Ko ngā tohunga mahi toi (Wīwī: artisan, Itari: artigiano) he tohunga mahi toi e mahi ā-ringa ana, e waihanga ana rānei i ngā mea hei mahi, hei whakapaipai noa iho rānei. E rima ngā tohunga mahi toi o te māra waina e whakawhirinaki ana ki te mahi toi e whakapuaki mai ana ki a tātou i ngā taipitopito o ā rātou mahi toi, me ō rātou whakaaro mō te toi me te mahi toi.
I whiwhi ahau i te tohu paetahi i roto i te miihini, kātahi ka mahi ahau i Gannon me Benjamin mō te rima tau ki te hanga poti rakau, ā, he rite ki te whiwhi i te tohu tuarua i roto i te miihini.
I muri i a Gannon rāua ko Benjamin, i mahi tahi ahau me ngā taiohi hara i te Kura o Penikese Island, he tangata pūkenga ahau i reira nā te mea ko taku mahi he whakatakoto kaupapa hei mahi tahi me ngā tamariki. He taiao hangarau iti rawa, he wai matao, he iti noa te hiko… I whakatau ahau kia uru atu ki te mahi whakarewa, ā, ko te mahi parakimete anake te mea i whai hua. I whakarewahia e ia tētahi mīhini whakarewa tawhito, ā, ka tīmata ia ki te patu i reira. Koinei te tīmatanga o ngā mea katoa i Penikes, te mīhini whakarewa tuatahi i hangaia e au. I hangaia e au ngā taputapu parahi mō ngā waka tere i Gannon me Benjamin. I muri tata mai i taku wehenga atu i Penikese, ka whakatau ahau ki te whakamātau i taku ringa ki te mahi whakarewa wā-katoa i Vineyard.
I whakatau ahau ki te whakamātau i te mahi hei kaimahi raka māku ake, ā, he rawe ngā hua i Vineyard. Kāore au i te mōhio mēnā kua nui taku moni whiwhi, engari he tino pukumahi ahau, ā, e pai ana ki taku mahi. Kāore au i te maha o ngā wā ka mahi anō ahau i te mea kotahi. He rite tonu te mahi ki tētahi atu mahi. E toru ngā mea rerekē e whakaarohia ana e au: he mahi hoahoa whakahihiri – he taipitopito tūturu, he whakaoti rapanga; he auahatanga toi; me te mahi māmā – he huri, he miro, he keri me te whakarewa. He tino pai te whakakotahi i ēnei āhuatanga e toru.
He kiritaki tūmataiti, he pakihi me he kaipupuri whare aku kiritaki. Hei tāpiri, he maha aku mahi tahi me ngā kaimahi kirimana me ngā kaitiaki. He maha ngā reera kua hanga e au me te whānuitanga rite. Ka taea e te tangata te whai arawhata, e hiahia ana rātou ki te heke iho i ngā arawhata me te haumaru, ā, e hiahia ana rātou ki tētahi mea ataahua. Waihoki, ko ngā kamupene hanga nui - e rua aku mahi tino nui i tēnei wā, ko ngā pūnaha reera he maha ngā wāhanga, ā, he iti noa ngā wāhanga e hiahia ana ki ngā reera hei pupuri i te tangata kei hinga. Ko tētahi atu o aku tohungatanga ko ngā ārai ahi. Ina koa, he maha aku tāutanga tatau ki runga ahi. Nō nā tata nei i puta he ture e hiahia ana kia whai tatau ki runga ahi. Ko aku rauemi he parahi, he rino whakairo me te maitai kore waikura, me ētahi parahi me te parahi.
Nō nā tata nei au i hoahoa ai i ngā putiputi dogwood, i te ata, i ngā rōhi, ā, i hanga anō hoki e au he angaanga me ngā angaanga nautilus mō ngā ārai ahi. He maha ngā angaanga tio kua hanga e au, ā, he ngāwari te hanga i ō rātou āhua, ā, he ātaahua hoki pērā i te rōhi. He tino ataahua ngā kākaho, ahakoa he momo whakaeke. I hanga e au ētahi ārai whakapaipai e rua mai i ngā kākaho repo, ā, he rawe. He pai ki ahau te whai kaupapa motuhake - kāore i te taurite i ngā wā katoa, ā, he rite ake ki te kararehe, ehara i te tipu. I hanga e au he reera me ngā taputapu i ngā pito e rua me te hiku tohorā i te pito o te tatau o mua. Kātahi ka mahi pai ahau i ētahi wā kua pahure ake nei me te reera me te hiku tohorā i raro, kātahi ko te upoko tohorā i runga.
He parahi ngā reera i hangaia e au mō ngā arawhata o te marae i Edgartown me ētahi atu whare i te tāone. Ko te hoahoa whakamutunga ko te arero, he piko mānu i te pito. Kāore au i hanga i tēnei āhua, engari anei taku whakamārama. He rauemi pai te parahi, he utu nui ake i te rino whao, engari he ātaahua te pupuri, he iti noa te tiaki e hiahiatia ana, ā, he rauemi tino pai mō ngā reera ina maeneene, ka orohia hoki ngā ringaringa i te wā e whakamahia ana.
Tata ki te katoa. Koinei tētahi o ngā take e whakaaro ana ahau he tohunga toi, he tohunga mahi toi hoki ahau. Kāore rawa ahau e hanga i tētahi mea e kiia ana e au he whakairo he mahi toi noa iho. Koia te take i muri i ngā tau e rua ka titiro ahau ki aua reera, ka papaki tuatahi kia kite ai i te pakari o aua reera, me te kite mēnā ka mau tonu. Mō ngā ringaringa, i whakaaroaro nui ahau kia whai hua ai. Kāore au e hiahia ana ki ngā ringaringa i roto i tōku ao i tēnei wā (kei te anga katoa tātou ki taua huarahi), engari kei te ngana ahau ki te whakaaro pono ki hea ngā ringaringa e tino whai hua ai. Te whanaungatanga i waenga i ngā ringaringa me te rere o ngā waka. Ko ngā arawhata whenua e piko ana i te papa o tētahi he tukanga tino rerekē o te whakaaro ki hea te reera pai rawa atu hei whakanoho. Kātahi ka whakaaro koe ki ngā tamariki e oma haere ana, me hea hoki e pai ai mō rātou.
He huinga o ngā mea e rua: He tino pai ki ahau ngā reera whenua piko koretake, he raruraru nui te whakatakotoranga kia neke pai ai te rauemi whakarewa mārō i roto i te piko ataahua kia uru pai ai, kia hanga ai he reera pai, ā, kia ātaahua hoki te āhua. Ko ēnei mea katoa.
He raruraru tino whakamere ngā mahi matatini pāngarau o ngā reera piko, piko hoki… ki te taea e koe te karo.
I tae mai ahau ki tēnei moutere i ngā tau 44 ki muri. I rangahau ahau mō ngā angaanga moana, ā, i kitea e au tētahi pukapuka i roto i te Martha's Vineyard, ko te ingoa ko American Indian Money, mō te hiranga o ngā angaanga koitareke parahi ki ngā iwi taketake o te Tai Rāwhiti o Amerika Te Raki, me te āhua o te hanganga o ngā poroporo angaanga. He rerekē ngā tikanga o Wampum mō ngā tāngata rerekē. I tīmata ahau ki te hanga i ngā poroporo wampum mai i ngā angaanga quahog i kitea e au i te takutai, engari kāore i te mea mai i ngā poroporo kaunihera, arā, he poroporo tuku iho nō ngā iwi taketake o Amerika.
I a au e rua tekau mā rima tau te pakeke, i rīhi ahau i tētahi whare noho ki te whānau Benton, ā, i noho ahau ki te kāinga o Thomas Hart Benton i Aquinn i Herring Creek. Kei te taha tonu te kāinga o te tama a Benton, a Tippy. He maha āku ngeru hei whakaoti i te raruraru kiore – nā Tippy i whakaaro. Nā Charlie Witham, nā Keith Taylor mātou ko au – kua whakatuwherahia e mātou tētahi whare miniti iti i tō mātou kāinga i Benton, e hanga ana i ngā piripiri me ngā whakapaipai i te huarahi tawhito.
I a au e whakamahi tonu ana i ngā piriti me ngā whakapaipai, i tino hiahia ahau ki te haere ki Itari, inā koa ki Venice. Mō taku huritau 50 tau me te 50 tau o taku tāne a Richard, i haere mātou ki Venice, ā, i whakaaweawetia ahau e ngā mosaic me ngā taera i reira. Me kī, he rau tau te roa – ka huihuia ngā mahi kōhatu katoa ki ngā tauira matatini o ngā mānukanuka whatu – he ataahua, mā te whakamahi i ngā tae katoa o te māpere. I taua wā, i hanga e au he mosaic rahi whakapaipai mai i aku kapia me aku anga whakairo. Engari hei mahi i tētahi atu mea: me mahi! Me whakaaro ahau me pēhea te hanga taera.
Kātahi ka tono ahau i ngā pereki pihikete kua tahuna engari kāore i pania ki te hinu. Ka taea e au te hanga ki runga i ēnei – koinei aku pereki. He pai ki ahau te whakamahi i ngā ngata marama, ngā angaanga moana, ngā karāhe moana, ngā whatanga angaanga o roto, ngā poro kikorangi me te pāpaka. Tuatahi, ka kimihia e au ngā angaanga… ka tapahia e au ngā āhua ka whakawhāitihia kia rite ki te taea. He kani tāku me te mata taimana. I whakamahia e au taku kani tāku hei tapahi i ngā pounamu waina kia angiangi rawa. Kātahi ka whakatau ahau he aha te tae e hiahiatia ana e au. Ka whakaranua e au ēnei kēne epoxy katoa ki te peita. Ka matewai ahau – ka hiahia ahau ki te tae – he mea tino nui te tae.
He pai ki ahau te whakaaro ki ngā kaihanga taera tuatahi i Venice; pērā i ā rātou, he tino pakari ēnei taera. I hiahia ahau kia tino maeneene āku, nō reira i tapahia e au ngā anga katoa kia angiangi rawa, ā, i tangohia ngā wahi ki te kapia tae. I muri i ngā rā e rima o te tatari, ka whakapakeke te kapia, ā, ka taea e au te oro i te taera kia maeneene. He wira huri tāku, me oro kia toru, kia whā rānei ngā wā, kātahi ka whakakanapahia. Ka tapaina e au te āhua ko "huruhuru" kātahi ka tuhia he tuhi kāpehu me ngā ahunga e whā, ngā pūwāhi rānei, i runga i te kāpehu.
Ka tapaina e au aku taera he "whakapaipai kāinga" nā te mea ka taea e te tangata te whakamahi i aku taera hei kaupapa i roto i ā rātou kīhini me ngā kaukau hei tāpiri i te pa o te "taonga moutere" ki ō rātou kāinga. I hoahoa tētahi kiritaki i tētahi kīhini hou i Chilmark, ā, i puta te whakaaro ki te whakatakoto i aku taera iti ki runga i tētahi wāhi nui o te whakakī hei hanga i tētahi papa kaute. He nui tā mātou mahi tahi - he tino ataahua te papa kaute kua oti.
Ka hoatu e au he papatae tae ki te kiritaki, ka taea e tātou te pānui pukapuka, ka taea e tātou te whiriwhiri tae. I hanga e au he kīhini mō te hunga e tino pai ana ki te kakariki – he tae kakariki – ki taku whakaaro i hanga e au he 13 ngā taera i konatunatua ki ngā tae.
I hanga e au he anga rakau kia taea ai e au te kawe i ngā taera whakapaipai ki ngā wāhi katoa, ka taea e te tangata te kawe me te whakamātau i ngā wāhi e pai ana ki a rātou. He taera pea kei muri o te ahi, he papa rānei. Mai i te whakairo, i hanga e au he tūru rakau iti. E hiahia ana ahau kia taea e te tangata te whiriwhiri i ā rātou ake taera, nō reira kāore anō kia mau ki ngā taera. Kia oti ngā kōwhiringa te whiriwhiri, me whakakī ki te wai.
Kei te Kamupene Tile o Martha's Vineyard Tile ngā tauira taera, ka tukuna mai e rātou he ota ki ahau. Mō ngā kaupapa motuhake, ka taea hoki e te tangata te whakapā tika mai ki ahau.
Ka mahia e au ngā mahi whakatakoto katoa. I tīmata ahau hei kaihanga pereki me te moata, he whakaranu oneone mā taku pāpā whāngai e pai ana ki te whakatakoto kōhatu. Nō reira, kua mahi ahau i tēnei i ētahi wā mai i te 13 o ōku tau, ā, inaianei kua 60 ōku tau. He waimarie kei a au ētahi atu pūkenga. I whanake ahau ki te mahi i ngā mea e toru e tino arohaina ana e au. Ko taku mahi e pā ana ki te Tuatoru o ngā Mahi Tāonga, te Tuatoru o ngā Waiata me te Tuatoru o ngā Hī Ika – he tino taurite. I waimarie ahau ki te whiwhi whenua i te wā i taea ai te tau ki te moutere, ā, i wikitoria ahau i tēnei peke. I te mutunga, ka taea e au te huri ki ētahi atu mea hei utu mō te tohungatanga – he oranga tino pai.
I ētahi wā ka whiwhi koe i tētahi mahi kohatu nui, ā, me whakaoti noa e koe. I te raumati, he pai ake te kore e whakatakoto, ki te taea e au te āwhina. Kua whakamātau ahau i ngā kaimoana me te hī ika i te raumati katoa, ā, ka takaro waiata anō hoki. I ētahi wā ka haere mātou i ngā haerenga – mō te marama i noho mātou ki te Moana Karipiana, ki St. Barth me Norway, tekau mā rua ngā wā. I haere mātou ki Āwherika ki te Tonga mō ngā wiki e toru, ā, ka hopu oro. I ētahi wā ka mahi koe i tētahi mahi, i tētahi atu mahi rānei i te rarangi, kātahi ka oma tonu.
Ae, ka taea e koe te ngenge rawa. Ina koa mēnā e mōhio ana ahau kei reira ngā ika, engari kei te pukumahi ahau ki te whakatakoto toka, ā, ka mate ahau. Mēnā me mahi ahau i tētahi mea, ā, kāore e taea te hī ika, he tino uaua. Ki te kore rānei he pereki i te takurua, ā, ka whakatio ahau i ngā kaimoana, tera pea ka ngaro i ahau ngā pereki pai o roto. He tino ataahua te puoro nā te mea ka takarohia i te tau katoa: i te takurua ka whakapataritari koe i ngā tāngata whenua, nō reira i ia wiki ka wehe atu mātou i te moutere. I te raumati, kāore ngā tāngata whenua e haere ki waho, ā, he kanohi hou kei ia wiki, nō reira ka taea e koe te mahi tonu i te wāhi kotahi me te moe i roto i tō moenga. Haere ki te hī ika kaimoana i te awatea.
He tino teitei te paearu mō ngā kaimahi kohatu i konei. Mai i taku mahara, kua tino piki haere te hanga whare i te moutere, ā, he nui te moni. He mahi pai, nō reira he nui te whakataetae – me tino pai te mahi. Ka whai hua ngā kiritaki i te taumata tiketike o te mahi toi. He painga te hokohoko tonu. He pai te hiranga.
I te 30, 35 rānei tau ki muri, ka tīmata a Lew French, he kaimahi kohatu, ki te kawe mai i ngā kohatu mai i Maine, ā, kāore anō mātou kia kite i tētahi kohatu e rite ana te pai ki a ia i tēnei wā, i te kohatu rānei i whakamahia e ia. I kite mātou ka taea e mātou te kawe mai i ngā kohatu tekau wira mai i hea noa atu. Mena kei te taraiwa mātou mā New England, ā, ka kite mātou i ngā pakitara kohatu ataahua, ka taea e mātou te haere ki ētahi kaimahi pāmu me te pātai atu mēnā ka taea e au te hoko i te maha o ngā kohatu? Nō reira i hokona ai e au tētahi taraka para, ā, he maha ngā mea i mahia e au. He ataahua ia kohatu ka whiua e koe ki tō taraka – me te mea ka taea e koe te whakaingoa i a rātou, e kore e taea e koe te tatari ki te whakamahi.
Ka mahi takitahi ahau, ā, ka whakamātau ahau i ngā kōhatu maha, ā, ka tau katoa, engari ina hoki whakamuri koe, ā, he tokomaha e kī ana… kāo… ko ētahi o rātou e kī ana… pea… kātahi ka tāpirihia tētahi, ā, ka mea ia… …āe… nāu te whiriwhiri. Ka taea e koe te whakamātau i ngā kōhatu tekau, ā, ka mea tētahi āe, e tama.
Mā te tihi me ngā taha koe e ārahi ki tētahi huarahi hou… me whai rangimārie, me whai manawataki. Kāore e taea e ia te takoto noa, me noho whakamarie ia, engari me nekeneke hoki.
Ki tōku whakaaro ko te huarahi māmā ki te whakamārama i tēnei, nā te mea he kaiwaiata ahau: koinei te manawataki me te rangimārie, me waiho tēnei hei toka …
He raina katoa o ngā hua rama a Lamplighter. Kei a mātou ā mātou tauira paerewa: ngā rama pakitara, ngā whakairi, ngā whakairi pou, katoa i roto i te momo koroni. Ko tā mātou tauira rama tiriti i Edgartown he tauira o te rama tiriti tūturu o te moutere. Koinā katoa. Ehara i te mea nāku i hoahoa, he paerewa katoa, i ahu mai i ngā tauira pūtake tuwhera o taua wā. Te reo o New England. I ētahi wā ka hiahia te tangata ki tētahi mea hou ake. Kei te tuwhera tonu ahau ki te kōrero ki te tangata kia huri te hoahoa. Ka taea e tātou te kite i ngā mea kua whakapōturitia, me te kite i te pūmanawa.
I tēnei ao e whakamahia ana te tānga 3D, kua tata ki te 100 tau te pakeke o ngā taputapu e whakamahia ana e au: ngā whati, ngā kutikuti, ngā roera. Kei te hangaia tonutia ngā rama i tōna āhua o mua. Ka tere te heke o te kounga. He mea hanga ā-ringa ia rama. Ahakoa he tino tauira - tapahi, piko, whakapiko - he rerekē ngā mea katoa. Ki ahau nei, ehara i te mea toi. He mahere tāku, koinā taku mahi. He tauira tā te katoa. Kua oti katoa i konei. Ka tapahia e au te karāhe mā te katoa, kei a au aku ake tauira karāhe, ā, ka honoa e au ngā wahi katoa.
I te tīmatanga, i te wā i whakatūria ai e Hollis Fisher te kamupene i te tau 1967 pea, i Edgartown te toa Lamplighter, te wāhi kei reira a Tracker Home Decor i nāianei. He tuhinga Gazette tāku nō te tau 1970 e whakamārama ana i te tīmatanga o Hollis ki te hanga rama hei mahi whakangahau, kātahi ka huri hei pakihi.
Ko te nuinga o ngā mahi ka riro mai i ahau mai i ngā kaihoahoa whare. He rawe a Patrick Ahern – i tonoa mai e ia ētahi tāngata ki ahau. I te takurua, he maha ngā mahi nunui i mahia e au i te umanga a Robert Stern i New York. He mahi pai ki Pohogonot me ngā Hamptons.
I hanga e au he rama whakatā mō te wharekai o State Road. I utua e rātou te kaihoahoa o roto a Michael Smith, nāna i homai ētahi whakaaro mō ngā rama whakairi. I kitea e au ētahi pokapū tarakihana tawhito – e pai ana ki a ia – he rite tonu ki tētahi mahi ahuwhenua i runga i tētahi taputapu wira waka whakamīharo. Ka whakaaro ahau ki ngā taputapu me ngā wira, ko ō rātou āhua me te āhua anake. Inaa, e whitu, e waru rānei ngā mea rite i kawea mai e tēnei kaupapa ki ahau, ia mea e whakawhirinaki ana ki te rauemi. I hiahia a Chris Morse, te rangatira taiwhanga o te rohe, i tētahi mea mō te tēpu kai, ā, i kitea e au tētahi tauira roa o te pouaka i roto i tana taiwhanga. He pai ki ahau te taea e au te tango i tētahi mea ka waiho kia noho motuhake. Nō reira, he tauira pouaka tēnei, kei roto i te toa, ka whakairihia mō tētahi wā, ka noho tahi me ia. I whakamahia e au ētahi taputapu pai i kitea e au.
Nō nā tata nei, i kawea mai e tētahi kaihoko tēnei whāngai heihei roa, he mea hanga ki te konukōre. Ka taea e au te tāpiri i ētahi rama kanapa ki roto – he mea whakahou katoa ēnei mea, he ataahua, he pai hoki te hanga.
I ako ahau i ngā toi ataahua i ahau e ako ana i te tauira paetahi, ā, i muri mai i ahau e ako ana i te tauira paerua i roto i te peita; ināianei kei ahau tētahi whare peita i Grape Harbor. Ae, he rerekē rawa ēnei: ​​ko ngā toi me ngā mahi toi. He rite tonu te hanga rama ki tētahi tauira. He ture kei reira, he rārangi. He raupapa hei whai. Kāore he ture i roto i te toi. Tino pai – he taurite pai. Ko te hanga rama taku oranga: kua roa ēnei kaupapa i mua i ahau, ā, he pai ki te kore he hononga kare ā-roto, ā, ka taea e au te manukanuka noa mō te kounga.
Ka tautokohia e ēnei katoa tetahi i tetahi – te toi me te mahi toi. Me kimi e au tetahi i roto i te awheawhe hei whakangungu māku; mā tēnei ka nui ake te wā hei whakaoti i ngā mahi rama ritenga. Koinei taku mahi o ia rā… ko tēnei peita taku mahi o te mutunga wiki. E koa ana ahau kāore au e whiwhi moni mai i ngā toi ataahua; i whakaaro ahau ka takahia te mahi, engari kāore i pērā. Ka whakamahia e au hei mahi i taku e hiahia ai.
I ako ia i te tuhi, te whakaahua me te hoahoa whakairoiro i te kura toi. Kātahi, 30 tau ki muri, ka ako a Tom Hodgson i ahau ki te tuhituhi me te hanga tohu. He tino hiahia nui ahau ki tēnei mahi, ā, e aroha ana ahau ki tēnei mahi. He kaiako whakamiharo a Tom, ā, i homai e ia he whai wāhitanga nui ki ahau.
Engari kātahi ka tae ahau ki te wāhi kāore au i hiahia ki te hongi i te haunga o te peita hinu. I hiahia ahau ki te mahi hoahoa ake nā te mea he hiahia nui ki ngā whakapaipai me ngā tauira. Mā te hoahoa i te waitohu me te hōtaka rorohiko i taea ai e au te whakawhānui ake i ngā āheinga o te hoahoa waitohu kia uru atu ai ngā whakairoiro ā-wai kua tāia. Ko te hua o tēnei he hua tere ake, he hua whānui ake hoki, ā, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i ēnei kōnae matihiko mō ngā kāri pakihi, ngā pānuitanga, ngā tahua, ngā waka, ngā tapanga me ētahi atu. Ko Edgartown anake te tāone o te moutere e hiahia ana ki te peita i tā rātou waitohu, ā, e miharo ana ahau kei te pupuri tonu ahau i te paraihe.
Ka wehea ōritetia e au tōku wā i waenga i te hoahoa whakairoiro me te hanga tohu, ā, e aroha ana ahau ki ia mahi hokohoko. I tēnei wā, ka hoahoa, ka tā tapanga hoki ahau mō ngā hua Reindeer Bridge Holistics, Flat Point Farm, MV Sea Salt me ​​Kitchen Porch. Ka tā hoki ahau i ngā haki, ka hanga whakairoiro mō ngā waka, ka tā toi ataahua mō ngā kaitoi, ka tārua i ngā whakaahua, i ngā peita rānei ki runga i te kānawehi, i te pepa rānei. He taputapu maha ngā mahi a te pūreretā whānui, ā, mā te mōhio ki te whakamahi i ēnei kaupapa hei whakarei ake i ō whakaahua ka taea ai ngā mea katoa. He pai ki ahau te whakarerekē i te āhua o nāianei mā te tāpiri i ngā hua me ngā hangarau hou. I ara ake tonu tōku ringa me te kī, āe, ka whakaarohia e au tētahi mea.
Ina uiuitia aku kiritaki, ka kitea e au ngā momo kāhua e pai ana ki a rātou. Ka whakamāramahia e au tā rātou tirohanga, ka whakaaturia hoki ētahi whakaaro me ngā momotuhi rerekē, ngā tahora, ngā tae, me ētahi atu. Ka whakaatuhia e au ētahi kōwhiringa, ā, ki taku whakaaro he pai rawa atu ēnei. Whai muri i te tukanga whakatikatika, kua rite mātou ki te waitohu i te ahua. Kātahi ka whakamahia e au te tauine mō tētahi tono. He rorirori ngā tohu – me pānui. Kāore te Ipurangi e mōhio kei hea te tohu, te tere o te neke o te motuka – te rerekētanga e hiahiatia ana hei whakaatu i te tohu – ahakoa kei te atarangi, kei te wāhi paki rānei.
I hiahia ahau ki te whakaute i te āhua me te āhua o te pakihi a taku kiritaki mā te whakauru i ō rātou tae, momotuhi, me ngā tohu, me te whakarite hoki i te "tika o te tohu" puta noa i te motu. I whakaaro ahau he aha te māra waina, he rerekē ngā momo kāhua. Ka mahi tahi ahau me ngā kaitirotiro whare o te motu, ā, ka hainatia e au te komiti ture ā-rohe. He nui te aro ki ngā ōwehenga tika kia ngāwari ai te pānui me te ataahua o te tohu. He toi arumoni, engari i ētahi wā he rite ki te toi.
Ka āwhina ahau i te tangata ki te waitohu i ā rātou pakihi mā te whakamahi i ngā pepeha whakaaro nui me ngā wāhi pānuitanga pai. He maha ā mātou whakaaro tahi, ka keri hohonu kia tae atu ki te wāhi e tūtaki ai te tuhinga ki te tirohanga hei waihanga i tētahi āhua whai kiko, pono hoki. Ka whai hua ēnei whakaaro ina āta whai wā mātou.