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    Dance In Wonder
    Dance In Wonder
    Dance In Wonder
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    Dance In Wonder

    By John Caranci

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    Scientists, poets, writers, painters; take the common and let you see it in a different way. This is a dance. Dancing is organic or inorganic just conceptual prejudice. The floor, the movement (together), the human interaction, the tactile, the music, and emotions; all are there and so much more. Every dance is in the beginner's mind. The next time it is done is the only time it is done. Symmetry and beauty. Reading these poems is a superposition of me, the reader, and the visceral feeling of the book. It is Dancing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTellwell Talent
    Release dateAug 17, 2018
    ISBN9780228805557
    Dance In Wonder
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    John Caranci

    John M. P. CaranciJohn is a Physics and Mathematics Teacher. He was awarded Life Membership for Outstanding Service to the Ontario Association Physics Teachers. He won the G. Raymond Chang Literary Award 2007 – Poetry. He was Senior Science Fellow - York Seneca Institute of Science, and is a Master of Teaching Lecturer at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. He has been author/editor of many mathematics, physics and elementary science texts. John is an auto racer, and online gamer.

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      Dance In Wonder - John Caranci

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      Dance

      in

      Wonder

      John M. P. Caranci

      To my wife, Rosalie

      Acknowledgements:

      My mother, Mary, whose detailed intelligence inspired me. My father, Victor, who gave me an eye for art, storytelling, and honour. My brother, Richard, who has a talent for seeing through BS. People who I never knew personally but were inspirations: Richard Feynman, Nobel Laurate physicist; Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy providing me with a sense of wonder; Orson Welles, for the voice and the word.

      Preface

      Dance in Wonder

      When I was quite young, probably around nine or ten, words became something with which I was very much intrigued. They were the kind of thing that when taken on their own or even when linked in phrases, would have music in them. I think the first time I actually wrote a poem was in middle school (called junior high then). I, it would seem, am in an internal dialogue. It was a great introduction for me to use words to convey ideas.

      Later, when I became a physicist and physics teacher words became more humourous and ironic. I know that sounds odd but, in fact, there is a lot of humour in the mathematics and the sciences.

      I love the way a combination of words together, the meaning is layered and complex, even sad. Yes, I know, but words can be sad. Not the sadness in the content but the works themselves.

      My teachers knew none of this. My parents knew none of this. It was only for me. Only for my own brain, my own ideas. I never submitted my writing for publication. With my wife’s support, I took a writing course. It was suggested that I submit a short story to feel rejection which is what they thought was why I never submitted my work. I submitted the poem Eat Boat. It was not rejected. It won the White Wall Review G. Raymond Chang Award for Poetry. I have not submitted anything since.

      A master is someone who started before you. Scientists, poets, writers, painters; take the common and let you see it in a different way. Descriptions are not the dance. Don’t confuse dancing with the fact that you are dancing. Theories cannot explain our capabilities. Describing at dancing couple will not predict individual interaction. Dancing is intuitive perception. Living it is processing information. Organic or inorganic is a

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