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Understanding

Posted by Christopher Stewart on January 21, 2012 at 8:00pm


(« Detail of a poster for the International Hygiene Exhibition 1911 in Dresden » by Franz von Stuck)


« Understanding » is the third segue in the series that I have written as a means of combining earlier compositions into a conceptual piece of nearly one hour in duration.

Each of the miniature musical junctions emphasizes a particular lesson that was learned over the course of a demanding quest, proving essential to the success of the endeavour. In the case of « Understanding, » the acquired know

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Architects Of Progress

Posted by Christopher Stewart on May 3, 2011 at 3:03am
it was a path, a road, a way forwardit was not just any other dayyet, in a sense, it could have beenhad it been the unusual sunshinethe melodies of the birdsor something in the airlures materialshe now knew emptyshe had chosen progressit had become possibleit was a number, a goal, an idealit was not just any other whimyet, in a sense, how could it be otherwise ?had it been the many disappointmentsthe memories of defeator having crossed a thresholdliars promiseshe had seen throughhe had chosen lo
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Outgrow

Posted by Christopher Stewart on September 17, 2010 at 1:22am
A poetic island in a musical stream... entitled « Outgrow » :That which you can't abideEmbrace as if a friendOnce you two have alliedNo thing will make you bendThat which you can't escapeWelcome as a teacherYou will never espouseMore talented loverThat which you won't challengeCan't ever make you wiseBut that which you surpassIn freedom makes you riseThat which you merely changeComes back in a new guiseBut that which you outgrowWon't again meet your eyes
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The Mechanics Of Karma

Posted by Christopher Stewart on September 22, 2010 at 7:07pm


("A free body diagram of a mass on an inclined plane" by Mets501)


Will the island turn into an archipelago ? More poetry today...


How long have I hankered
For the right way to go
How far have I wandered
To know what I now know

Laying under the moon
Rising up with the crow
And the wail of the loon
In the rain or the glow

How many ups and downs
I had to lose the count
Just as with forms and nouns
To keep climbing the mount

How many times I slipped
Escaping restriction
Expecting to be tripped
By disguised protect

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Reinfused

Posted by Christopher Stewart on May 5, 2010 at 11:53pm



"Reinfused" is basically a rehash of the material presented in "Lifeforce," but with an emphasis on shifting time, forward movement, and dynamism, to suggest the removal of obstacles from the path of a process which is then finally allowed to follow its course toward completion.


The piece is an instrumental. Here is the related poetry :


Tell me when are these times that I have dreams about
Are they mere memories of better days gone by
Unsubstantial fancies fated to fade away
Or horizons waiting to b

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