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Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Uncoiling part I


(Tobyo from the Bakemono-Dukushi - Unknown Artist)

"Uncoiling I" was originally written in September 2002, elaborating on drafts da

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Added by Christopher Stewart on November 10, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Juggernaut part 4


(Erie Steam Road Roller scanned by Andy Dingley from the "New Catech

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Added by Christopher Stewart on October 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : The Winged Life


("The Winged Man" by Odilon Redon)

"The Winged Life" takes its name from the following verse by

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 30, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : The Dam part 2

Clocking in at 22 minutes “The Dam” is my longest composition thus far. The piece uses the metaphor of water flowing from source to ocean to illustrate this mysterious process that we usually refer to as life. It co

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Added by Christopher Stewart on August 20, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : The Chrome Lake part 7


(Globe of Integration by Eugen Hofbauer, Herbert Kalleitner, and Susi Müller. Photo by Manfred Kielnhofer)

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Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Juggernaut part 2


(Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India / Painting by James Fergusson)

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Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Void part 2


("Primeval Center" )

On a background of Wall Street Bailout and the Large Hadron Collider

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 28, 2009 at 8:27pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Leaving The Ashram part 3 & 4


("Enigma" by Matías Argudín)

The third and fourth parts of “Leaving The Ashram” are respectivel

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 26, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Leftoverturned part 2


(Detail from "Lenticular cloud")

Given its structure and contents, the second part of “Leftoverturn

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 21, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Leftoverturned part 1


(Detail from "American quilt" )

When I complete a composition there are often unused id

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Added by Christopher Stewart on July 8, 2009 at 10:36am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Leaving The Ashram part 1 & 2


(Detail from a Postcard, Unknown Artist)

“Leaving The Ashram” is the third chapter of "Entering The Stream," a trilogy describing an episode of intense introspection that

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 30, 2009 at 7:02am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Polygraph part 1


(Polygraph from U.S. Patent 4,333,084)

The first part of "Polygraph" is entitled “Exposition” and aims to evoke a s

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 26, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Waking In Heaven


(Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven by Gustave Doré)

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 21, 2009 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Polygraph parts 2 & 3


("Deliberation" by Ronn Boef)

"Polygraph" is a portrait of human relations turning from sweet to sour, h

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 15, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Stonecutter


(“Quarryman” by Gustave Courbet)

"Stonecutter" is intended as an anthem to perseverance and is based

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 14, 2009 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart The Music Of Poligraf : Into The Ashram


(Ashram by Nicholas Roerich)

An instrumental in 4 movements (The Ordinary, Running Out Of Breath, Dweller On The Threshol

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Added by Christopher Stewart on June 12, 2009 at 10:28am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart Music and Spiritual Practice - An Overview of Poligraf (part 4)

(The Wheel of Becoming - Symbolic Representation of Saṃsāra in Tibetan Buddhism)

Poligraf's first album is entitled "Samsara." Traditionally, the term refers to the Buddhist concept of the cycle of birth and death in which al… Continue

Added by Christopher Stewart on May 22, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments

Christopher Stewart Music and Spiritual Practice - An Overview of Poligraf (part 3)

Poligraf has been an essential part of my life since its inception at the beginning of February 1998.
The adventure began after the collapse of a band that probably never really existed as it only had a handful of rehearsals, but for which I… Continue

Added by Christopher Stewart on May 20, 2009 at 1:26pm — No Comments

Christopher Stewart Music and Spiritual Practice - An Overview of Poligraf (part 2)


(Buddha the Conqueror by Nicholas Roerich)

Buddhism has been an essential part of my life since the mid-90s.
The adventure began when I… Continue

Added by Christopher Stewart on May 19, 2009 at 3:48pm — No Comments

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