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Monthly Archives: November 2016

Ying Industries, Babbage Palisade

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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Elbridge Go-Devil, Kimika Ying, New Babbage, Second Life, Ying Industries

ying-6When I made a return visit to Ying Industries a couple of days ago, I found that snow had fallen in New Babbage since my previous visit.

From the land description: “Manufacturer of vehicles, and sundry inventions.
Established in New Babbage Year 4 (2010).”ying-10

This photo was taken while standing on a shed in the Shipping and Receiving Yard. Then I went inside the building as it was quite chilly, passing by the opportunity to deploy a pirate ship on this particular visit.ying-1The space seemed tidier than on my last visit. I was delighted to find boxes of free Martian rocks and sand seamless textures. (I’m enjoying using the textures on faces of the recently acquired Nancy Redgrave Building by Huckleberry Hax.)ying-2The work spaces reflect a safety conscious and industrious shop.ying-3I kept my distance from the various mechanical contraptions scattered about, including up near the ceiling.  ying-5In the center of the ground floor is the main reason for my visit, Kimika Ying’s Babbage Go-Devil sled. I was so intrigued after seeing photos of it on her Flickr feed as she began working on a new version, I asked her to rez a display model at Wanderlust Cafe in Quentin.  The textures are beautiful.

The script is still being worked on as of this writing. Here is a 1:25 minute vimeo of the Go Devil being tested.

Some history on the original 1913 Elbridge Go-Devil.ying-7After looking around the office and the rest of the first floor I climbed the stairs to the second.ying-8I saw a clean and tidy workspace. Someone had kept the fire lit.ying-9

I kept climbing until I was on the roof and took in the views of New Babbage. The air was quite brisk and I promised myself I would return at least once before spring.

Ephemeral ~ LEA 10 ~ Friday, December 2 Event

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by riverpearl in Second Life

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3D art, art, Bufje, Ephemeral, Linden Endowment for the Arts, Lucio Dalla Band, Second Life, virtual art

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Bufje’s Ephemeral; Never Ending Work in Progress continues to exhibit through the end of this year at LEA 10. On Friday, December 2 at 1:00 p.m. there will be a performance by a musician who was in the Lucio Dalla Band. The stage, which holds a piano and cello, and the event is being arranged by Livio Korobase. The performance is to be a tribute to Lucio Dalla who passed away in 2012 and a selection of his songs have been chosen.lea-10-1

At the Ephemeral landing, you’ll find a great free avatar. I’ve photographed and filmed a friend using this avatar in several projects.

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From the land description: “Time to reflect the purpose of my art, to serve longevity or fragility?

Windlight setting and audio stream are fundamental part of installation, please push Play button of viewer.”

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The audio stream is indeed an enjoyable and fundamental part. On the LL viewer, which I use, I keep my quality low most of the time and opt for speed, especially with all the lag and challenges I’ve been having lately. Returning recently to take these photos I moved the scale to higher quality and the windlight magically arrived for me, looking differently than what I’d been accustomed to seeing here.

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There are cubes where you can pose and you may also dance.

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If you haven’t visited since it opened, there have been some changes. “Never ending work in progress.”

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In one area, loud purring can be heard.

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The deadline to submit applications for the next round at LEA is nearly here and announcements will be made around the 15th of December.

 

  

Wild Cards ~ Tarot Card Hunt in New Toulouse

28 Monday Nov 2016

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New Toulouse, Second Life, Wild Cards Hunt

nt-hunt_001Once again I’ve enjoyed the annual hunt in New Toulouse. I don’t participate in many hunts; I find them difficult and I don’t have time. The hunt in New Toulouse reminds me I enjoy the occasional visit there and I appreciate the sense of community.

From the land description: “Welcome to New Toulouse, a private estate community based on the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and its surrounding environs in the first 25 years of the twentieth century (1900-1925).”nt-hunt_002

At the landing you’ll see a lavender colored poster on the welcome wall to click on.

From the destination guide: “Madame Celestina can’t tell you what’s in the cards, because she’s missing some of them! Wearing your HUD, follow the clues and find all 20 cards. When your HUD is completely filled, return to hunt HQ to collect your rewards. This Basin Street Irregulars event takes place in New Toulouse, an early 1900s-themed Louisiana community celebrating its 8th year in Second Life. Event ends Dec. 7.”nt-hunt-1When you collect a card at a location you receive a landmark for the next stop.  There were several I got stuck on for a while so I looked around for a lavender poster and skipped ahead, going back to the challenging ones later. ( Not all places with posters have a card to search for.) Some of the stops have an “observant feline” which will give you a clue when clicked on.nt-hunt_003Like with every other hunt I’ve ever participated in, not all the prizes suit me but some I really like and am using. The modifiable skybox is being used as a workshop/studio.hunt-giftsI especially like some of the art prizes. I rent a small room in Port Langdale in the Coniston area of Northern Sansara for when I want to escape to the English seaside and I’ve redecorated there. The amusing lamp is also a prize.

The Flooded Basement Gallery, Lemon

27 Sunday Nov 2016

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art, Earl Dinkin, quatrains, Second Life, The Flooded Basement Gallery, virtual art

the-flooded-basement-gallery_001Another one of Earl Dinkin’s eleven galleries, The Flooded Basement Gallery in Lemon is located between the ocean and a road.the-flooded-basement-gallery_002Most of the art displayed here is indeed located in a flooded basement. The pieces are small as are the ones I wrote about in The I Don’t Know Who I Am Gallery.   the-flooded-basement-gallery_003Above the flooded basement is a spacious area with lots of natural light overlooking the sea. There are a few 2D pieces scattered around and a couple of small areas of seating with plinths displaying a series of quatrains written by Earl Dinkin.

“A flower to lift your spirits up.
As bliss orbits the woes.
And in a universe all that stops.
Pushes all that knows.”

the-flooded-basement-gallery_004Much care has been shown in setting up all the galleries and from what I’ve seen in the past most of the prims had been used up. Being on larger parcels of land than many mainland galleries, there are now interesting numbers of extra prims for Earl Dinkin to play with.the-flooded-basement-gallery_005I had teleported to The Flooded Basement Gallery from a profile pick and nearly missed more displays higher up on the strip of land next to the road.

Shop 14 Kowloon

26 Saturday Nov 2016

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Kowloon, RMarie Beedit, Second Life, virtual small business

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For small business Saturday I’ve selected to post about Shop 14 in Kowloon, which is creatively set up as a destination in its own right. The shop, owned by RMarie Beedit is an excellent showcase of doing a lot with a 192 sq m space. shop14-kowloon_003

More than half the shop is allocated to a restful space with a lovely meditation shrine.

shop14-kowloon_004Across the alley is another small shop where you can pick up an old barrel, spools and delicacies such as rat kabobs.  😀shop14-kowloon_005The remaining portion of the shop contains a receiving and unpacking area for a few products which are available for purchase.shop14-kowloon_006RMarie also has a MP store, Galerie Shotgun, which includes New Toulouse style items.shop14-kowloon_007

Here’s a shout out for small businesses in Second Life in the midst of reports of the decline of our world.

 

Art & Weird Words, Wyrd

25 Friday Nov 2016

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art, Art & Weird Words, Art Oluja, blackout poetry, cylent, Satori, Second Life, Wyrd

art-weird-words_003Just behind Saul’s Place Cafe, off Route 8B on Satori, is Art & Weird Words. The studio space displays blackout poetry art and a couple of cylents; it’s a bright and pleasant space for writing and conversation.

blackout poems and other word art

blackout poems and other word art

Jade and Rose

Jade and Roseart-weird-words_001An outdoor space is great for planning and pizza breaks.a-ww_001

The rooms in the tree house hold books, art and have seating in quiet nooks for writing or daydreaming.

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The sounds of birdsong and playful puppies can be heard.art-weird-words_002There are posters with links to current places to visit including LMs to other spaces by the Art & Weird Words creator, Art Oluja.

Blessed Thanksgiving

24 Thursday Nov 2016

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Heterocera, life, Second Life, Thanksgiving, The Atoll, Trainwatchers Station

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May you have a blessed Thanksgiving if you celebrate it and a blessed day if you do not. Today’s photos were taken at Trainwatcher’s Station, a 512 plot on the Atoll, which exhibits a wonderful spirit that can still be found on the mainland.

From the land description: “For stranded train travelers. To rest, eat, read, wash up and hang your clothes to dry.”trainwatchers-station_002

Trainwatchers Station is in Taeniatum at the location of the previous Trainwatchers Cafe.

In the real world, we’re supposed to have freedom of speech here in the US. That’s one of the reasons people publicly air their lists of grievances. Most of us are becoming aware that things need to change; many of us have known for decades. trainwatchers-station_003

Having endured long term injustices and intense, relentless suffering or simply being ignored too often and too long, it’s challenging for many to temper their speech.

Every which way I turn, there’s someone on social media or in the news who doesn’t know me as an individual, who would likely never have a care or thought about me, who is including me in some blanket statement about people of my gender, race, nationality, generation, sexual orientation, spiritual outlook, “social class”, education level, general political outlook and ability, etc.

After a while it becomes an annoying, saddening, slimy, droning background static.trainwatchers-station_006I have been treated badly and unfairly by all sorts of people. For me personally, most of it has been about my mystery illness which is mostly due to pesticides, heavy metals, viruses and trauma. We live in a world where if someone hasn’t experienced something, it doesn’t exist. It’s so easy to make judgments about someone’s character when there are unknown reasons for apparent behaviors.trainwatchers-station_007My approach is to not deny what is happening, to take responsibility as best I can, to live my life as though it matters, to work for societal and cultural change and to regard and treat others with respect and kindness. I tend to walk away when someone right in front of me doesn’t see or hear me as an individual, won’t get their face out of their electronics or their head out of their ass or obliviously stumbles through their life in a bubble. I don’t know what brought them to that point and I don’t have the energy to work at it.

Second Life ~ where you can bathe while washing your clothes and wave at passing train riders or empty trains.

Second Life ~ where you can bathe while washing your clothes and wave at passing train riders or empty trains.

In our virtual world, when I’m feeling well enough, I like to keep an open mind about people. I have met some lovely avatars here as well as some boors, perverts, emotional vampires, spiritual zombies and those who have no concept of equal footing and sharing. I strive to avoid being unkind and to walk away quickly; I don’t know why and how the human behind the avatar has arrived at that point.

I continue to mostly enjoy SL as a creative outlet no matter how many arrogant, stuck-up, snobby, disparaging, condescending avatars sling around words like “less than stellar, mediocre, monstrosity and the like. I have no intention of slinking away and hiding my learning and experimentation.

Creativity isn’t only for real life professional artists, people with art degrees, people with high end computers, those who work in the tech industry and those who are (at the moment) physically, mentally, emotionally and financially somewhat whole and stable.

Circumstances can change rapidly. A person or one of their loved ones can reach the threshold of their personal rain-barrel effect on this poisoned planet.  trainwatchers-station_009Again, whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, have a blessed day. Keep smiling when you can, keep making stuff and sharing it and please be kind and patient.

Baroque Dreams

22 Tuesday Nov 2016

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3D art, Baroque Dreams, Haveit Neox, Kultivate Magazine, Second Life

baroque-dreams_008Baroque Dreams, a 3D art installation by Haveit Neox can be accessed until the end of this month.baroque-dreams_007

It’s lovely art and was also a fashion runway with audience seating for an artistic fashion show featuring designs by Lyrical Bizarre.

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There are at least two videos of the event, one by Haveit Neox on vimeo, (7:34) and the other by Zarrakan Productions on YouTube (11:16). Haveit’s machinima is of the fashion show; Zarrakan Productions explores the build at Water Haven and zooms in on the fashion posters displayed on the wall.baroque-dreams_004

The fashion show event was part of a month long celebration of the one year anniversary of The Edge, the fashion division of Kultivate Magazine.

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I’d like to see this art piece find a permanent home.

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Other 3D art builds by Haveit Neox can be seen at ACC Alpha and The Centaurs’ Hall at Verdigris; the builds for Fantasy Faire are ephemeral.

 

Visit to [Draftsman], Time Travel

20 Sunday Nov 2016

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Second Life, virtual architecture, [Draftsman]

Ionic A Strange Day_(b)

Ionic A Strange Day_(b)

This evening I had my much anticipated visit to [Draftsman] – An SL Architectural Event.

From the description: “The Draftsman is an architecture event that is held bimonthly. Visitors travel through time and get to set eyes on a different architectural style each round, from Prehistoric to Middle Ages to Modernism. With endless of architectural style.”

I don’t attend many events but a couple of friends and I have been looking forward to this one for weeks. We attempted to get in earlier today but it wasn’t open and they were sleeping when I finally got in.

This round is open style; I believe the next will be Victorian, one of my favorites.

Violetility Gwen Ferox

Violetility Gwen Ferox

Some builds are “coming soon” and not all the spaces were filled. The event is open until January 17th and more items might indeed be showing up. These photos show two of the smaller buildings I tend to go for.

There looks to be more furniture than buildings at this time. The setting was appealing and without the mass of landscaping that while pretty, makes some shopping events difficult for me.

I had to leap over a ditch to get into some of the builds and see things up close. Other sides of the street were much easier to navigate. This is a new event and I wish the planners success and a long run.

Note that I’m an independent blogger and this is a subjective accounting of my visit.

 

Yasminia

14 Monday Nov 2016

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autumn sim, Second Life, Yasminia

yasminia-22After seeing some photos of Yasminia on The World of Yana blog via Scoop.it Second Life Destinations, I sensed a visit might help me take good care of myself after a devastating week. My intuition was right and I had a soothing wander around the farm.yasminia-1The SLurl had worked easily for me. I’ve since been told that the sim wasn’t officially open yet at the time of my visit. The first thing I had noticed was the lack of notecards, social media signs, and greetings in local chat. There wasn’t even anything in the land description and this was all welcome to me.yasminia-2I cautiously began exploring and ran into no banlines or security orb warnings. Peeking through a window, the decor seemed more showcase-like than personal so I had a quick wander inside.yasminia-3I really like the autumn palette of Yasminia. Taking a look at the land group I saw it’s private and consists of 22 avatars. I did a quick search online and found info on a previous Yasminia that was scheduled to close the end of August, one which I recall visiting. That sim had private homes and it was requested that privacy be respected. The dogs didn’t seem to mind my presence here so I peeked into this home as well.

It’s unknown to me whether the homes will be open to the public or not.yasminia-4For information I suggest you check Inara Pey’s blog or visit the lovely homestead yourself.   yasminia-5The island was almost deserted when I was there. I enjoyed the paths, often forking, and the gates, stepping into other spaces.  yasminia-13There was a sense of stability, of the place being well-cared for but not manicured or sterile. I like the appearance of mature nature which isn’t out of control but is harmonious with the use of the land.yasminia-15There are some ruins that are welcoming, not decayed or ominous. I needed the absence of cute that day.

It’s an enjoyable place for photography. My shots which included the sim surround weren’t good but there’s lots to see here and it’s very well done.   

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