UPhil Williams ume kwipatio yekhaya lakhe eTelegraph Hill, eSan Francisco, ecaleni komfanekiso oqingqiweyo wesithixokazi saseRoma uFortuna.
Njengoko umzobi we-landscape u-Amey Papitto elungiselela iSan Francisco Artists Guild Fair eWashington Square Park ngeCawe kusasa, iliso lakhe labamba umfanekiso ojijisayo eluphahleni lweTelegraph Hill ejongene nepaki.
“Kwakungathi libhinqa elineambrela yokuzikhusela emoyeni,” utshilo uPapito. Waphawula ukuba iambrela yayishukuma ngokwaneleyo ukuba itsalele ingqalelo yakhe kwingongoma ephakathi kweCawa yeeNgcwele uPeter noPawulos neCoit Tower esendulini.
ISandwich phakathi kwezi zinto zimbini zibonwayo, umdla ubonakala ngathi ukhukuliswe esibhakabhakeni ngexesha lesaqhwithi sasebusika, kwaye ukuba uPapitto unokuwushiya umboniso wobugcisa kwaye alandele umdla wakhe epakini, kumgca wakusasa ngeCawe endlwini kamama wakhe, izihlwele ezityelayo, kwaye wehla eGreenwich- isitrato ukuya eGrant, uqaphela uPhil Williams encotsheni yendlu ephezu kwenduli.
UWilliams, injineli edla umhlala-phantsi, wamisa umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wesithixokazi samaRoma uFortuna apha, umfuziselo walowo wawubona kuMjelo Omkhulu waseVenice. Wakha umfanekiso oqingqiweyo waza wawufaka eluphahleni lwakhe ngoFebruwari, kuba nje wayevakalelwa kukuba isixeko sakhe esitsha sifuna ukuhlaziyeka.
“Wonke umntu eSan Francisco ubambekile kwaye udandathekile,” uWilliams, oneminyaka engama-77, uxelele iintatheli ezinkqonkqoza emnyango. "Abantu bafuna into ebonakala ilungile kwaye ibakhumbuza ukuba kutheni behlala eSan Francisco kwasekuqaleni."
Ngokusisiseko imozulu, umsebenzi wobugcisa wakhiwa phezu kwemannequin yendlela yokubonisa ekwakufuneka ihlulwe ukuze inyuke izinyuko ezingama-60 kwizinyuko ezimxinwa kakhulu zeWilliams House enemigangatho emithathu emva kwenyikima ka-1906. Kanye kwindawo yophahla, ifakwe kwibhokisi yeenyawo ezine ubude kunye ne-plinth evumela ukuba isiqwenga sijikeleze kwi-axis yayo. U-Fortune ngokwakhe uziimitha ezi-6 ubude, kodwa iqonga limnika ukuphakama kweenyawo ezili-12, eluphahleni lweenyawo ezingama-40 ukusuka kwisitrato esinokufikelelwa ngezinyuko. Iingalo zakhe ezizoluliweyo zibambe imilo efana neseyile, ngokungathi ibethwa ngumoya.
Kodwa nakumphakamo onjalo, umbono weFortuna ovela esitratweni uvaliwe. Uyakungcungcuthekisa kulo lonke uzuko lwakhe lwegolide, njengoko esenza uPapitto, osepakini engaphaya kweShop kaMario yaseBohemian Cigar.
Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kathixokazi ongumGrike uFortune wakhanyiswa phezu kophahla lwendlu kaPhil Williams ebudeni betheko eSan Francisco.
UMonique Dorthy waseRoseville kunye neentombi zakhe ezimbini bahamba besuka eGreenwich baya eCoit Tower ngeCawa ukuze babone umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weCramer Place, owawunokwaneleyo ukumgcina ekhasa ngokuphefumla ukuya kumbindi webhloko.
“Ibingumfazi. Andazi ukuba wayephethe ntoni – uhlobo oluthile lweflegi,” watsho. Esithi lo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo wawusenziwa ngummi walapho, wathi, “Ukuba oko kumzisela uvuyo nolonwabo esixekweni, ndiyayithanda loo nto.”
UWilliams unethemba lokuhambisa isigidimi esinzulu kuFortuna, isithixokazi saseRoma sethamsanqa, eluphahleni lwakhe.
“Andiqondi ukuba ingumbono olungileyo ukubethelela into eluphahleni lwesakhiwo,” utshilo. “Kodwa iyavakala. Ithamsanqa lisixelela apho umoya welishwa ubhudla khona. Isikhumbuza indawo yethu emhlabeni. ”
UWilliams, umphambukeli wase-Bhritane owaziwa kakhulu ngomsebenzi wakhe wobunjineli kumgxobhozo weChrissy Field, wayengazange eve ngeFortune ngaphambi kokuthatha unkosikazi wakhe uPatricia ngeholide ukuya eVenice ngaphambi kobhubhane. Igumbi labo lehotele lalijonge iDogana di Mare, indlu yamasiko yenkulungwane ye-17, ngaphesheya kweGrand Canal. Kukho imozulu ephahleni. Isikhokelo sathi nguthixokazi uFortuna, owadalwa ngumkroli webharoque uBernardo Falcone. Yadityaniswa kwesi sakhiwo ukususela ngo-1678.
UWilliams wayekhangela umtsalane omtsha ophahleni emva kokuba ikhamera i-obscura eyakhiwe kwisilingi yegumbi leendaba elikumgangatho ophezulu yavuza kwaye kwafuneka ichithwe.
Wangena wajikeleza iWashington Square ukuze aqinisekise ukuba uphahla lwakhe luyabonakala. Emva koko wabuyela ekhayeni lakhe wafowunela umhlobo wakhe, umkroli wePetaluma oneminyaka engama-77 ubudala uTom Cipes.
"Kwangoko waqaphela amandla obugcisa okubuyisela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo waseVenetian wenkulungwane ye-17 waza wawuzisa eSan Francisco," kusho uWilliams.
UCipes wanikela ngomsebenzi wakhe, owawuxabisa iinyanga ezintandathu. UWilliams uqikelela ukuba izixhobo zibiza i-5,000 yeedola. Isiseko sefiberglass safunyanwa eMannequin Madness eAuckland. Ucelomngeni lukaCipes yayikukumzalisa ngamathambo entsimbi nesamente awomelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba angawuxhasa ngokusisigxina umhlaba wakhe, kodwa alula ngokwaneleyo ukuba angajijwa xa umoya wawuvuthuza ngeenwele zakhe ezidityaniswe kakuhle. Ukuchukunyiswa kokugqibela yaba yipatina kwigolide yakhe, imenza ajongeke ebethwa yinkungu nemvula.
Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kathixokazi waseRoma uFortune umi kuphahla lwendlu kaPhil Williams kwiTelegraph Hill eSan Francisco.
UWilliams wakha isakhelo phezu komngxuma apho ikhamera obscura yayiza kuma khona, yenza indawo yesiseko sikaFortune. Wafakela izibane zomgangatho ukuze zikhanyise umfanekiso oqingqiweyo ukusuka kwi-8 ukuya kwi-9 pm, ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukongeza i-vibe yasebusuku epakini, kodwa kungekude ngokwaneleyo ukuphazamisa kakhulu abamelwane abakhanyayo.
NgoFebruwari 18, ngobusuku obucacileyo, obungenanyanga kaFebruwari, ekukhanyeni kwezibane zedolophu, ukuvulwa okuvaliweyo kwabahlobo kwenzeka. Ngamnye kubo benyuka izinyuko ukuya eluphahleni, apho uWilliams wayedlala irekhodi likaCarmina Burana, ioratorio eyabhalelwa iFortuna ngenkulungwane yama-20. Bayiqhotse ngeprosecco. Umfundisi-ntsapho waseTaliyane wafunda umbongo othi “O Fortune” waza wancamathisela amagama kwisiseko somfanekiso oqingqiweyo.
"Kwiintsuku ezintathu emva koko, samseta kwaye senze inkanyamba," utshilo uWilliams. Andifuni ukoyikeka kakhulu, kodwa yayingathi ubize i-genie yomoya.
Kwakungentsasa yangeCawe ebandayo enomoya, kwaye uFortune wayedanisa, ekwazi ukuthwala isithsaba entloko nokunyusa iiseyile.
“Ndicinga ukuba kupholile,” yatsho indoda eyazibiza ngokuba yigama likaGregory, eyaqhuba isuka kwikhaya layo elisePacific Heights isiya kubethwa ngumoya eWashington Square. Ndiyayithanda ihipster yaseSan Francisco.
USam Whiting ube ngumnxibelelanisi wabasebenzi kwiSan Francisco Chronicle ukususela ngo-1988. Waqala njengombhali wabasebenzi kwikholamu ethi "People" kaHerb Kahn kwaye wabhala ngabantu ukususela ngoko. Uyintatheli yenjongo jikelele egxile ekubhaleni izibhengezo ezinde. Uhlala eSan Francisco kwaye uhamba iimayile ezintathu ngosuku kwizitrato zesixeko.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-12-2023