Voiceless

Without words I am voiceless,
     And my eyes can only take the conversation so far.

And if only the hand on your cheek were the hand on your heart,
     Then my touch would speak in a tongue only lovers understand.

These words, this paper, are all that remains of a conversation that I thought would never know an end.

All is now still.

My words have no refrain.

I am voiceless—and still.

And still I carry on...without you.

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Three Tendrils on Epiphany

Epiphany is usually a light in the dark.

Every once in a while, it's a dark cloud with a silver lining.

 

Epiphany is one part "I" and one part "any," as in: The I of any moment can bring about life changes—for better or for worse.

 

Brevity does not always bring clarity.

Sometimes the epiphany comes at the end of a long and complex journey through the jungle of verbosity, where vines of reason twist and entwine, and a machete clears the clutter of incremental logic.

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Characters Within (Interis Dieagolis) 1

"I'm swimming in tears," said Regret.

"And well you should," said Conscience.

"I wasn't thinking, OK," snapped Regret.

"Sadly, you never do," quipped Conscience, a bit exasperated.

"Why is that? Why don't I take a breath or a pause and figure out how to be free from the grip of the here-and-now," said a demoralized Regret, with a clear indication that the question was rhetorical.

Nevertheless, Conscience replied, "You get that from the Impulse side of the family. That's why God included me as part of the human equation."

Conscience added, "If it helps, you may think of me as a ghost—the Ghost of Actions Past and Consequences Future."

"That doesn't help at all," sobbed Regret.

"Oh, it will. Trust me, it will. You just don't see it yet," said Conscience with a comforting smile.

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Today's Tendril...

Faith is not a fate, but a commitment. How you choose to live life determines your fate.

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

 

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.

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Today's Tendril...

How do you find the perfect shade of blue? Wait for your mood to sour and it fill find you.

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Today's Tendril...

Leadership is spelled with an "I."

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Today's Tendril...

Rains, west, ungodly.

Flowers fold willingly.

Placid sadness grows.


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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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Ibis Goliae Araneidae

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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

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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.

Today's Tendril...

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

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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.

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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^)

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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)

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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.

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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"

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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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.

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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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

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

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Today's Tendril...

Three - Three in one and one three.

Two - Choices: Heaven or Hell.

One - Life. Love. God.

Zero - Tolerance for indecision.

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Up Close and Personal 1: The Warmth Revealed

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To Jill, for warmth beyond words.

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