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

// Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Three and One (Staged in the Abstract)

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// Thursday, April 24, 2014

Today's Tendril...

"To have become" is one thing.

"To become" is quite another.

// Monday, April 14, 2014

Winter is adored,
       With its wonderland of white.
But sometimes we get bored,
       With days of mostly night.

But now the green is back,
       The flowers all awake.
Good-bye gray,
       So long black,
            It's time to plant and rake.

// Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Odds are nothing but numbers — and wishful thinking.

It takes intuition and enlightenment to lead.

// Sunday, April 06, 2014

Today's Tendril...

If I were a minister, pastor, or priest, then the dress code for the congregation would be: come as who you are, not what you are led to believe that you need to wear—or be.

No fancy dress, no "Sunday best," just you and your soul.

Because if it's good enough for God, then it's good enough for me.

// Friday, April 04, 2014

Today's Tendril...

"Always" — an option, but not necessarily an opportunity.

// Saturday, March 29, 2014

Raanel

This visual 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.

// Saturday, March 22, 2014

Today's Tendril...

How much mulch could a male moose munch, if a male moose could munch mulch?

About

A "For Sale: Mulch and Straw" sign led to this, a spin on a classic tongue twister.

Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Sunday, March 02, 2014

Of Moss and Veil (In Three Parts)

Part 1: Of Moss and Veil: Formed and Framed

Of Moss and Veil Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved. insilentpassage.com

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Part 2: Of Moss and Veil: A Tendril

Melancholy is a rose. Be wary of its thorns.

Part 3: Of Moss and Veil: In Silent Passage

Of moss and veil
I come to thee;
In silent passage,
Together we drift.

To snuff the spark,
Before it lands,
Is all it takes
For the balance to shift.

Today's Tendril...

Life isn't a scavenger hunt,
so don't turn it into one.

// Friday, February 28, 2014

Today's Tendril...

If content is king, then context is everything.

// Sunday, February 16, 2014

Thinking of April

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// Saturday, February 08, 2014

Alive, Awake, Aware

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About

"Alive, Awake, Aware" (AAA) is part mantra, part declaration, and part affirmation.

It's also a nod to my fondness for "plain text" sequences, i.e., text in monospaced typefaces, coupled with visual highlights.

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Copyright 2014 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Is it better to be roasted in the oven of success,
or slow cooked in the crock pot of obscurity?

// Saturday, February 01, 2014

Today's Tendril...

The mind needs to wander from time to time, if for no other reason than to stretch its legs and get some air.

Alternate Version

The mind needs to wander from time to time, if for no other reason than to stretch its legs and get some air.

It is when the mind wanders, but does not return, that a short breather turns into a long indifference.

// Monday, January 06, 2014

Today's Tendril...

"The ever present now" is the epitome of the moment; the here and now; the crushing weight (and wait) of thinking, dreaming, and being.

// Sunday, January 05, 2014

Today's Tendril...

Life is an endless parade of charged particles.

Whether they're [+] or [−] is up to you.

// Saturday, January 04, 2014

Today's Tendril...

When patience runs low,
emotions run high.

Logic gives way,
to "go, go, go!"

// Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Heart of an Artist 2

Dedicated to my Notebook Brother.

Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Monday, December 30, 2013

If I Had a Time Machine...

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time to meet the following people:

Jesus
Leonardo da Vinci
Rod Sterling
Abraham Lincoln
C.S. Lewis
Nathaniel Hawthorne
St. Augustine
Dag Hammarskjold
Jack Kirby
Thomas Alva Edison

// Sunday, December 29, 2013

Sonic Verse: Favorite Music Releases of 2013

Artist	Title(s)
Masterplan	Novum Initium (Digipak Limited Edition)
Stryper	No More Hell to Pay
Celldweller	Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol 03 Chapter 01 Zombie Killer (MP3 EP) Blackstar Act One: Purified Original Score (MP3 EP)
Queensrÿche	Queensrÿche (Deluxe)
James LaBrie	Impermanent Resonance (Digipak Limited Edition)
Abnormal Thought Patterns	Manipulation Under Anesthesia
Joe Satriani	Unstoppable Momentum
Fates Warning	Darkness in a Different Light (Limited Edition)

Honorable Mentions

Anup Sastry, Ghost
The Omega Experiment, The Omega Experiment

Favorite Albums Released Prior to 2013, but Purchased in 2013

Masterplan, Aeronautics (Deluxe Edition) and Back for My Life (EP)
Ark, Burn the Sun

Favorite Album Artwork (from titles in previous entries)

Masterplan, Novum Initium
Stryper, No More Hell to Pay
Fates Warning, Darkness in a Different Light

Favorite Albums Rediscovered in 2013

Overkill, From the Underground and Below
Queensrÿche, The Warning
Synaethesia, Desideratum

About

In the early to mid 1990s I wrote and edited an Internet-distributed music newsletter, called Sonic Verse™ (SV), which also included original creative writings.

Many years have passed since I put the newsletter on hold, but the time was right to resurrect SV and its spirit: to highlight the music, artists, and associated elements that I enjoy (e.g. album cover artwork).

Going forward, SV entries will crop-up at insilentpassage.com from time-to-time, along with a few twists and tendrils related to the concept of "sonic verse."

P.S. The seeds for the resurrection of SV were sown in the post, "In Mental Streams" (April 2009), and in posts containing the label "soundtrack."

// Friday, December 27, 2013

Satyricon Vantas Immorti

Satyricon Vantas Immorti
A Study of Negative Space

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Another Today's Tendril...

When a unicorn farts, does it smell like cotton candy?

Unsurprised

"It's the unsnowiest winter ever."

That's what I remember hearing. Or maybe overhearing. I don't actually remember when I heard it, where I heard it, or the context in which it was made, but I do remember hearing it—and thinking, "unsnowiest"? Really?!?

Here's hoping that an unusually cloudy and cool summer will prompt someone to say "it's the unsunniest summer e-ver."

Humans say the darnedest things.

I'm not surprised.

Or is that unsurprised?

8^)

Copyright 2013 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.