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

// 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

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

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// 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.

About

Original version appears in the collection, Tendrils 4.

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

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."

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// 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."

// Monday, August 31, 2015

Moments in Time

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Today's Tendril...

All philosophy is contrived.

It only becomes truth when it connects with the heart and mind (of an individual — or the masses).

// Friday, August 28, 2015

Skyway 6: Real for a Moment 2

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The Geometry of Life

Birth to death — the circle of life.

There is no equilateral in a love triangle.

But there are three sides to the story.

(To every story.)

The dunce cap — the cone of disgrace.

Sacred shapes?

Perhaps.

But all-in-all, what we really want is three square meals a day, a triangular roof over our heads, and a few gold bars in the bank.

And when the final curtain is pulled, a six-sided coffin would be nice, though a four-sided casket will do just fine.

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.

// Monday, August 24, 2015

The Scout and the Sentry at Tiberius 3

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As I rounded the bend the sentry spotted me at the same time that I spotted it, and we froze.

With our eyes locked, I couldn't help but wonder, which of us was the watcher and which of us was the watched?

But the only question that truly mattered was primal and not philosophical: which of us would strike first?

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

Today's Tendril...

Everything is urgent.

Everything is rushed.

Everything is do it now, want it now, have it now!

Stop.

Think.

Pause before you press —

<ENTER>,

"Send,"

the issue.

// Sunday, August 23, 2015

Today's Tendril...

Openly left.
Staunchly right.

Faithfully theist.
Blankly atheist.

Black-and-white scientist.
Shades of gray artist.

Find a view that's right for you.

But don't tread on—don't trample—the rights of others.

Copyright 2015 Christopher V. DeRobertis. All rights reserved.

// Saturday, August 22, 2015

Frantic Distractions

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Today's Tendril...

Love doesn't need a story book moment to be perfect.

Expressing love, or being in the presence of love, is a perfect moment.

// Friday, August 21, 2015

Fault Lines

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// Friday, August 14, 2015

Today's Tendril...

The trouble with popping your cork (in the company of others) is that you end up losing a part of yourself that you never intended: the respect of others.

// Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Today's Tendril...

"Fundamental change" is nothing more than incremental change with a tactical play and a strategic purpose.

// Tuesday, August 11, 2015

My Purpose - Antellum, Angel of Separation

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Today's Tendril...

Temptation is only sin deep.