All Posts By: Byron McCoy
REFLECTION IN ASH
“The presence of the Lord implies liberty, the one follows the other; for the more intimately present the Lord is, the more free is man; that is, in proportion as he is in the love of good and truth he acts freely. Such is the nature of the Lord’s influx by means of angels. […]
REAPER
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world […]
FOR BEATRICE (INSTRUMENTAL)
“ This song is “For Beatrice”—”The Giver of Blessings”—by whom Dante was inspired, and for whom “The Divine Comedy” is devoted. It is She that leads Dante into Paradise and shows him where Virgil and Reason cannot go. Until this song, I never came close to expressing a sound in mind through instrument. […]
A PRAYER IN HOPE
It lived on day in the Second Canticle of Spring, its song voiced by birds, messengers on wing, in proclamation of arrival to new and promised life. She departed on day when the first of spring shone green through recession of winter’s covering snow; appearing in the low bases and shortest blades of wintered […]
THE ALCHEMIST (featuring Fernando Bellini)
This song is special to me for the connection created, and surprises shown from exchanges in ideas and ourselves while working together on a sound for its beginning lyrics. I posted the original lyrics on a forum hoping for feedback and the possible blessing of finding someone to help bring the song to life. […]
A DIGITAL LIFE
The world will not miss our digital presence. The existence of such presence is, itself, little more than distraction to the true act of living. In such engagement, we defer life in favor of fast, synthetic absorptions. We affix hopes of impression upon images and words posted for affect, stimulating mind and emotive […]
AFFECTIONS
“…nothing is appropriated to man but what is done from an affection, which is of the love…In a word, whatever does not enter into freedom into man does not remain; because it is not of his love or will, and the things which are not of a man’s love or will are not of his […]
SAYING WRONG
“Most everything I’ve ever spoken, I’ve said wrong,” he shared. “Wrong words…wrong time…wrong understanding. Learning shame from saying wrong, I’ve spent even more of life sharing nothing at all: keeping in, fearing rejection or misunderstanding—judgment for the wrongs I speak. I don’t know why that would suddenly change in me,” he continued. “I’ll […]