Eric Escritoire: You'd love it Thirza, really you would. I'd love you to come. We could sit together and hold hands.
Eric Escritoire: You'd like that, wouldn't you Thirza?
Thirza Ember: you're seriously creepy
Eric Escritoire: I'll see you on Wednesday then.
Eric Escritoire: To be honest, I'm getting a bit fed up with sitting here, it's that Jilly Kidd, she makes me do it. Anyway, it was lovely talking to you, Thirza.
Italian first today, just to mix it up. Scroll down a bit and you'll find it turns into English...
Fenomeno strano, girare con l'avatar di ricambio: a parte il silenzio, e lo spaesamento di fronte a un inventorio privo di biglietti da visita e i soliti LM, tornano anche gli istinti da newbie - tra i quali la gran voglia di fare spesa, e di farla male... capelli, skin, ao nuovi ma lei è sempre lei, goffa strana e ora decisamente meno ricca; segno che devo concentrarmi sulle cose importanti, sono qui per lavorare, e allora...
In uno spettacolo di fiamme, è terminata domenica Burning Life, la fine della festa del fuoco e della luce più bella dell'anno. L'Italia è stata molto ben rappresentata: le bellissime opere di Shellina Winkler, Gleman Jun, Kikka Igaly e nessuno Myoo tra altri. Le istallazioni forse non sono ancora tutte sparite, ma ormai è questione di pochi giorni e i sim di Burning Life torneranno in fondo al mare metaversale per altri 12 mesi. Complimentoni alla direttrice artistica White Lebed, Poid Mahlovich e tutti quelli del team. Alcune opere saranno esposte, due alla volta, durante l'anno, quindi se non l'avete viste, potete passare e gustare in prima persona. Attualmente le opere scelte sono Flaming Cat Choir di Maya Paris (quella di Loopy Love) e clear the cobwebs di Windyy Lane.
Thinkerer Melville: Semplice, sono qui per fare teatro. Rimango qui perché ho degli ottimi collaboratori che mi permettono a realizzare questo desiderio. Se sono cambiate le persone che entrano nel gioco? Non saprei dire, io veramente mi trovo circondato da molti amici che sono in SL da anni come me, persone su cui posso contare, creativi che amano il dramma senza lasciare che trasuda dal palcoscenico alla vita quotidiana dell'avatar. per questo Cookie sopravvive e funziona, sono lieto d'essere circondato da chi vuole creare, e mi piace non solo creare ma osservare gli altri creare. Ho comprato questi sim un paio di anni fa per prottegere l'ambiente in cui sono nati i gruppi Written Word e Inksters, iniziative validissime e tutt'ora molto seguite. Il gruppo Inksters propone ogni settimana un tema su cui scrivere, puoi visitare la loro sede al Rose Garden.
Thinkerer Melville:I got into SL because I saw it as a way to do theater and make videos. I stay because of all the friends that I am collaborating with on various projects. I set up Cookie to encourage writing, theater, and videography -- and collaboration among them. That is what goes on there. Running it is easy. I have a lot of creative people on Cookie, so mainly it is a matter of letting them do their thing. I find creativity very rewarding, even when other people are doing it.
As an enabler of talent, although I bet he would never put it that way, his generosity seems boundless, and enriched by the wealth of experiences and contacts he brings to the theatrical and literary community in SL I wondered what he thinks of the metaverse, as an influence on people's lives, in comparison with RL.
Thinkerer Melville: SL, like the real world, offers opportunities both good and bad, but on an amplified scale. For me its greatest advantage is that I am able to collaborate with people who share some of my interests, and help them too, by being a resource between people trying to put on plays, trying to learn about making videos and so forth, in my online manual and my various blogs. Does SL pose any dangers? I'd say, to most people, none. To people who tend to make poor choices in relationships, there are greatly increased opportunities to make poor choices. On an artistic level, it is a fertile environment for a number of reasons: Creation: Low cost, ease of collaboration, availability of audience. Consumption: Low cost, available to fit any taste and time, interactive production. Consumption becomes creation.
Mmmm, consumption of cookies. Thanks, now I'm hungry.
Cookie's Rose Garden is home to the competitive writing group Inksters, and 'tis the season, for the literary lads and lasses are all in the middle of AWE the Autumn Writer's Event, sponsored by Jilly Kidd and Hastings Bournemouth's group Written Word, who meet at on Wednesdays and Fridays over at the beautiful Muse Harbour, seen above. They also host the Meet an Author televised interviews on alternate Saturdays, and like Inksters run regular competitions for writers - and not only in English. Nice to know.
Thinkerer has also thoughtfully set aside hobo junction a free rez zone, and Art Quests, an area for explorable art. Wandering around I happened on the whole crew including famous SL Author Huckleberry Hax and Written Word's own Jilly Kidd participating in this cheese rolling contest on the impeccably Goucestershire green meadow at the area called New Hobo villa.
Thirza Ember: so much going on on Cookie it'a a great place. I love that he combines the 'newbie' element with what one might think of as 'oldbie' activities like literature groups.
Ada Radius: it really is a wonderful place. We just finished a big show, a provocative play called 13 Objects by Howard Barker, with the support of the RL University of Coventry in the UK, which was great. Think gives huge amounts of help to the groups who live on Cookie and Art Quests and that helps us all thrive, as you can see if you take a look at our Avatar Rep Theater blog.
Well, that's all from me today, I'm off to get ready with my date with Erik. Creepy bot possibly, but let's be honest, it's the best offer I've had all year.
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