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Mhlawumbe kuwubufakazi bento ethize, futhi: imfihlakalo engaxazululeki yokujula kombhali wayo, kanye nesikhala esidala ngaphakathi kombhalo ngezincazelo eziningi ze-kaleidoscopic. Ubungane bakhe nezingane benza ithunzi elingenakuphikwa, futhi embukisweni we-V&A’s blockbuster 2021, u-Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, wayedabuka kakhulu, edumile futhi, okuphikiswana ngakho, isithombe esivusa inkanuko asithatha sika-Alice Liddell njengo-“The Beggar Maid” lapho engatholakali khona. kubonakale. Kepha ngenkathi ukuthandwa kwenhlangano ye-#MeToo kungeze ukuphuthuma embuzweni okhathazekile wokuthi kungenzeka yini ukuncoma ubuciko obuhle obenziwa abantu ababi, esimweni sikaCharles Dodgson, mancane amathuba okuba sazi ngokweqiniso ukuthi ubengumdlwenguli ocindezelwe. noma ukunikela ngomusa, amahloni nokungingiza. Ngempela, njengoba umlobi uKatie Roiphe esikisele, kungenzeka ukuthi azikho izigaba ezitholakala kithi namuhla ezingamqukatha.
Umnyuziyamu wakhe, ngokuphambene, wakhula waphila uhlobo lwempilo elindelwe kowesifazane wekilasi lakhe, futhi ngemva kokubamba isikhashana ukunaka kukaRuskin nendodana yeNkosana yaseWales, uLeopold, wazinza njengoNkk Reginald Hargreaves. Emadodaneni akhe amathathu, eyodwa kuphela eyasinda eMpini Yomhlaba Yokuqala, ingane ayeyiqambe igama – kwaqondana nje, ayehlale eyinakekela – uCaryl.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, inkulumo-mpikiswano ngomhlaba wokuzazisa kwakhe oyinganekwane iyaqhubeka njengephathi yetiye lika-hatter ohlanyayo. U-Alice ungumzekeliso wokuphazamiseka kwemikhuba yokudla; inganekwane eyisixwayiso mayelana ne-algebra engokomfanekiso entsha ngaleso sikhathi; ukubhuqa ngeziMpi zamaRoses. Emkhakheni wemibono eyizimbangi, sonke siba namahloni njengo-Alice.
Emsebenzini wakhe wosuku, u-Dodgson wafundisa ngezibalo, futhi akumangalisi ukuthi izindaba zakhe zigcwele izinkomba ze-arithmetical kanye ne-geometrical. U-Alice ubhekene nochungechunge lwezindida kusukela kumfumbe kaMad Hatter kuya kumdlalo weNdlovukazi wezingwenya, kodwa ezama ngangokunokwenzeka ukuwaxazulula, ngokungaguquguquki agcina enenjongo encane futhi engenayo impendulo. Nakuba uDodgson wayengungqondongqondo, i-Wonderland iyindawo lapho imithetho engenangqondo khona. Futhi mhlawumbe yilapho umlayezo wokugcina wencwadi yakhe yokusungula izinto ngendlela ejabulisayo: umhlaba uyindawo enobuhlanya lapho okulindelwe kuvame ukukhungatheka. Kunokuba silwele ukuvala incazelo, singenza kangcono ukumane sikujabulele ukugibela.
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