In Silent Passage - Text and Visual Art by Chris DeRobertis (Dero)

// Sunday, September 29, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Faith is not a fate, but a commitment.

How you choose to live life determines your fate.

// Sunday, September 22, 2013

Up Close and Personal 1: The Warmth Revealed (Visual Remix)

Up Close and Personal: The Warmth Revealed (Visual Remix) (c) Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

About

In celebration to the start of Fall (Autumn), 2013, in my neck of the woods, I completed a fitting visual remix (fueled by a warm cup of hot chocolate).

Original version published Monday, July 1, 2013, and available at insilentpassage.com: Up Close and Personal: The Warmth Revealed.

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Today's Tendril...

How do you find the perfect shade of blue?

Wait for your mood to sour and it fill find you.

// Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Leadership is spelled with an "I."

// Sunday, September 15, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Rains, west, ungodly.

Flowers fold willingly.

Placid sadness grows.

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Saturday, September 14, 2013

We Come in Peace

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About

If I had an alien Metal band, then this is what it would look like. (That's me in the middle.)

Soundtrack

Ghost, Anup Sastry
The Space Between, Intervals
Epicloud (Deluxe Edition) (disc 2), Devin Townsend Project
Plains of Oblivion, Jeff Loomis
Engines of Creation, Joe Satriani
Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head, Vol. 01, Celldweller

Today's Tendril...

Even the sea of tranquility gets a storm now and then.

// Saturday, September 07, 2013

Ibis Goliae Araneidae

// Friday, September 06, 2013

The Faces of Silence

The many "faces" of silence:

As acquiescence and acceptance
As a barrier
As an act of dissention
As punishment
As a means to an end
The mask of bewilderment
A bed of feathers for introspection
The opposite of "the squeaky wheel"
The space between lovers when they have nothing left to say
As dramatic...pause
The medium for the voice of God

// Thursday, September 05, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Terra forming is an arrogance of man.

Reshape to satisfy a vision (artistic or commercial matters not).

Fitting, then, that the earth reclaims man at the end: from dust to dust, the sequence goes unchanged.

// Sunday, August 25, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Human by design.
Fallible by nature.
Happy by choice.
Creativity—a blessing...and a danger.

// Friday, August 23, 2013

The Fact Remains

This new cat is good. Very good. Silent. Fast. Patient. Agile.

A perfect feline ninja.

Ah, but no matter how good the cat, and no matter how many cats the owners bring into the house, the fact remains: no flesh and blood kitty can ever catch a ghost mouse.

Just for Fun 5: Sketchy (at Best)

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About

A doodle with wings.

A little pen-and-paper fun.

Sketchy, at best. 8^)

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Monday, August 19, 2013

The Great Machine

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About

Inspired by, and part homage to, the Book of Revelations and Firefox's "about:mozilla" Easter Egg.

Full title: "The Great Machine" - from The Book of Tendrils (The Lost Chapters)

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Today's Tendril... Perspective

"Ah, to be young and naive again, instead of old and wise," said the oak tree to the acorn.

"At least you're not in the shadow of someone else," replied the acorn.

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Monday, July 29, 2013

What IT Has Taught Me

What IT has taught me:

Fast is never fast enough
Update, upgrade, patch, and fix are four letter words
There's no such thing as too much data
We want everything to be intuitive, as long as it's our view of intuitive
Obsolescence happens (then becomes nostalgia)
There's no shortage of good ideas (or bad implementations)
Ones and zeros are stepping stones
Always connected is too wired
State-of-the-art is relative to the here-and-now
Footprints, fingerprints, and breadcrumbs last "forever"

// Sunday, July 28, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Happiness - A possibility.
Pain - A probability.
Death - An inevitability.
Hope - An opportunity. (Always.)

// Saturday, July 27, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Never say never, except to sin,
   stupidity,
      malice,
         and hate.

// Friday, July 26, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Life is always "in flight," even when we're sleeping (and especially when we're dreaming).

// Thursday, July 25, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Cast a shadow only as long as you're willing to fall.

// Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Emotional refinement is like the weathering of stone on a shoreline — it takes time.

// Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Today's Tendril...

A philosophy conceived in the myopia of anger, coiled in the vines of self-pity, and spewed from a geyser of hate, is nothing but a syringe of lies in search of veins—the veins of the willing; the vulnerable; the disenfranchised.

// Friday, July 19, 2013

Good Morning

     "Time to wake up the birds," said the Moon to the Sun. "I like to listen to them as I drift off to sleep."

     "Certainly," said the Sun. "Anything else?"

     "Yes. Would you let the dew last a little longer today? The glistening dew drops are my fireflies," said the Moon.

     "Consider it done," said the Sun. "Anything else?"

     "No, I'm all set," said the Moon. "Thank you."

     "You're welcome," said the Sun. "Have a good day's sleep, my friend. Dream of rivers and waterfalls; clouds and trees, and snow-capped mountains."

     "Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day," said the sleepy Moon.

     "It will be," said the smiling Sun. "It most certainly will be."

     The End

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Today's Tendril...

There's a lot of wiggle room between "not now" and "never again."

// Monday, July 15, 2013

Today's Tendril...

The sky is never falling, until it lands on your head.

// Sunday, July 14, 2013

Today's Tendril...

// Monday, July 01, 2013

Up Close and Personal 1: The Warmth Revealed

The Warmth Revealed (c) Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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// Sunday, June 30, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Temptation on the left.
Resistance on the right.
A choice that hangs between,
And a prayer to see The Light.

// Sunday, June 23, 2013

Today's Tendril...

Hate is a welcome mat for the Devil.

// Monday, May 13, 2013

To Be

I am becoming—
    Befuddled,
    Bemused,
    Bemoaned,
    Beleaguered,
    Bewitched,
    Bedeviled,
    Begotten.

I am between question and answers,
    Between actions and words,
        Between beginnings and ends.

I am becoming my worst enemy,
    Or so the mirror claims.

So I'll drape the mirror with a black veil,
    And trap the ghosts and demons beneath,
    Then let it fall to the floor
        To become the pieces of nevermore.

© Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

This text composition is a work of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.