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

// Thursday, October 22, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Travelling the road of enlightenment doesn't prevent the fog of confusion from rolling in.

// Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Never judge a book by its cover, because the book may respond in kind.

// Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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Today's Tendril...

What's at the heart of vanity and pride?

"i"

Today's Tendril... Bridges (Remixed)

Burning bridges — idiotic.

Letting bridges fall into disrepair — lazy.

Never building bridges — lonely.

Washed out bridges — unforeseeable.

Original version in this Today's Tendril...

// Sunday, October 18, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Regrets are anchors of the soul.

// Saturday, October 17, 2015

XO

XO Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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About

Based on a photo taken at The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze years ago, "XO" is an artified celebration of the season — and a wonderful reminder of an evening spent meandering through fields of orange.

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

Today's Tendril...

Every graveyard was once new.

Alternate Version

The life of a graveyard begins with death.

// Friday, October 09, 2015

Up Close and Personal 2: Leafing Through Time

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// Monday, October 05, 2015

Corvus Emerging

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Today's Tendril...

How do you know when a relationship has gone bad?

When you go from being the apple of someone's eye, to the worm of their eye.

// Sunday, October 04, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Rabbit holes and rat holes — easy to enter, difficult to exit.

// Saturday, October 03, 2015

Specimen 1

Specimen 447 Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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SID: 447

Today's Tendril...

There are signs of maturity that often go unseen —

The scars,

The stitches,

The scrapes,

And the dents that the heart collects over time.

Unseen, that is, until they surface in form of perseverance,

Patience,

And discipline.

// Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Age is just a number, until the mirror "proves" otherwise (or provides other lies).

// Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Today's Tendril...

The bridge between dream and reality is built with passion, persistence, discipline, and a touch of pioneering spirit.

// Saturday, September 26, 2015

Today's Tendril...

We spend far too much time trying to get into the spotlight, or to be the "I" of the limelight—to become the "star" for all to see—and not enough time trying to stay in the God-light (but doing a fine job of acting like a deer in Satan's headlights).

Norroskel

// Thursday, September 24, 2015

Today's Tendril...

The path to "happily ever after" goes through the ever present now.

// Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Sometimes the only tide that can be changed is the one in your mind.

Today's Word is...

Positive.

As in:

Positive charge (positively charged)
Positive thinking (the glass is half full)
Positive outcomes (the green path)

// Sunday, September 13, 2015

Everybody Has a Bad Day Occasionally

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// Thursday, September 10, 2015

Today's Tendril...

It's not the skeletons in the closet that should scare you.

It's the ones in your head that you should fear.

// Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Today's Tendril...

The Devil comes to you in the form that is most appealing to your tastes in sin and temptation.

// Saturday, September 05, 2015

Today's Tendril... Bridges

Burning bridges — stupidity.

Letting bridges fall into disrepair — apathy.

Never building bridges — solitude.

Washed out bridges — fate.

When Summer Dreams of Winter

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A Pilgrim in Progress (A Prayer, of Sorts (Remixed))

God,

Catch my tears,

Cleanse them of their fear,

Their pain,

And their sadness,

Then return them to my soul,

So that I may once again,

Know the completeness,

Of a pilgrim in progress.

Amen.

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

// Friday, September 04, 2015

Today's Tendril...

God is not afraid of a microscope, a stethoscope, or a telescope.

The scientific mind and the spiritual heart are part of the same soul.

And consider this: What came before the Big Bang?

God.

// Thursday, September 03, 2015

Danger! Identity Amalgamation

The danger of interaction.

A little of you rubs off on me.
A little of me can be seen in you.
Identity loss? Or, identity amalgamation?

The danger of appreciation.

Liking leads to evaluating,
Which leads to understanding,
Which can lead to adaptation, then incorporation.
Identity loss? Or, identity amalgamation?

The danger of influence.

Teacher. Role model. Leader. Hero.
Whose voice is the one in your head?
Identity loss? Or, identity amalgamation?

The danger of imitation.

To be derivative.
To be a second rate knockoff.
To cross the line and become a thief.
Identity lost. Identity theft.
Game over.

Companion Today's Tendril...

What should originality always include?

You.

What should it always exclude?

"Them."

These text compositions are works of fiction. Names, places, institutions, events, incidents, characters, persons, locations, contexts, scenes, scenarios, symbols, glyphs, iconography, and/or organizations either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Full Creative Writing Disclaimer.

// Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Each breadcrumb,

Each footprint,

And each mind-spark,

Contains a little piece of the milestone ahead —

Even if that piece

Is nothing more

Than the essence

Of the "what is yet to be."