Back after a year...
... to post a poem I wrote during a session of the Science Teller Festival I attended a couple of weeks ago.
(Yes, I left the session when it became obvious the poem wasn't going to leave me alone.)
Feel free to repost it etc etc, just please keep my name on it.
How to Be a Scientist
by Miche Campbell
Open your eyes.
Look at the science.
Move slowly. Telegraph every step.
Keep quiet.
Walk around the science.
Read the warning labels. No, really. Read them. The science doesn’t care about your safety.
Take a step towards the science, and then another.
Poke the science.
(Still got all your fingers? You read the warning labels, right?)
Give the science some space for a while.
Think about your reaction to the science.
Write things down.
Approach the science again.
Sniff the science.
Look at the science.
Is the science looking back yet?
Write down what you observe about the science -- what you see, hear, feel and smell.
Taste the science. Let it roll around on your tongue.
Think about what the science is trying to tell you.
Talk to the science.
Tell the science who you are.
Ask the science questions. Its answers will give you more questions.
Listen to the science. Let it ask you questions. Give it what answers you have. It won’t mind if you don’t have any.
Shout at the science.
Argue with the science.
Turn your back on the science. It will still be there when you’re ready to face it again.
Play with the science.
Laugh at the science.
Let the science tell you some REALLY bad jokes.
Walk alongside the science.
Run ahead of the science. Sometimes it will follow you. Sometimes you’ll look over your shoulder and wonder where it went.
Retrace your steps. You’ll find where your paths diverged.
Realise one day that you’ve fallen in love with the science. It will never be requited.
The science will show you its wonders anyway.
And it will never
Never
(And I mean NEVER)
leave you.
Posted via Vita HD for iPad.
(Yes, I left the session when it became obvious the poem wasn't going to leave me alone.)
Feel free to repost it etc etc, just please keep my name on it.
How to Be a Scientist
by Miche Campbell
Open your eyes.
Look at the science.
Move slowly. Telegraph every step.
Keep quiet.
Walk around the science.
Read the warning labels. No, really. Read them. The science doesn’t care about your safety.
Take a step towards the science, and then another.
Poke the science.
(Still got all your fingers? You read the warning labels, right?)
Give the science some space for a while.
Think about your reaction to the science.
Write things down.
Approach the science again.
Sniff the science.
Look at the science.
Is the science looking back yet?
Write down what you observe about the science -- what you see, hear, feel and smell.
Taste the science. Let it roll around on your tongue.
Think about what the science is trying to tell you.
Talk to the science.
Tell the science who you are.
Ask the science questions. Its answers will give you more questions.
Listen to the science. Let it ask you questions. Give it what answers you have. It won’t mind if you don’t have any.
Shout at the science.
Argue with the science.
Turn your back on the science. It will still be there when you’re ready to face it again.
Play with the science.
Laugh at the science.
Let the science tell you some REALLY bad jokes.
Walk alongside the science.
Run ahead of the science. Sometimes it will follow you. Sometimes you’ll look over your shoulder and wonder where it went.
Retrace your steps. You’ll find where your paths diverged.
Realise one day that you’ve fallen in love with the science. It will never be requited.
The science will show you its wonders anyway.
And it will never
Never
(And I mean NEVER)
leave you.
Posted via Vita HD for iPad.