Finding the Groove by Robert Gelinas, Excerpt

8/8/2019 Finding the Groove by Robert Gelinas, Excerpt

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Amklmkh tfc HreevcDeipesmkh g Ngzz-Tfgpcl Agmtf

Oy> _eocrt Hcjmkgs

Rmdturc tfc pessmomjmtmcs ma Gicrmdgk dfurdfcs

epcrgtcl jm`c ngzz deioes mkstcgl ea sjmd`

derpergtmeks_eocrt Hcjmkgs pemkts us

ocyekl tfc erlmkgry te tfc eatck evcrjee`cl

arcclei, ocguty, hrgdc, ukmty, drcgtmvmty, gklpewcr tfgt grc eur omrtfrmhft gs ocjmcvcrs.

]eu lekt fgvc te oc g ngzz iusmdmgk, er cvck g

ngzz dekkemsscur, aer tfms oee` te spcg` te yeu.

Ma yeu jevc Hel gkl fms Xerl gkl ma yeu wgkt

te lmsdevcr g arccr, ierc hckumkc cxprcssmek

ea Dfrmstmgkmty, Amklmkh tfc Hreevcwmjj oc

iusmd te yeur cgrs, yeur fcgrt, gkl yeur imkl.

Jcgrk Ierc |^eklcrvgk ek Tdrmol |^eklcrvgk.dei
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3/21

Amklmkh tfc Hreevc

Depyrmhft ?22= oy _eocrt Hcjmkgs

\fms tmtjc ms gjse gvgmjgojc mk g ^eklcrvgk gulme clmtmek. Qmsmt www.zeklcrvgk.ai.

_cqucsts aer mkaerigtmek sfeujl oc gllrcsscl te>

^eklcrvgk, Hrgkl _gpmls, Imdfmhgk deipesmkh g ngzz-sfgpcl agmtf / _eocrt Hcjmkgs.

p. di.

Mkdjulcs omojmehrgpfmdgj rcacrckdcs.

MTOK =86-2-472-?6?3?-3 (seatdevcr)

7. Ngzz rcjmhmeus gspcdts Dfrmstmgkmty. ?. Dfrmstmgk jmac. M. \mtjc.

IJ4=?7.6.N4=H


4/21

Aer Ogrogrg, iy ocjevcl.

Gatcr gjj ea tfcsc ycgrs, M stmjj dgkt ocjmcvc

tfgt yeu sgml ycs!


5/21

dektckts

7 Tcttmkh tfc Ttghc 74

? Ierc tfgk Iusmd ?7

4@cy Ketcs ?=


6/21

Gs ojucs-ocsct gs jmac igy oc,

tfc rcgj scdrct ms seicfew te ig`c jmac swmkh,

te survmvc oy stgymkh mk tfc hreevc.

_gjpf Cjjmsek


7/21

74

DFGR\C_ 7

scttmkh tfc stghc

Xfck M wgs mk dejjchc, M uscl te stuly aer iy Hrcc`

gkl Fcorcw cxgis gt g jedgj ngzz vckuc. M wgs agsdm-

kgtcl gs tfc cksciojc pjgycl tehctfcr, mk dekdcrt wmtf

gkl aer cgdf etfcr. Gs M wgtdfcl tfc wgy tfc iusm-

dmgks suppertcl ekc gketfcr, dgstmkh hjgkdcs te dei-

iukmdgtc, gkl few cgdf mkstruickt deipjcicktcl mts

kcmhfoer M\ ochgk te lgwk ek ic.

Ekc tmic, yeukh gkl ejl, rmdf gkl peer, deuktry

gkl fmp-fep, ojgd`, orewk, gkl wfmtc, surreuklcl ic.

\fc ogkl fgl g Jgtmk sgxepfekmst gkl g yeukh lrcgl-

jed`cl oretfcr ek stgkl-up ogss. Ek pmgke gkl lruis

twe imlljc-ghcl ick, ekc ojgd` gkl tfc etfcr wfmtc,

pjgycl tehctfcr.

Gs tfc hreevc ochgk, tfc sgxepfekc pjgycr ie-

tmekcl aer seicekc mk tfc drewl, gk cjlcrjy ojgd`

igk, wfe sjewjy iglc fms wgy te tfc stghc. Fms vemdc

wgs agr arei pcracdt, out gs tfms igk sgkh goeut jevc

hgmkcl gkl jevc jest . . .


8/21

7< amklmkh tfc hreevc

M\ wgs prcsckt

fc fgl M\

wc wcpt ocdgusc ea M\

Aer gjiest twe lcdglcs kew, M fgvc weklcrcl wfgt

mt ms goeut tfms tfmkh dgjjcl ngzz tfgt ormkhs se igky

`mkls ea pcepjc tehctfcr. Eatcktmics M jmstck te g sgxe-

pfekmst seje, gkl M dgkt fcjp out tfmk` tfgt tfcrcs

seictfmkh mk tfms aer ic. Xfck M scc gk cdjcdtmd ck-

sciojc gjjewmkh aer arcsf tg`cs ek ejl stgklgrls, er gs M

jee` greukl tfc seictmics sie`c-amjjcl reei gkl scc

tfgt M gi smttmkh wmtf gjj fucs ea s`mk, M scksc tfgt tfcrc

ms seictfmkh mk tfms aer tfc oely ea Dfrmst.

Gs aejjewcrs ea Dfrmst M tfmk` tfgt wc fgvc seic-

tfmkh te jcgrk arei ngzz. Aer gs M wgtdf tfc wgy Ncsus

mktcrgdtcl wmtf pcepjc, fcgjmkh ekc ojmkl igk wmtf g

werl gkl usmkh sgjmvg ek gketfcr, M scc fmi miprevms-

mkh. Gs M peklcr few fc tguhft, lrgwmkh ek ejl tfcics

mk arcsf wgys, M scc M\ mk Ncsus. M scc Ncsus mk M\.

* * *

G ngzz-sfgpcl agmtf ms wertf pursumkh ocdgusc mt ogj-

gkdcs arcclei wmtf oeuklgrmcs, tfc mklmvmlugj wmtf

tfc hreup, gkl trglmtmeks wmtf tfc pursumt ea wfgt

imhft oc. M fgvc lmsdevcrcl mk ngzz g wgy ea tfmk`mkh,

jmvmkh, deiiukmdgtmkh g wgy ea ocmkh . . . g hreevc.

Ket g rut, out rgtfcr g sct ea agdters tfgt dekvcrhc,

drcgtmkh g pjgdc te scttjc mk gkl spgdc te oc.


9/21

scttmkh tfc stghc 73

Ngzz ms ket tfc sejutmek te gjj ea tfc ajgws ea eur

agmtf. _gtfcr mt ms g wgy aer yeu gkl ic te cxpcrmckdc

tfc hespcj tfc deimkh ea tfc `mkhlei ea Hel mk

spmtc ea gkl ocdgusc ea eur lcamdmckdmcs. \fc rcveju-

tmekgry ievcickt ea Ncsus dresscs rgdmgj, dujturgj,

sedmecdekeimd, lckeimkgtmekgj, gkl hckcrgtmekgj lm-

vmlcs, gkl mk tfc imlst ea eur argkdfmsc gppregdf te

jmac gkl agmtf tfcrc ms g drymkh kccl aer seictfmkh ejlgkl kcw, arcsf gkl yct ket kevcj seictfmkh tfgt gj-

jews aer eur wcg`kcsscs gkl strckhtfs. G hreevc tfgt

hmvcs kcw jmac te tfc Tdrmpturcs, dfurdf, gkl tfc wgy

wc vmcw deiiukmty. M eatck weklcr wfgt mt weujl

jee` jm`c ma wc deipescl g ngzz-sfgpcl Dfrmstmgkmty.

Xfgt ma tfcrc wgs g wgy aer Dfrmstmgks te jmvc wmtftfc tcksmeks ea eur agmtf gkl te ciorgdc tfcmr ocguty5

Xfgt ma yeu gkl M cxpcrmckdcl dfurdf jm`c g ngzz

cksciojc (jmstckmkh te tfc ocgt ea tfc mighc ea Hel mk

cgdf ea us) gkl deiiukmty icgkt tfgt yeu gkl M acjt

dekkcdtcl, ket ekjy te tfesc wc dgk scc, out gjse wmtf

tfesc wfe fgvcaejjewcl(mk pgst hckcrgtmeks) gkl fgvcyct(mk auturc hckcrgtmeks) te aejjewNcsus5

Xfgt ma tfcrc ms gketfcr wgy te `kew tfc Tdrmp-

turcs5 Xfgt ma wc cxpcrmckdcl tfc werl ea Hel gs g

sekh tfgt scts us arcc te deipesc, g icjely tfgt fgs

reei aer eur vemdc te nemk mk wmtf tfc gkdmckts5

Xfgt ma cvcry ieickt ea jmac wmtf Ncsus ms prchkgkt


10/21

71 amklmkh tfc hreevc

wmtf preimsc, dektgmkmkh tfc petcktmgj te oc g ekc-ea-

g-`mkl igstcrpmcdc5

Xfgt ma se iudf ea wfgt fgs hekc wrekh wmtf

Gicrmdg fgs gjse preludcl seictfmkh tfgt ms rmhft gkl

heel, gjjewmkh aer us te jmvc gkl jevc wmtf seuj ocdgusc

wc uklcrstgkl wfy dghcl omrls smkh5

Xfgt ma wc deujl amkl tfc hreevc gkl mk tfc predcss

jmvc mk M\5

\fcsc grc tfc qucstmeks M fgvc occk gs`mkh mk tfc

fepc ea deipesmkh g ngzz-sfgpcl agmtf tfgt wmjj jcgl

ic djescr te tfc `mkhlei ea Hel mk eur imlst.

Teictfmkh Ms Eut ea Tykd

\fms wfejc mssuc ms pcrsekgj aer ic. Gt tmics iy agmtf

hcts eut ea sykd. M fgvc ieickts wfck tfc Tdrmpturcs

agmj te mktrmhuc er mkspmrc. \mics wfck M jekh aer tfc

lcsmrc ea tfc psgjimst te iclmtgtc ek tfci lgy gkl

kmhft, aer tfci te oc aeel aer iy seuj, aer tfc werl

te oc gjmvc, pmcrdmkh, gkl rcgj. Gt tmics, mt accjs gs ma

seictfmkh ms imssmkh. M fgvc gk uksfg`gojc scksc tfgt

seictfmkh ms eaa mk tfc wgy wc prgy, rcgl eur Omojcs,

gkl wersfmp. \fc ogrrmcrs ea rgdc, djgss, hckcrgtmek,

gkl lckeimkgtmek dektmkuc te `ccp us gpgrt, gkl wc

grc ket surc ea tfc jgst tmic wc acjt tfgt tfesc mk tfc

pcw kcxt te us wcrc trujy oretfcrs gkl smstcrs, jct gjekc

tfesc wfe gttckl etfcr dfurdfcs.


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scttmkh tfc stghc 78

M jevc tfc dfurdf. M ocjmcvc mk mt se iudf tfgt M fgvc

hmvck iy jmac te mt, out iy cycs grc wmlc epck> Ke

mkstmtutmek fgs gddeipjmsfcl se iudf aer heel mk tfms

werjl0 kekc fgs agjjck se sfert ea mts dgjjmkh!7Xc fgvc

te deic te hrmps wmtf tfc pgrglexmdgj trutf tfgt cjcvck

edjed` Tuklgy igy oc tfc iest schrchgtcl feur ea tfc

wcc` gs agr gs gky pgrtmdujgr pgrmsf hecs, out mt ms tfc

iest mktchrgtcl feur ea tfc wcc` gs agr gs tfc `mkh-

lei hecs.?Teictfmkh ms eut ea sykd. Le yeu scksc

mt5 Le yeu accj tfc weoojc mk tfc wfccj5 Few dgk mt

oc tfgt wc grc gjmvc lurmkh ekc ea tfc hrcgtcst ievcs

ea tfc Fejy Tpmrmt mk fmstery gkl yct iest ea us lekt

cvck `kew5 Xc igrvcj gs wc rcgl tfgt tfrcc tfeusgkl

pcepjc dgic mkte tfc `mkhlei mk Gdts ?, yct igky cs-

tmigtc tfgt greukl tfc werjl telgy, seic tfrcc tfeu-

sgkl pcepjc gk feur grc deimkh te `kew tfms Ncsus

wfei wc scrvc! Nust ket fcrc mk Gicrmdg.4

Iy uklcrhrglugtc lchrcc ms mk omojmdgj stulmcs, gkl

gt scimkgry M aeduscl ek imssmejehy (tfc stuly ea tfc

imssmek ea tfc dfurdf). Iy amrst lchrcc wgs dekdcrkcl

wmtf wfgt tfc Tdrmpturcs sgy0 tfc jgttcr aeduscl ek

few wc deiiukmdgtc gkl jmvc tfc agmtf mk tfc vgrmeus

dujturcs ea tfc werjl. M kcvcr acjt dgjjcl te he te tfc

imssmek amcjl out rgtfcr te jmvc mk iy ewk deuktry,

giekh iy ewk pcepjc, wmtf imssmekgry cycs.

Dektcxtugjmzgtmek ms tfc predcss ea tg`mkh tfc trutfs

ea Dfrmstmgkmty mk ekc fgkl gkl g hmvck dujturc mk tfc


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76 amklmkh tfc hreevc

etfcr, gkl tfck lmsdcrkmkh wfgt ms deipgtmojc wmtf tfc

hespcj gkl wfgt kccls rclciptmek. Aer cxgipjc, ms

lrmk`mkh wmkc, wcgrmkh pgkts, er tfc prgdtmdc ea seic

trmocs te mkmtmgtc tfcmr oeys mkte igkfeel oy scklmkh

tfci ek g jmek fukt mk jmkc wmtf tfc wgys ea Ncsus5

Igky g imssmekgry fgs struhhjcl wmtf tfms predcss oc-

dgusc wc grc ket kcutrgj, ukomgscl eoscrvcrs. Xc ormkh

eur ewk dujturc te tfc agmtf gkl eatck ckl up trymkh

te ig`c pcepjc evcr mk eur mighc. Fewcvcr, tfcrc grc

curc`g ieickts wfck ekc rcgjmzcs tfgt seictfmkh

cxmsts mk g dujturc tfgt hmvcs ukmquc aeri te few tfc

agmtf dgk oc uklcrsteel gkl jmvcl eut. Jm`c wfck Rguj

wgs mk Gtfcks. G Amji oy @ck Ourks, wfmdf tcjjs

ea tfc ochmkkmkhs gkl hrewtf ea ngzz gs iusmd.1Ourks

lecs g igstcrauj neo ea tcjjmkh tfc ngzz stery gkl cx-

pjermkh tfc mipertgkdc ea cy mklmvmlugjs. Fms scrmcs ms

aujj ea vmktghc pfetes gkl rcderlmkhs. Fc gjse mkdjulcs

g pjctferg ea mktcrvmcws mk wfmdf yeu dgk fcgr vgrymkh

pemkts ea vmcw arei drmtmds gkl iusmdmgks gjm`c. Iy

agvermtc lcamkmtmek ea ngzz deics arei Hceaarcy Xgrl

gkl @ck Ourkss iekuicktgj gddeipgkymkh oee` Ngzz>

G Fmstery ea Gicrmdgs Iusmd>


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?< amklmkh tfc hreevc

\fc fmstery ea ngzz turks eut te oc iudf ierc

tfgk g stuly ea tfms cxtrgerlmkgry Gicrmdgk iusmd.

Ngzz fgs occk g prmsi tfreuhf wfmdf se iudf eaGicrmdgk fmstery dgk oc scck g durmeus gkl uk-

usugjjy eoncdtmvc wmtkcss te tfc twcktmctf dcktury.

Gkl se ngzz kcdcssgrmjy ocdeics g stery goeut rgdc

gkl rgdc rcjgtmeks gkl prcnulmdc, goeut imkstrcjsy

gkl Nmi Drew, jykdfmkh gkl dmvmj rmhfts. . . . Eur

stuly ea ngzz eaacrs tfc cxpjesmvc fypetfcsms tfgt

tfesc wfe fgvc fgl tfc pcdujmgr cxpcrmckdc ea ocmkh

ukarcc mk g arcc jgklPcipfgsms imkcY imhft gdtu-

gjjy oc gt tfc dcktcr ea eur fmstery.8

Skarcc mk g arcc jgkl. Mjj kcvcr aerhct wfck M

fcgrl tfesc werls. Miiclmgtcjy M tfeuhft ea few ut-

tcrjy gosurl tfc jmac ea g sjgvc mk Gicrmdg wgs. @ml-kgppcl arei yeur feicjgkl, pgd`cl mkte tfc ocjjy

ea g sfmp, dfgmkcl lewk se tfgt yeu deujl ket cvck

smt up, jct gjekc usc tfc rcstreei mk g sgkmtgry igk-

kcr. Mk tfc jgkl gfcgl yeu agdcl lc-Garmdgkmzgtmek,

tfgt ms, tfc wfejcsgjc gssgujt ek yeur oely, dujturc,

gkl imkl. Ket gjjewcl te oc Garmdgks, gkl . . . ket gd-

dcptcl gs Gicrmdgks.6Mighmkc aer g ieickt tfgt yeu

wcrc aertukgtc te fgvc survmvcl tfc trc` gdress tfc

Gtjgktmd, gkl gs yeu stcp eaa tfc sfmp yeu grc gojc te

gs`, Xfcrc gi M5 \fc rcspeksc yeu rcdcmvc> ]eu grc

mk Gicrmdg. \fc jgkl ea jmocrty. Xfgt miicgsurgojc

hrmca tfgt weujl fgvc drcgtcl mk yeur jmac gs yeu steel

tfcrc wmtf sfgd`jcs ek yeur wrmsts gkl gk`jcs!


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ierc tfgk iusmd ?3

Skarcc mk g arcc jgkl.

\fms cxpcrmckdc drcgtcl g kcw pcepjc hreup, g

kcw trmoc tfgt fgl ket cxmstcl ocaerc deimkh te tfms

deuktry. \fms hreup ea pcepjc weujl wrcstjc aer dck-

turmcs wmtf wfgt mt icgks te oc mk dfgmks mk tfc jgkl

ea tfc arcc. \fc ukarcc mk g arcc jgkl decxmstcl wmtf

pcepjc cxpcrmckdmkh ukprcdclcktcl jmocrty. \fms cxms-

tcktmgj tcksmek stmrrcl up ycgrkmkhs gkl gspmrgtmek aer

dcrtgmk Hel-hmvck ukgjmckgojc rmhfts ea jmac, jmocrty, gkl

tfc pursumt ea fgppmkcss. \fcsc ycgrkmkhs hgvc rmsc te

tfc ojucs, gkl ojucs

hgvc omrtf te tfms

iusmd ea arcclei

wmtfmk oeuklgrmcs,

ocdeimkh wmtfmk

tfc dekstrgmkts ea

tfc sekh gkl ck-

sciojc tfms ngzz.

M fgvc te glimt

tfgt gs gk Garmdgk-

Gicrmdgk M fgvc g

vmsdcrgj dekkcdtmek wmtf ngzz. Mt spcg`s te ic. M dgk-

ket jmstck te Jeums Gristrekh, Kmkg Tmiekc, er Imjcs

Lgvms wmtfeut smiujtgkceusjy rcfcgrsmkh mk iy imkl

tfc fmstery tfgt iglc ngzz ket ekjy pessmojc out kcd-

cssgry. Gs seicekc wfe spckt iudf ea iy cgrjy jmac

struhhjmkh wmtf mlcktmty, trymkh te amhurc eut wfgt mt

PNgzzY ms tfc iusmd ea gpcepjc wfe fgvc jekh fgl

te jmvc wmtfmk g sedmcty ierclctcrimkgtmvcjy lcamkcl oy

etfcrs, gkl `kew few te ig`cle wmtf jmimts gkl igtcrmgjtfgt wcrc ket scja-dfesck.

_elkcy Djgpp, Oerlcr Dressmkhs


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?1 amklmkh tfc hreevc

icgks te oc gk Garmdgk-Gicrmdgk, g fypfckgtcl pcr-

sek, ngzz fcjps ic wmtf tfc tcksmek. Gi M oetf/gkl, cm-

tfcr/er, kcmtfcr wfy lecs mt cvck igttcr5 Ngzz scrvcs

gs g vmstg arei wfmdf M dgk scc gkl wrcstjc wmtf tfc

eptmeks, aer mt ms g preludt ea lmjciigs sudf gs tfcsc.

]ct cvck ma yeu grc ket gk Garmdgk-Gicrmdgk, yeu wmjj

lmsdevcr tfgt ekc ea tfc ukmquc surprmscs tfgt deics

wmtf uklcrstgklmkh ngzz ms few mt fcjps gjj ea us scc

eur fmstery gkl etfcr pcepjc arei g lmaacrckt vgktghc

pemkt. Ngzz prevmlcs g sgac spgdc te tfmk` goeut eur

deuktry, rgdc, gkl dujturc. \fgt ocmkh sgml, tfc rcgsek

M `ccp rcturkmkh te ngzz ms ocdgusc mt fcjps ic te aej-

jew Ncsus.

M tfmk` ea Nescpf sejl oy fms ewk oretfcrs mkte sjgv-

cry. Fc spckt ycgrs mk prmsek aer g drmic fc lml ket

deiimt, gkl fc jest lcdglcs ea jmac tfgt deujl fgvc

occk spckt wmtf fms agtfcr, wfe jevcl fmi. ]ct Nescpf

sgml te fms dewcrmkh oretfcrs, ]eu mktcklcl te fgri

ic, out Hel mktcklcl mt aer heel te gddeipjmsf wfgt ms

kew ocmkh lekc, tfc sgvmkh ea igky jmvcs.=\fgts few

M accj goeut ngzz. M kcvcr weujl fgvc pmd`cl tfc deklm-

tmeks tfgt oreuhft mt mkte ocmkh, out Mi surc hrgtcauj

tfgt mt cxmsts. Ocdgusc wc kew fgvc gt eur lmspesgj mk-

lmspcksgojc teejs wreuhft eut ea suaacrmkh, wfmdf dgk

sfew us kcw wgys ea aejjewmkh eur Tuaacrmkh Tcrvgkt.

M jm`c ngzz mk iusmd, out M jevc ngzz mk iy agmtf. Gs

jcgl pgster (gkl rcsmlckt ngzz tfcejehmgk) ea Dejergle


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ierc tfgk iusmd ?8

Deiiukmty Dfurdf, M fgvc scck ngzz gt wer`. Xc

grc gk mktcrlckeimkgtmekgj, mktcrhckcrgtmekgj, iujtm-

dujturgj, iujtmdgipus imssmek mk tfc Lckvcr ictre

grcg. Cgdf wcc`, M scc tfc pcepjc ea Hel jmvmkh mk ukmty

gkl scrvmkh sgdrmamdmgjjy, rchgrljcss ea s`mk dejer. M scc

yeukh gkl ejl, rmdf gkl peer, fejlmkh fgkls mk wer-

sfmp. Gkl mk ieickts jm`c tfcsc, M gi hrgtcauj aer tfc

hespcj. M gi hrgtcauj aer ngzz. M gi hrgtcauj aer fgvmkh

lmsdevcrcl tfc hespcj mk ngzz!

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