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

// Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Cherish the memory.

Protect the moment.

Pray for the future.

// Sunday, November 29, 2015

// Friday, November 27, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Black Friday is really about reds, greens, and grays—

Angry shoppers. Angry drivers. Angry workers.

MONEY. sale. MONEY. buy. MONEY. things. MONEY. want.

Morals and ethics.

// Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Because everything that lives eventually dies.

Because everything that is known is still just the tip of the iceberg.

Because intentions, actions, and outcomes are often viewed through the lens of consequence.

Beliefs are boundaries.

// Friday, November 20, 2015

Without Words (from Within)

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Today's Tendril...

A life of relativism is poorly lived.

A life of absolutes is hardly lived.

A life of "balance", even one painted in shades of gray, bends in the wind without breaking, but remains rooted nonetheless.

// Sunday, November 08, 2015

Ideas in Motion, Experiment 523D73CD

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Companion Today's Tendril...

Creativity is all about ideas in motion. And the will—the fortitude—to keep moving,

threading,

and transforming with them.

About

A basic "ideas" notebook became its own subject matter and was transformed into a highly stylized version of itself (thanks to the perpetual chaos and tranquility of a creative space stitched with tendrils).

Dedicated to my Notebook Brother.

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Saturday, November 07, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Satisfaction is a cup of hot chocolate sipped slowly when wrapped in a blanket of melancholy,

And the world outside your window is raining leaves,

And the mood of the day has been painted in soft shades of sunset somber.

// Thursday, November 05, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Guilt — the termites of conscience.

// Friday, October 30, 2015

Fallen (2015)

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Gone in a Blink

Life is a blur,

Gone in a blink.

Day after day,

Pushed to the brink.

Pile on the work,

Do more with less.

Take, but not give,

Lord, we're a mess.

Today's Tendril...

The trouble with any celebration victory is that it places focus on what was and does nothing for what's next.

// Sunday, October 25, 2015

Real for a Moment 3: Lampposts and Moon-clouds

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Original photograph by M. DeRobertis (Used with kind permission)
Artwork & unreality by C. DeRobertis
Dedicated to D, with deepest thanks

Today's Tendril...

Each of us has a horizon in our hearts.

On some days we travel toward sunrise.

On other days we travel toward sunset.

It is only when we stop travelling that the journey is truly over.

// Saturday, October 24, 2015

Boundaries

I rise when the sun yawns," said the vampire.

"I prowl when the moon is a white hole in the night," said the werewolf.

"I haunt the living when the clock strikes midnight," said the ghost.

"I come ashore when the tide is high," said the sea monster.

"I appear on the left shoulder whenever the opportunity presents itself — which is often," said the Devil. And the Devil smiled.

The others felt a chill go up their spines.

The End

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

This 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.

// 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

Sarcoterygian

This visual 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.

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.