Ko te Hangatanga Kōwhatu he mahi toi whakahirahira, nui ake, ka taea e koe! Ka taea e koe ngā kōwhatu maroke iti nei, āta whakaputu mai i aua ki ngā mahi toi nui ake me tōu whakaaro mokopuna! Ka taea e koe i tēnā i runga i ētahi atu hoko iti: kōwhatu, tae, me ngā parau. Ko te nui o tēnei mahi toi ko te mea kāore anō koe i te hanga toi hei whakamahi, ā, ka taea e koe te whakawhanaunga i a ngā tamariki rānei, i a ngā pakeha rānei!
Koe i whakapakari i te mātauranga ki ngā rā o Akuhata 2023. Tuatahi, me āpitihia koe he tōtara hei whakaahua. I te hunga i te matenga, ko te nui rawa atu te pai he tōtara hāpai me te tōtara horapa. Nō reira, mēnā ka noho koe i runga i ēnei tūtohu, ka ea ai koe ki te hanga pūtake hirahira. Ka taea e koe te huihui i ngā kō whatitoka mai i tō wātea, tō pātaka whenua rānei, arā, hoki atu ki te awa! Mēnā kaore i a koe i te take o ngā tōtara, ka taea e koe te whakaritea he iti nei i ngā poraka mahi rānei, ki runga i te ipurangi.
I mea koe i ngā whatu, he wā kia tīmata te whakapapa o tō paint! Whai muri i tēnā, e āhei ana koe ki te whakamahi i tētahi momo paint (he aha ranei i te hikoi i runga i tō waka), pērā mai i te acrylic paint, te watercolor paint, rānei ko te spray paint. Kia tae noa ki te karo i ngā tae e hiahiatia ana e koe. Ahakoa, me whai koe i ētahi parau hoki! He whai hua kei te whai i ētahi parau o ingoa rerekē, hei whakamahi i ngā raupapa rerekē me ngā pūtake nui i ngā hanganga koe e hanga nei. Mō ngā pūtake iti, me whai koe i tētahi parau iti, ahakoa mō te whakakī i ngā wāhi nui, me whai koe i tētahi parau nui.
He mahi nui rawa a te whakapapa i ngā whatu, engari he mea nui anō hoki! Ki te whai koe i roto i te whakapapa, ka puta koe i āu ngā pūkenginga, ka whakaae koe ki te whakaaro i tēnā mea koe e mahi nei. Ki te whakapapa, nui rawa te whakawhitiwhiti i ngā pūtake o ngā hanga koe e hanga nei. Ka taea e koe te whakakore i ngā kanohi o te rangitūhāhā, ka marino koe. He mea iti noa iho tēnei hei haerenga pūmau mō tō hinengaro!
He mea nui keke atu enei pūtake whakairo toi ko te mea nui nei, ka taea e koe te whakarite i ngā whatu hei whakapapa moe mahi ranei ki roto i to whare heoi ano hei korero. He tauira kotahi he wae whakairo rawahea e taea ana te whakamahia hei whakatika i te wahi. Ka taea hoki e koe te whakarite i ētahi whatu whakairo ki runga i to pūnaha mahi hei whakapono mō te wa e mahi ana koe i runga i ō mahi whakaakona ranei. Ka taea e rātau hoki te hanga i ēnei pūrongo iti o to ingoa whakairo! Heoi anō, kei te hiahia koe ki te mahi whenua, ka taea e koe te whakairo i ēnei whatu me te whakamahi i aua hei tohu mo ngā tipu me ngā hāngai i roto i to mara. Ka nui ake te wā e taea ai e koe te whakanuia i te hunga kei te kitea i te mea e whai ake nei!
Ki te mahi whakairo i ngā whatu, kaore he taupori i te oranga! Ka taea e koe te hanga i hea tonu o ngā hanga i roto i to tinana. E hia noa iho ka hiahia koe ki te whakairo, ko te mea pai pea ko ngā kararehe pai, ko ngā kowhaiwhai whero, heoi pea ko ngā whakairo korekore, ka taea e koe! Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakawhanake i ō hanga ki te whakarerekētia me te whakamārama, ka taea e koe hoki te whakamahi i ngā kawe ranei!
Te tohu Tae Whiti o te Tau o te wharangi ka noho: Kore rawa koe i te pāheko i ngā tae rōpū ā-momo me ngā momo hanga. Nā reira, ngā kēmu kai hanga e whiwhi ai i ngā hua nui. Ka puare koe i te mīharo ki te whakapiri koe i ngā putanga mīharo rānei, heoi hoki i ngā whatu karuhiruhi (mō te whiwhi mīharo). He take tipuna taonga tūhono hei kura mo ngā matataki!