Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
Nekonuko Nakamori’s stream is an extraordinary demonstration of the power of discipline and thematic consistency. Almost every picture is a landscape with her avatar in the middle distance. She is observing herself in the act of observing, the literal definition of meta. There are many other Second Life residents who take pictures of themselves while they travel from one beautiful place to another, yet somehow her pictures are the ones that capture my heart. There is something profoundly humane about her practice. Her pictures are filled with warmth and welcome and I absolutely love them.
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This picture is from February 2016, a clear demonstration of the consistency of celebrating the middle distance. Sometimes a disciplined framework frees a person to explore their creativity more deeply within that framing. By focusing on the middle distance, she plays with light and color. It’s as though knowing how the picture will be framed, she can focus on the mood and this makes her pics endlessly different while still instantly recognizable.
This picture presents a completely different mood from the first. She tilts her palette to the cold side, the blues. It’s so perfect for the cold, wintry Walsh County sim where temperatures is more likely to be forty below than above this time of year. Yikes!
I love Nekonuko Nakamori’s photostream. I love how she finds beauty everywhere she goes. I’ve written about her before, in 2019 and 2021. She gives SLURLs so you can visit the sites she depicts. She also often adds commentary that is well worth reading. If you are not following her, please remedy this immediately.
Personal Note: Thanks for all the good wishes. The doctor thinks the surgery was successful though they won’t know for sure for a couple months. I am feeling hopeful, though.
All images copyright Nekonuko Nakamori
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Cajsa Lilliehook is a sixteen year resident of Second Life, where she owned a photo studio, spent several years as a DJ at The Velvet, and for her first SL job, cleaned up prim trash. She co-founded and runs the It’s Only Fashion blog with her best friend Gidge Uriza. She also has a book review blog, Tonstant Weader Reviews and a cooking blog, Single Serving Recipes. She spends a lot of time researching and reporting on Republican sexual predators. In her first life, she is a retired grassroots leader who has worked for economic and social justice issues most of her life. She is also the minion of a cat named Nora.
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