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Waiting for inspiration The air in a waiting room carries a specific kind of weight, a density that seems to swallow sound. For centuries, artists have tried to capture this heavy, invisible presence. I think of Honoré Daumier , who portrayed the slumped, weary resignation of third-class travellers. He understood that waiting wasn't just sitting; it was an endurance sport. I see that same heavy air, but my era is electrified. The figure on the left isn't just sitting; they are anchored against a storm of data. Their head is buried in their hands, face half-hidden as if they're trying to crawl inside their own mind to escape the silence. The thick, aggressive slashes of orange and gold overhead resemble a visual scream, capturing that internal chaos where your thoughts race at a hundred miles an hour while your body is stuck in a plastic chair. The green glow on their skin adds a cold, modern tension, making the whole scene feel like a pulse vibrating beneath a still surface...

Obsidian static the puppet master

 



Obsidian static, the puppet master.

(Verse 1)

The crevice opens

like a silent, dusty lung

Air thick with minerals and a thousand forgotten years

I'm rappelling down the sheer black

into a chasm's memory

My boots crunch on shattered polymer

No sound but the suit's respiration

But the stillness is a stage

The jagged walls, they lean in now


(Refrain)

The Paraknowing

a cold spike of dread at the base of the skull

It’s not a thought, it’s a wave

Static buzz. Who's the puppet

and who is the master?

High-tensile wires disappear into the light

The tightening

the silent pull above the gully


(Verse 2)

The godly face, brittle stone work

It emerges, eyes blank and unseeing

But it broadcasts a sharp spike of loss and profound love

My logic stutters, snagging on the input

An effigy, a sentinel

or just a mirror

I turn and see the audience waiting

Small, white figures, balanced stone totems

They are all part of it


(Verse 3)

The strings pass through my wrist

Not from me, but through me

I move, but the choice is an illusion

My hand twitches, the stone doll jerks forward

A terrifying defiance of my own mind

The proscenium arch is high above

I am the instrument

The performance has begun

I yearn for the violence


(Outro)

Just stone, I whisper

False

The silence is expectant

The strings tighten now

Fade out on a discordant piano chord









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