Brains and Brawn: Pietro Boselli ka-Giampaolo Sgura we-VMAN
Igama elithi “ubuchopho nobuchopho,” isisho sabesilisa esisho “ubuhle nobuchopho,” amazwibela ezinganekwane—umbono wokuthi uma umuhle, akukho nzuzo ekuvivinyeni ingqondo, futhi uma uhlakaniphile, udinga ungawuvivinyi umzimba. Ngamanye amazwi, ukuba noyedwa noma omunye (uNkulunkulu akakuvumeli ukuba unakho kokubili!) kuzokuholela ekuphileni kahle.
Khuluma ngogibe lokoma. Naphezu kokubhekwa njengengane ngomunye ngaphandle kukaGiorgio Armani ngokwakhe, uPietro Boselli akazange afinyelele ezingeni lomhlaba kwaze kwaba yilapho umfundi wakhe efaka izithombe zakhe ku-inthanethi, embiza “uthisha wezibalo oshisa izikhotha emhlabeni.” Eminyakeni eyalandela futhi useguqule inkundla yakhe yaba nokunye okuningi.
U-Boselli ngokwakhe ungumfanekiso ophilayo wobuchopho, u-brawn, bese kuba okunye. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lo mdabu wase-Veneto waduma kakhulu ngokuthi “Uthisha Wezibalo Oshisa Kakhulu Emhlabeni,” ngemva kokuba omunye wabafundi bakhe enyonyobe isithombe ekilasini.
Isithombe okukhulunywa ngaso sipende u-Boselli njengomuntu ophusha ipensela ofana ne-Adonis ngendlela engaqondakali, mhlawumbe engqubuzane nesikhangiso sikaCalvin Klein endleleni yakhe ehla ngewormhole. Eqinisweni, nakuba uBoselli kungenzeka ukuthi wayengazi ukuthi leso sithombe sithathwa, empeleni wayeyimodeli enolwazi-ehlolwe nguGiorgio Armani lapho eneminyaka eyisithupha nje ubudala.
Okusele, kuyavunywa, ukuthi kuhlukile: “Ngemva kokufundela ubunjiniyela e-University College London, ngathola umfundaze wokwenza i-Ph.D.,” oseneminyaka engu-30 ubudala uyasitshela. U-Boselli, mhlawumbe isibonelo sakho esikhulu kunazo zonke se-anti-Zoolander, uyakuvuma lokho:
“Lapho ngineminyaka engu-15, ngafunda le ncwadi ka-Einstein futhi ngahlatshwa umxhwele izibalo zakhe, kanye [nombono] wokuthi abantu bangaqhamuka nale mibono. Kungakho nginqume ukufundela ubunjiniyela: Bengifuna ukuhlanganisa isayensi nokusebenzisa kwayo okungokoqobo,”
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Uthena. “Abantu abaningi bayamodela, futhi yilokho kuphela abakwenzayo ngezimpilo zabo. Basekela yonke impumelelo yabo ekubukekeni kwabo. Kulula kakhulu ukwenza kubonakale isisekelo sezimpilo zomuntu...Lokho kungakha umbono osontekile weqiniso.”
Nakuba ukuzazi okujulile okunjalo kungase kungahlotshaniswa ne-rock-hard abs, uBoselli waphishekela izindaba zengqondo nezomzimba ngamandla alinganayo: “[Enyuvesi,] ngangingenzi lutho ngaphandle kokutadisha nokuzikhandla.
Kodwa lapho ngineminyaka engu-14, ngangigxile kakhulu emfundweni ephakeme, [yize] nganginomsebenzi othembisayo wokuba imodeli. Ngandlela thize, nginomuzwa wokuthi iqiniso lokuthi njalo ngibeka lokho kuqala, kunokubukeka kwami, liye langigcina ngingokoqobo.” Ngokuphefumula okufanayo, uBoselli ubonisa imiphumela emibi yenkundla yezokuxhumana empilweni yengqondo, ayazisa kakhulu njengoba enza ukuqina komzimba. “[Imithombo yezokuxhumana nempilo yengqondo] iyisihloko esithakazelisa kakhulu kimina,” kusho uBoselli, isibalo sabalandeli bakhe siphusha izigidi ezi-3. "Ngifunde okuningi ngami [ngokuthi] ngihlanganyele [nezilaleli] eziningi."
Kodwa njengalabo bethu abaphokophele ebuhleni, ebuchosheni, noma ekuhlanganisweni kwakho, uBoselli uzibiza ngomsebenzi oqhubekayo— ikakhulukazi maqondana nohlobo lwakhe lwemfashini olusanda kuqala, uPetra. “Kwakufanele ngifunde yonke into, kusukela ekuklanyweni kuye ekuthumeleni…,” usho kanje, ngaphambi kokusho okusobala: “Ngiwuhlobo lomuntu othanda ukuthola yonke into.”
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Isithombe: @giampaolosgura
Imfashini: @georgecortina
Izinwele: @benjaminthigpen
Imodeli: @pietroboselli (@imgmodels)