"Lio Keʻokeʻo" Gauguin
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) i nā makahiki hope o kona ola ʻana ma ka Pae ʻĀina Polenekia. ʻO Half-Peruvian pono'ī, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e holo i ka moʻomeheu. E like me kona manao, i ka paradaiso.
Ua lilo ka Paradaiso i ilihune a mehameha. Eia naʻe, ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia i hana ai i kāna mau kiʻi pena kaulana loa. Me ka Lio Keokeo.
Inu ka lio i ke kahawai. Aia ma hope ʻelua poʻe Tahiti ʻōlohelohe ma luna o ka lio. ʻAʻohe noho noho a ʻaʻohe.
Gauguin, e like me van Gogh, ʻaʻole makaʻu e hoʻāʻo me ke kala. He kahawai me nā ʻalani ʻalani. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo ko ka lio mai ke aka o ka lau e hāʻule ana ma luna ona.
ʻO Gauguin hoʻi e hoʻopololei i ke kiʻi. ʻAʻohe leo maʻamau a me ka hoʻopunipuni o ka lewa!
ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻike ʻia ka mea pena kiʻi i ka ʻili palahalaha o ka canvas. Me he mea lā e kau ana kekahi mea holo ma luna o ka lāʻau. Ua "lele" ka lua ma ke kua o kekahi lio.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hopena ma o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā kukui māmā: ʻo ka mālamalama a me ke aka ma nā kino o ka Tahitian ma ke ʻano o nā paʻi kaʻawale, me ka ʻole o nā hoʻololi palupalu.
A ʻaʻohe horizon, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ka manaʻo o kahi kiʻi palahalaha.
ʻAʻole koi ʻia kēlā ʻano kala "barbaric" a me ka palahalaha. He ʻilihune loa ʻo Gauguin.
I kekahi lā, makemake kekahi o kāna mau ʻaiʻē, ka mea nona nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūloko, e kākoʻo i ka mea pena. A noi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e kūʻai aku iā ia i kiʻi pena. Akā me ke kūlana e lilo ia i mea maʻalahi.
Ua lawe mai o Gauguin i ka Lio Keokeo. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he maʻalahi a hoʻomaopopo. ʻOiai, ma ke ala, he holoholona mehameha i waena o ka poʻe Tahiti ʻo ia ka ʻuhane. A ua pili ke kala keʻokeʻo me ka make. Akā ʻaʻole paha i ʻike ka mea kūʻai aku o ka pena pena i kēia hōʻailona kūloko.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻae i ke kiʻi no kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe.
Omaomao loa ka lio! Ua makemake ʻo ia e ʻike i ka lio keʻokeʻo e like me ke poʻo inoa.
Ina ua ike kela kahuna lapaau i keia manawa no keia Lio Omaomao, a i ole ia, e haawi ana lakou i mau haneri miliona dala!
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