Umbhali nomculi wase-Ireland uJames Joyce, waziwa kakhulu ngenoveli yakhe eyingqophamlando ethi Ulysses, wathola izici zokwehluleka phakathi neminyaka yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe njengombhali. Kwaqala ngo 1904 ngendatshana emayelana nokuthuthuka kwakhe njengengcweti nombhali ebizwa ngokuthi i-Portrait of an artist. Wayihambisa yashicilelwa kodwa yanqatshwa kaningi. Ngemva kwalokhu kuphoxeka kokuqala waqala inoveli entsha. Ngemva kokubhala 900 amakhasi wanquma ukuthi kwakujwayelekile kakhulu futhi kwacekela phansi iningi lombhalo wesandla. Waqala phansi futhi wachitha iminyaka eyishumi ebhala inoveli agcine eyibiza ngokuthi A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.. Lapho eshicilela inguqulo ephelele ku 1916, wahlonishwa njengomunye wababhali abasha abathembisayo kakhulu olimini lwesiNgisi. UJoyce uveza izifundo azifundile ngendlela emangalisayo ngamazwi akhe athi ‘Amaphutha endoda ayingosi yakhe yokutholwa’. Futhi akubanga ngenhlanhla ukuthi umngane kaJoyce, omunye umbhali kanye nembongi uSamuel Beckett uchaze esinye isifundo esimangalisayo sokuzifundela ngokwakho mayelana nokwehluleka: ‘Ukuba yiciko ukuhluleka, njengoba kungekho omunye onesibindi sokuhluleka… Zama futhi. Yehlulekile futhi. Yehluleka kangcono.’ Lezi zifundo zokuphila zasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 lochwepheshe bezobuciko zibonakala zithinta yonke indawo futhi zikhuluma kakhulu ezikhathini zethu ezineziyaluyalu.. Umhlaba wethu oxhumene emhlabeni wonke kanye nobuchwepheshe bawo obusha benza ukubonakaliswa kobuciko kufinyeleleke kumakhulu ezigidi zabantu. Kukhona ngaphezu 100 amabhulogi ayizigidi namuhla, nge 120,000 ezintsha ziyadalwa njalo 24 amahora. Ngamakhamera abiza kancane, ukuhlela isofthiwe namawebhusayithi afana ne-You Tube, I-Facebook ne-E-bay, wonke umuntu angadala, buzz, emakethe futhi adayise indalo yabo. Abantu abaningi kunangaphambili bangabamba iqhaza, ukwabelana, sebenzisana futhi udale. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuxhumana kwethu komhlaba wonke kwenza kube lula ukuhlola indawo engajwayelekile futhi uthole ugqozi olusha lwezinkulumo zethu zobuciko. Kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, kungase kuthathe umzamo owengeziwe ukuze uhluke ngempela esixukwini futhi udale into entsha nenenjongo. Uma kuyisifiso sakho ukweqa okujwayelekile, ungase udinge ukuhlola okwengeziwe, thatha izingozi eziningi zokudala futhi wenze ukwehluleka okuningi kunangaphambili.