Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting
What with the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and a former White House Chief of Staff complaining that President Biden talks about bridges too much, I got to wondering how the bridges of Second Life are doing and whether they, too, need an infrastructure bill. Elaine Lectar’s recent pic of the Brooklyn Bridge suggests it’s in pretty good shape and could probably withstand being struck by a rudderless cargo ship or two.
The Brooklyn Bridge is the source of the phrase mocking the overly credulous, “I’ve got a bridge to sell you…” There was a con man who actually sold people property he did not own, including the Brooklyn Bridge. However, in this case it’s literally true. Minimal is selling the Brooklyn Bridge. [Marketplace Link]
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Juris Bergmanis gives us “Les Reves Perdus” or Lost Dreams. Here is a beautiful bridge with an even more beautiful sunset. I am surprised by the bridge out to the lighthouse, a rowboat would be far more practical and likely. This is almost a Bridge to Nowhere.
Mikey Barbosa named this picture “Outstanding Bridge” which gives him an award for truth in advertising. I love the sunlight coming through the and lighting up the bridge. I nearly sets it aflame. A railroad bridge, this bridge is sturdy enough to stand up to a few cargo ships. This is a pretty fancy railroad bridge, with a cover and closed walkways, suggesting it has a dual purpose, for trains and people.
Madoka Kawabata’s “Grief” is a touching picture that only shows the steps up to the bridge, but the bridge is there, massive and strong, built of stone and cement, built to last longer than we do. A statue memorializes that most human emotion, grief. Do angels feel grief? I wonder…
Liam Hopkins gives us the most un-ethereal bridge in Ethereal City. I love the contradiction between the city’s name and the bridge’s substance. However, Liam gives hints of the ethereal with the fog obscuring the trees and the light and airy fencing.
Sare created a lovely watercolor effect in “Isle of May” where a rope bridge offered a route across a chasm over the ocean. It is much quicker and easier than climbing down and then back up, but I bet there are more than a few people who would prefer the long route. Gephyrophobia is the fear of bridges and I think anyone might be excused for some gephyrophobia here.
One nice thing about Second Life’s bridges. If they get knocked down, they can get up again as quickly as you can rez them. If only we could do that in our first lives.
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Cajsa’s Choices is devoted to unique, artistic, and innovative virtual world-based images and screenshots that showcase the medium as an art form and Second Life as a creative platform. (Generally not images that fit on this Bingo card.)
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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