Theukubhala, impucuko, isiko akuveli ngokuyisimangaliso. Njengokubonakala kwama-homo sapiens, inqubo ende. Phambi kwakhe kwafika homo erectus wasukuma. Ngemuva kwalokho u-homo habilis wazenzela amathuluzi, waqala ukungcwaba umuntu wakhe oshonile. Kepha, ngama-homo sapiens ngempela angena olimini nasekuxhumaneni nobuciko be-rock. Ama-Pictograms (ukumelwa kwamadoda nezilwane), ama-ideograms (izimpawu, imigqa), ama-psychograms ayindlela yangempela yokuxhumana futhi ayisiqalo sokubhala. Kungani kuhlale kuthiwa ukubhala ngakho-ke umlando wavela eMesopotamiya? Ngoba kungenxa yalokhu ukubhala kwethu kutholakala? Eminye imibhalo ibalulekile futhi isebenza (i-hieroglyphics, iskripthi sesiShayina kanye nesikripthi seMende sakamuva neminye).
Futhi kungani uhlobanisa lo mbhalo nokuqala kwendaba? Iyini incazelo yegama elithi umlando? Esichazamazwini sithola: ulwazi noma ubudlelwane bezehlakalo ezedlule, amaqiniso ahlobene nokuvela kwesintu.