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Whakaahuatanga Hua

Te Whakaaturanga i te Ipu Ukume Hanga-ā-Ringa: Mā te ipu nui tawhito ka rite ō putiputi ki te rangatira!

Kua hoha koe ki te āhua o ō putiputi me te mea kua ara ake i te moenga? Me hiahia he mea whakahihiri, he mea ataahua, he mea whakamīharo rānei? Āe, kaua e titiro atu! Kei konei ā mātou oko uku hanga-ā-ringa hei whakaora i te rā (me ō putiputi) me ō rātou ataahua tawhito me te āhua toi.

He mea hanga tēnei oko nui me te aroha me te pānga makutu, ehara i te mea he ipu noa iho; he pa whakamutunga hei whakaara ake i tō whakapaipai kāinga ki ngā taumata hou. He mea hanga ā-ringa ia oko e ngā tohunga toi kua whakatapua ō rātou oranga ki te toi uku. Tērā pea he tohu PhD tā rātou mō te hanga oko tawhito kua kōpikopiko! Āe, i tika tāu i rongo ai – kua kōpikopiko! He tikanga tēnei e uru ana ki te pokepoke me te hanga i te uku hei mahi toi ahurei, pērā i tō reka ki ngā putiputi (e mōhio ana mātou ki tōu whiriwhiri).

Nā, me kōrero tātou mō te uara toi o tēnei ataahua. Whakaarohia kei te hikoi koe ki roto i tō rūma noho, ā, ka tūtaki koe ki tētahi oko ataahua e āhua ana i puta mai i tētahi mīhini wā o te tekau tau atu i 1970. Mā tōna hoahoa tawhito ka ohorere ō manuhiri, ka pātai atu rātou, "I hea koe i kitea ai tēnā?" Ka taea e koe te kī atu me te whakahīhī, "Āe, tēnei mea iti? He oko uku hanga-ā-ringa noa iho i kohia e au. Kāore he aha." Ka puta ngā karanga!

Engari, taihoa, he nui atu anō! Ehara tēnei i te ipu noa; he ipu whakapaipai kāinga tēnei e mōhio ana ki te whakahīhī i ana mea. He rahi nui hei pupuri i tētahi putiputi ka tangi ai te hunga putiputi tino mātau i te harikoa. Ahakoa kei te whakaatu koe i ngā putiputi rā mohoao, i ngā rōhi ataahua rānei, mā tēnei ipu ka noho ō putiputi hei whetu o te whakaaturanga. He rite ki te whariki i te whāriki whero mō ō putiputi, me te tuku i a rātou kia whakahīhī i ā rātou mea!

Kaua e wareware ki te maha o ngā whakamahinga o tēnei ipu uku hanga-ā-ringa. Ka uru ki roto i tētahi rūma o tō whare – te rūma noho, te rūma kai, tae noa ki te kokonga iti i hiahia tonu koe ki te whakapaipai engari kāore anō kia mōhiotia. He rite ki te Swiss Army Maripi o ngā ipu! Ka taea e koe te whakakī ki ngā putiputi, te whakamahi hei mahi toi motuhake, te huri rānei hei tūnga maru rerekē (nā te mea ko wai kāore e hiahia ki tētahi ipu tawhito hei pupuri i tana maru makuku?).

Nā, e mōhio ana mātou ki tāu e whakaaro nei: "Engari, me pēhea mēnā kāore au i te pai ki ngā putiputi?" Kaua e manukanuka! He tino ataahua tēnei ipu, ā, ka taea te waiho hei mahi toi anake. He rite ki te Mona Lisa o ngā ipu—he ātaahua, he mea ngaro, he āhua rerekē hoki. Ka taea e koe te whakatakoto ki runga i tō mantel, i tō tēpu kawhe, i tō papa kaute rānei o tō kīhini, ā, ka tere tonu te whakapai ake i te wāhi.

I te katoa, ehara i te mea he oko whakapaipai noa iho tā mātou oko uku hanga-ā-ringa; he tīmatanga kōrero anō hoki, he hoa pai mō te putiputi, he mahi toi hoki e rite ai tō whare ki tētahi taiwhanga toi. Nō reira, haere tonu, whakamānawa i a koe (me ō putiputi) ki tēnei ataahua tawhito. Heoi anō, e tika ana kia whai taonga ō putiputi!