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Added by Christopher Stewart on February 3, 2013 at 6:49 — No Comments
Essay : Takers Economy : An Inquiry into Illegal File Sharing
I've been nearly completely inactive in my social networks since mid-July or so. Not that I wouldn't have liked to participate, but I have been engrossed in the redaction of the above essay.
When I tackled the project, I thought it would take a few weeks at most, and that I would be able…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on September 2, 2012 at 6:06 — No Comments
Confrontation (Polygraph part 2 - revisited)
(« Confrontation » by cordalth)
« Polygraph » is intended as a portrait of human relationships turning to the sour, hinting at the necessity of constant kindness and genuineness. The suite lasts about ten minutes and is composed of the following four sections : « Exposition, » «…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 25, 2012 at 4:29 — No Comments
Introspection I (The Chrome Lake part 3)
(« Introspection » by Alberto Baumann)
« Introspection I » is the third part of « The Chrome Lake, » and its first section with vocals.
As implied by the title, the piece is about looking into oneself. More precisely, it speaks of having the courage to look at the…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 24, 2012 at 23:26 — No Comments
Perseverance
(« Goldfish Pulling a Snail Cart » by James Pollock)
« Perseverance » is the fourth of the series of segues composed to join the tracks of…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 22, 2012 at 23:28 — No Comments
On The Origin Of Flight
(« The flying » by Anchise Picchi)
i remember, once, i couldn't walk
sure, i could move by myself
but i couldn't walk
perhaps, i didn't feel the need to
possibly, i was happy crawling on hands and knees
yet, i could see
and from what i…
Added by Christopher Stewart on July 20, 2012 at 23:45 — No Comments
Architects Of Progress
(« Newton » by William Blake)
it was a path, a road, a way forward
it was not just any other day
yet, in a sense, it could have been
had it been the unusual sunshine
the melodies of the birds
or something in the air
lures…
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Portrait : Everyday Was The Same
(« Glass of Beer and Playing Cards » by Juan Gris)
everyday was the same
but she wouldn't notice
oblivious to the game
that had become practice
well, many times she had
but she couldn't stand it
it always felt so bad
better to deny it
rising up as…
Added by Christopher Stewart on July 18, 2012 at 2:00 — No Comments
Introversion & Intervention (The Chrome Lake parts 1 & 2)
(« introvert-study » by Robert___T)
« The Chrome Lake » is the core middle part of the « Entering The Stream » trilogy. Lasting a little over 12 minutes, the composition depicts an episode of intense soul-searching, and…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 16, 2012 at 2:27 — No Comments
Understanding
(« 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…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 15, 2012 at 1:26 — No Comments
Upward (The Idler part 3)
(« Effect of Butterfly » by Anastasiya Markovich)
The third part of « The Idler » is entitled « Upward. »
The idea behind the movement is quite simple : once the necessity of evolution has been recognized and accepted, there’s only one way…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on July 13, 2012 at 15:20 — No Comments
Flow (The Dam part 7)
(« Between the waves » by Ivan Aivazovsky)
The seventh chapter of « The Dam » is entitled « Flow » and presents the situation once the obstacle has been overcome, the dam has been levelled, and the test…
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Sooner Or Later (revisited - with poetry)
(« Multiac Nylon » by poligraf)
« Sooner Or Later » does not comes from Poligraf's catalogue as such. Rather, it is a piece for solo guitar that I intend to publish on an album of about…
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Immersion (The Dam part 5)
(« Underwater World » by Felipe Skroski)
In the storyline of « The Dam, » once the obstacle is recognized and the necessity of the conquest accepted, the protagonist must transform to become what they feel they must…
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Vigilance
(« Lebenslauf » by Adi Holzer)
« Vigilance » is the second of a series of short segues that I have composed in order to combine already existing pieces into one larger, continuous whole.
Each of the segues highlights a…
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Chronoscope (The Idler part 2)
(« Mainspring on a Sea-Gull ST16 movement » by Hustvedt)
« Chronoscope » is the second movement of « The Idler. » In the storyline of the suite, this section is a reflection on the passage of time that culminates when the protagonist realizes the repetitiveness of…
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River (The Dam part 2)
(« Moonlight Night on the Volga river » by Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov)
The second part of « The Dam » is entitled « River » and expounds the original situation, before the obstacle is recognized and dealt…
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Purposefulness
(« Dance Of Fire » by SarThePhotographer)
« Purposefulness » is the first of a series of short segues that I have put together in the hopes of joining existing compositions into one continuous piece of music.
In order to preserve the surprise, I won't disclose the…
ContinueAdded by Christopher Stewart on June 29, 2012 at 2:37 — No Comments
In The Taste Of The Day (The Idler part 1)
(detail from one of my old kindergarten paintings)
The Idler was born of a combination of concepts discovered while exploring various domains of knowledge during the second half of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.
« The idler who does not arise when it is time to arise, who is full of sloth though young and strong, who…Continue
Added by Christopher Stewart on June 28, 2012 at 1:42 — No Comments
Dam (The Dam part 4)
(« Painting of the Zola dam near Aix-en-Provence in France » by Paul Cézanne)
The fourth movement of « The Dam » is entitled simply « Dam. » In the storyline, this is when the obstacle is recognized and the…
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