creeper - Blog Posts - Yoga Vidya International - Yoga, Meditation and Spirituality2024-03-29T08:31:31Zhttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/creeperCreeper (revisited)https://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/creeper-revisited2010-08-26T21:57:07.000Z2010-08-26T21:57:07.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">("<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryogen1.JPG">Two portraits of Ryogen</a>" - Author Unknown - copyright holder is Kiemon Tsuruya)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object height="100" width="400" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="song_label=poligraf.creeper.master.intro.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/obnbq4rn1dnhoxintvng/9696082460cc0a9d5d84ab35abe8b2e4f5a6de29/Asset/43353926/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="song_label=poligraf.creeper.master.intro.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/obnbq4rn1dnhoxintvng/9696082460cc0a9d5d84ab35abe8b2e4f5a6de29/Asset/43353926/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" height="100" width="400" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed> </object></div><br /><p>« Creeper » is an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants. The piece depicts four stages of a confrontation between creeper and host : introduction, growth, conquest, and extinction.</p><br /><p>The audio clip presents the introduction and verses. As the lyrics suggest, the creeper really represents insidious suggestion, worry, negativity, or doubt, which are generally rooted in ignorance or craving and can act as magnets to weird experiences when pursued intently.</p><br /><p><em>Insidious suggestion<br /> Difficult to contain<br />Tendency to worry<br />Threatening to bloom in pain<br /><br />Stemming up from a doubt<br />Burgeoning from a no<br />Better sever the sprout<br />Or a vine could follow<br /><br />Creative energy – Unleashed upon itself<br />Subtle adversary – Not yet under control<br />Creative energy – Cynical of itself<br />Unforeseen enemy - Between here and the goal<br /><br />Coming back from the past<br />Sinister memory<br />Craving for attention<br />The voice of gravity<br /><br />Surely as it will rise<br />Before long, paralyse<br />Surely as it will grow<br />In a spiral, down you go<br /><br />Creative energy – Unleashed upon itself<br />Subtle adversary – Not yet under control<br />Creative energy – Cynical of itself<br />Unforeseen enemy – Between here and the goal</em></p></div>Questioning Tasteless Creepershttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/questioning-tasteless-creepers2010-08-19T16:29:31.000Z2010-08-19T16:29:31.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">("QTC Recycled" based on "<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic-recyc-03.svg">Plastic recycle logo PVC</a>" by <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tomia">Tomia</a>)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object height="100" width="400" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="song_label=poligraf.qtc.v13.pt2.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/zscsayibpqfcjutoghtg/d4af05a0042de3b5fc7bd2c3772f77662cd16560/Asset/4944546/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="song_label=poligraf.qtc.v13.pt2.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/zscsayibpqfcjutoghtg/d4af05a0042de3b5fc7bd2c3772f77662cd16560/Asset/4944546/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" height="100" width="400" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></object></div><br /><p>« Questioning Tasteless Creepers » is one in a series of rehashes which come from reengineered ideas left over from other works. Other pieces of the band's repertoire, such as « Leftoverturned » and « Reinfused, » have also seen the light of day from that recycle/don't-throw-out-anything process.</p><br /><p>At the beginning of 2008, Poligraf was selected to perform in the semi-finals of CONGA 2008, a local band contest, which had some specific rules about duration and repetition that restricted our setlists assembling options. To make a long story short, had we made it to the finals we would have needed an additional short piece for the encore. Thus a first draft entitled « In The Taste Of Countless Creepers » came about as a rehash of « Countless Questions, » «In The Taste Of The Day, » and « Creeper » just in time for the event (although we didn’t make it past the semis). I refined it a little later and finally decided to change its name to « Questioning Tasteless Creepers, » or « QTC » as I like to refer to it.</p><br /><p>The second half of the piece, which is featured in the clip, begins with variations on themes from « In The Taste Of The Day, » including a canon for drums, bass, and electric guitar based on the song’s chorus. Then, a build-up segues into a reprise of the main riff from « Countless Questions » which leads to a reharmonization of the release section from the same track. The composition ends on a reworking of the ending solo of « Creeper » in a more relaxed mood and with an added counter-melody on a backdrop of synthesized mellotron.</p></div>Creeperhttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/creeper-12010-05-11T14:41:46.000Z2010-05-11T14:41:46.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="" alt="" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">("<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_and_white_branch.jpg">Climbing Plant</a>" by <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Popperipopp">Popperipopp</a>)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object height="100" width="400" data="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="song_label=poligraf.creeper.master.2008.ending.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/6sajf5thd2ps58fehakf/b4a5ff726b159faa2c0db1921bb01b18167e26c0/Asset/5097161/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="song_label=poligraf.creeper.master.2008.ending.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/6sajf5thd2ps58fehakf/b4a5ff726b159faa2c0db1921bb01b18167e26c0/Asset/5097161/v3/web_preview&autoplay=false" height="100" width="400" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></object></div><br /><p>“Creeper” is directly inspired by the following aphorism from The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada">Dhammapada</a> :</p><blockquote style="font-style:italic;">The streams flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, becomes established. When you see that creeper sprout, sever its root by intense insight. – (XXIV. Craving, #7)</blockquote><p>and accompanying translator’s note :</p><blockquote style="font-style:italic;">The “creeper” is insidious suggestion, rooted in ignorance and craving, developing into bondage, aggression, and folly. To sever it the moment it sprouts is what the Tao Te Ching refers to as doing what is difficult when it is still easy. This is the purpose of vigilance, so highly recommended by Buddha.</blockquote><p>The piece forms an allegory wherein destructive mental processes are compared to creeping plants, and depicts a confrontation between creeper and host in four stages : introduction, growth, conquest, and extinction.</p><br /><p>The audio clip presents the last sections of the composition which correspond to the extinction of the sabotaging parasitical vine. The host has won the final confrontation and confirms his triumph by revealing the modus operandi and nature of his opponent :</p><blockquote style="font-style:italic;">Paradise awaiting / Because your constant voice<br /> (All your doom scenarios never come to pass)<br />Always analyzing / Undermines every choice<br />(Expected catastrophes never come to life)<br /><br />Creeper now I can see / You sabotage my dream<br />(All your doom scenarios never come to pass)<br />Yet share its quality / Thus ends your little scheme<br />(Expected catastrophes never come to life)</blockquote><p>While the lead singer plays the part of the host, the backing vocalists repeat a victorious mantra.</p><br /><p>The plant then makes a few attempts to rise from its ashes, but all are short-lived as they are rapidly recognized and subdued by the conqueror.</p></div>