The SL Writing Life

This is the first article in a series covering various aspects of writing, reading, and workshops in SL. So much of what we pour into SL depends on creativity. We create this world together, so it’s no surprise that creative people congregate here. Writers are no exception. Whether playing around while procrastinating or getting real [...]

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PurpleMoon: A Moon-Lit Path to Fashion

A lesson I learned early on in my SLife was: do not shop late at night.  It turned out that my late-night shopping trips were mostly regrettable the next day.  However, there have been rare mornings when I have been amazed by my find and have returned.  PurpleMoon Creations was such a find, late at [...]

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Amateur Hour is Over … Skye Galaxy is out of this world!

Skye Galaxy was recently voted one of the Best Entertainers on Second Life, and peeps — that says a lot. Skye Galaxy is not just a keyboardist and singer at a typical Second life music venue appearance. As many of his devoted fans and entourage will tell you: he delivers a show, a concert, an experience. [...]

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RicoRacer Flux: BOSL Best Male Top Model 2011

RicoRace Flux, who recently won the BOSL 2011 award for Best Model, is a hardworking model with a full schedule. In spite of his busy schedule, he was generous enough to give us his time to talk about his modeling life, the rarity of male models, and his Second Life experience.  We have no doubt [...]

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Meet SL Photographer: Magissa Denver

If you have been following our Meet SL Photographer series, you know that I spend a fair amount of time looking at Flickr streams of various photographers.  A long time ago, a picture in a stream caught my attention. At the time, I was drawn to the hair style that was featured because it looked [...]

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Landscaping by Felix: Celebrating Nature, Sunlight, and Color

Landscaping by Felix – Magic Pine Forest; Photograph courtesy of Philippeg Galli For the past couple of months, I have been looking all over the grid for landscaping venues, as well as houses. I have never done any landscaping or building, and I doubt I will ever get into that too deeply. That’s the reason I [...]

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The Emotional Works of Neeks Karu

“My works evolve on their own, I will have a vague idea to what I am going to create, but as I work it takes on a life of its own and almost creates itself”. ~ Neeks I first met Neeks Karu at a Christmas party for an art gallery I worked for last year. [...]

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Giz Seorn, Delivering a New Flavor to SL Fashion World: Gizza

  Dress: Gizza Alaris Dress (brown); Fur Stole: MohnaLisa; Earrings: MANDALA; Hair: W&Y; Photograph: courtesy of Jewel MacMoragh If you have been around SL in the past year and have not heard of Gizza, you must have been locked in a dungeon. Gizza Creations opened its doors in April of 2010, and was immediately everywhere. [...]

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A Trip through Time in Second Life: The Roaring 20s (Part 1)

Prologue – 1920s America The Roaring 20s in America — a golden age of prosperity and progress, nestled in time between two great world wars. It was a time of rebellion against the traditional ways of the past, and marked the rise of cultural and artistic movements such jazz, art deco, modernism and feminism. Cities flourished [...]

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The Alpine Eight: Mashin’ it Up

O Beco, an installation by Cullum Writer and Adreano Constantine We creatives tend to be somewhat sensitive (who me?) especially when it comes to the integrity of the work we produce. The thought of handing over a painting, photograph, story, poem, or other artwork to someone else for manipulation would send chills up most artists’ [...]

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