bebali lasekuqaleni bangabemi bomqolomba kwaye babengengabo ngokwenene abazobi, kodwa abantu abazama ukubonakalisa ubomi babo kunye neminqweno yabo.
Kubantu abaninzi, iSosabravo: ilizwe, umhlaba, iphela. Injani indalo yonke?
Ilula kakhulu. Andinkimbinkimbi, izinto zobugcisa ezothusayo ngokwam. Mhlawumbi abanye abantu basebenzisa ikhompyuter ukwenza eminye imisebenzi yabo, andazi ukuba ndisebenza njani nekhompyuter. Ndimdala kakhulu. Kuthatha ixesha kwaye kuthule ukwenza lo msebenzi undenza ndizive ndonelisekile.