Sensorial is a journey in sensory perception. The senses guide us through urban landscapes, animal connections and familial bonds as we consider who we are, where we are-both physically and metaphysically-and what truly matters. Sensorial proposes one set of responses to the never-ending data we process as we navigate through life. In particular, it considers aging and illness on the journey towards life's end-and examines gain and loss in the aggregate.
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- Toronto, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover Page 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Epigraph Page 6
- IN MEMORY OF JOHN (JOHANNES) VAN DER MEER 1940–2019 6
- SENSORIAL 2
- CONTENTS 8
- I: NAVIGATION 8
- II: EXPLORATION 9
- III: CONNECTION 10
- I NAVIGATION 12
- AT VASCO DA GAMA, MONTREAL 17
- DOMINICAN PANTOUM 19
- EPILEPSY, CORNER OF MCGILL AND ST-MAURICE 20
- FALLS ROAD PUB, BELFAST NOVEMBER 1998 21
- LUCIEN-L’ALLIER STATION, MONTREAL METRO 22
- MASSAGE AT WHITE HORSE LEDGE 24
- PANTOUM FOR THE HOMELESS 25
- PAPER BOYS, SQUARE-VICTORIA–OACI, OLD MONTREAL 26
- GLAMOUR 28
- UNDERGROUND ART, PLACE BONAVENTURE STATION 29
- THE ROMAN WAITER 30
- L’ESSÈNCIA BARCELONA 32
- AT PIZZA VESUVIO, AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES 34
- TALKING HORSES AT STOWE 35
- WINTER IN MONTREAL 37
- MUTT ON THE SAGUENAY RIVER 38
- HARVARD YARD 39
- II EXPLORATION 42
- LET HER SLEEP 45
- THE STRENGTH OF DRAGONS 47
- NEW SKIN AT PENTECOST 49
- NOON MASS AT ST. PATRICK’S BASILICA, MONTREAL 51
- RETIREMENT PLAN 53
- TEA AT HARRODS 55
- VISITING THE FROST PLACE, FRANCONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE 56
- YOM KIPPUR 57
- AFTERNOON CYCLE 59
- AT VAN SPEYK, AMSTERDAM 60
- VARIOUS PIES, STEDELIJK MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM 62
- THE GRANBY GARDENER 64
- III CONNECTION 68
- ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH 70
- BUYING BOOTS, PLATEAU MONT-ROYAL 71
- HER GRANDMOTHER’S STORY 73
- LEARNING TO SHAVE 74
- HIS CORIOLIS FORCE 75
- GRATITUDE, CORNER OF DE LA GAUCHETIÈRE AND CÔTÉ 77
- PARKINSON’S DISEASE 79
- JOHNNY CASH, OTTAWA EX, 1979 81
- AT ST. LAWRENCE PARK, BROCKVILLE 82
- THE FATHER WHO CRIED WOLF 83
- WITH HER FATHER, LONG-TERM CARE HOME, TORONTO 84
- WASHING MY MOTHER’S HAIR WHILE LISTENING TO BACH 85
- I 85
- II 85
- III 86
- IV 86
- WE KNOW OUR LOVED ONES BY THE WAY THEY MOVE 87
- THE PAPERWEIGHT 91
- SITTING VIGIL 92
- AT YOUR BEDSIDE 93
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 96
- Author Page 100
- OTHER BOOKS BY CAROLYNE VAN DER MEER 105