Isithombe: I-Monk Brewing e-Abbey

Ingaphakathi elifiphele, elifudumele lendawo yotshwala ye-abbey yamakhulu eminyaka, indela yeTrappist ima igxile esikweni elihloniphekile nelicophelelayo lokuphisa. Indawo igcwele umuzwa wokuzinikela nobungcweti obungaphelelwa isikhathi, uhlaka olubekwe endaweni esemaphandleni eveza umlando nokuqhubeka. Izindonga zakhiwe ngezitini ezibaziweyo, amathoni azo anomhlaba athanjiswe ukukhanya kokukhanya kwemvelo okugeleza ngefasitela eline-arched. Ngaphandle, umuntu angakubona ngeso lengqondo i-cloister ye-abbey nezingadi, kodwa lapha ngaphakathi kwalezi zindonga ezingcwele zokuphisa utshwala, umoya unzima ngephunga le-malt, imvubelo, kanye nokuntenga kwethusi.

Indela, indoda enentshebe enomoya onokuthula, igqoke ingubo yendabuko ensundu eboshwe okhalweni ngentambo elula. Isigqoko sakhe sihlala emahlombe akhe, siveza umqhele onempandla ozungezwe umphetho wezinwele ezigundwe kakhulu. Izibuko zakhe eziyindilinga zibamba ukukhanya njengoba egqolozele egxile emsebenzini ophambi kwakhe. Esandleni sakhe sokunene ubambe imbiza yensimbi egugile, ekhuthazelele ukusetshenziswa ngokwethembeka iminyaka. Kulo mkhumbi, umfudlana ocwebezelayo, ophaphathekile wemvubelo ewuketshezi ugeleza kancane kancane emlonyeni obanzi wesitsha esikhulu sokuvutshelwa kwethusi. Uketshezi, olubenyezela ngokusagolide ngokufiphele ngaphansi kokukhanya okuzungezile, luchaphaza kancane endaweni enamagwebu ophuzo oluphuzwayo kakade ngaphakathi, luthumela ama-ripples acashile asabalala ebusweni njengamaringi agxilile okuzinikela.

I-vat ngokwayo iyi-artifact ehlaba umxhwele, umzimba wayo wethusi okhandwe ngesando ubamba ukukhanya okufiphele kwegumbi, ehlotshiswe ngama-rivets kanye ne-patina endala ekhuluma ngemijikelezo yokuphisa inqwaba esukela ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Udebe lwayo oluyindilinga nomcengezi ojulile kusekela lokho okwakhiwe, okusikisela ukuthi akusebenzi nje kuphela kodwa nohlobo oluthile lomkhumbi ongcwele—oguqula izithako ezithobekile zibe okuthile kokubili okusekelayo nokujabulisayo. Ngemva kwendela, ethunzini elincane, kukhuphuka enye into yokuphisa—ithusi elihle elimile noma ubhayela, ipayipi lalo eligobile linyonyobela endaweni efihlekile yezitini, okuwubufakazi buthule bokuqhubeka kwesiko lezindela.

Inkulumo yendela iwukucabangela futhi inenhlonipho. Akukho ukusikisela kokuxhamazela noma ukuphazamiseka; esikhundleni salokho, ukugxila kwakhe kuhlanganisa izimiso zezindela ze-ora et labora—umthandazo nomsebenzi, okuxhumene ngaphandle komthungo. Ukuphuza, lapha, akuwona nje umzamo ongokoqobo kodwa ukuzivocavoca ngokomoya, ukubonakaliswa ngokomzimba kokuzinikela. Ukuthululwa ngakunye okulinganiselwe, ukubuka ngakunye kokunaka, kunomthelela emjikelezweni womsebenzi ongcweliswe amakhulu eminyaka okuphindaphinda. Imvubelo ngokwayo, engabonakali emandleni ayo okuguqula, ifanekisela ukuvuselelwa nobungqabavu obufihliwe—ukuba khona kwayo kubalulekile kodwa okungaqondakali, kusebenza buthule ukuletha ukuphila kanye nesimilo kubhiya ozovela.

Ukwakheka kwesithombe, manje esithwetshulwe endaweni ebanzi, yokuma kwezwe, kuqinisa umkhathi wokuzindla. Umkhathi ovundlile uvumela indawo yezindonga zezitini, iwindi elide eliyikhothamo, kanye nemishini eyengeziwe yokuphisa utshwala ukuze ihambisane nesimo, imise indela hhayi njengendawo eyedwa kodwa njengengxenye yesiko eliphilayo, eliphefumulayo. Ukudlala okuthambile kokukhanya nesithunzi ezindongeni nasezindaweni zethusi kuvusa umthelela we-chiaroscuro, okhulisa umuzwa wokujula nokusondelana. Konke ukwakheka—isitini esimahhadla, insimbi ebushelelezi kodwa ebolile, uboya obumahhadlahhadla, nokucwebezela kwemvubelo—kunezela ekujuleni kwezinzwa okudonsela isibukeli ngaphakathi.

Sekukonke, lo mfanekiso awuwona nje umfanekiso womuntu, kodwa wendlela yokuphila—enokuthula, yamabomu, ecwile emlandweni, futhi eqondiswa isigqi esihlanganisa izinto ezingcwele nezingokoqobo. Kuthatha isikhathi esidlulayo kodwa esiphakade: umzuzwana lapho izandla zomuntu nezinqubo zemvelo zihlangana, ziqondiswa ukholo nokubekezela, ukuze zenze okuthile okuzokondla kokubili umzimba nomoya.

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