New World Notes

Today's SL Flickr Pick: Mari Seesaw Shoots Picturesque Scenes, Includes Teleport Links... and Hides a Virtual Cat in Each

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Mari Seesaw’s pictures have an element of Where’s Waldo about them because you sometimes have to search for the ubiquitous cat. Exploring Second Life as a feline gives her photos a whimsicality along with the beautiful landscapes she shows us. And she also gives us the sine qua non of any serious SL traveler, the SLURL.  [To visit, click here]

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Some Second Lifers Celebrate the UK's Coronation Day in Style

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Is there anyone in the world unaware that Charles III was crowned on Saturday? Many Second Lifers certainly celebrated. Here is Mrs Sassypants bringing together a group of friends to celebrate. And all decked out in red, white, and blue.  

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Today's SL Flickr Pick: Kawaii Coolness from Mei Mei

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Mei Mei’s “All my best memories are with you” is not just a darling picture of two friends, but one that demonstrates how the details can reinforce the idea of a picture. The two of them are wearing the same school uniform but in different colors. Now, with a casual glance, you won’t even notice that the background elements are the same colors, with the pink structures behind the woman in pink and the blue elements behind the woman in blue. It’s something you might not see, but you will feel it. 

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SL Fashion Friday: Colorful Looks from Juliette M.

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Second Life Fashion Blog may be a generic name for a fashion blog but there is nothing generic about Juliette M’s style. I love that she likes color and prints.

Here's look #498. I am not in love with the sheer over bra looks, but I think it looks great here. It suits the mood and the place. She is successful at providing a background context that really brings it all together. I always appreciate it when folks give me the ending date of events, so I know where to go, event or store. 

• Top | .:Fio’s – Chloe Top (Tres Chic event apr 17 – may 10)
• Skirt | Ascendant – Sol Skirt Fatpack
• Drink | [ENAMOUR] – PINA COLADA COCKTAIL (Tres Chic event apr 17 – may 10)
• Backdrop | SYNNERGY.TAVIS – Ocean City Boardwalk Backdrop

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Artist Turns Moody Second Life Screenshots Into Vintage Polaroid Photos

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Aegean2 is an alternate stream from Aegean, which I featured yesterday. He adds work to both streams, so they are both in current use. The pictures in this stream all have a vintage feeling like this snapshot of a rusted and falling fence. I love that it’s black and white except for the rusting fence. It has the white frame of vintage photos as well as the handwritten note “remembering the forgotten.” This stream feels like a vintage travelog and he provides a SLURL for most pics. [To teleport to Iujela, click here]

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We Can't Stop Staring at These Screenshots of Second Life in Silhouette

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Aegean is a fascinating photographer with two distinct styles which he divided into two accounts. I will save the other for tomorrow, but for today, let’s look at his silhouette studies of Second Life. 

I love this picture “Somewhere in Time”. The way it is shot, all cast into shadow, give it the quality of being out of space and time. It could be anywhere outdoors. I also love the laconic relaxation of their bodies. They are comfortable together, slouching and relaxed. Wonderful. He shares a song by a favorite singer of mine, Jill Scott. The picture was taken at Birdlings Flat. [Teleport to Birdlings Flat]

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Metaverse Buskers: A Look at Second Life's Street Musician Roleplayers

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Have guitar, will travel. Busking is a long tradition, though not always legal, and often strictly limited. In my hometown Portland, street musicians are much loved. Portland’s Elvis has played at Saturday Market for forty years! 

And what about in Second Life? Well here is 理衣 -りぃ- with “Street Live” playing her heart out at public transit stop, a favorite place for buskers as pedestrians stop and wait long enough to be captured by the music.

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SL Fashion Friday: Fun & Fantastic Story-Rich Looks from Loute Diesel

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Loute Diesel’s Flickr post I’ll Protect You is emblematic of her fashion blogging, a full-throated commitment to the story she’s telling with her clothing. She never just shoots clothing, but always provides a rich context that intensifies the mood and emphasizes her color scheme. This is a gorgeous outfit of leaves brighter than her bed of moss. A baby lies in an external womb. Is this some creepy future? It’s from Fantasy Faire so all is fair. 

• Skin : Petrichor - Zova Skin
• Baby : Azoury - Minuscule
• Leaves and feets : Aii & Ego (Fantasy Faire closes May 7th) at Szystrum Synod

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Today's SL Flickr Pick: Hop Spot Evokes Gen Z-Meets-Warhol Coolness

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Hop Spot is cool. He doesn’t have to try to be cool. He just is. What is he doing in this picture “Winner”? Standing, his hips slightly canted. Is he even making eye contact? We don’t know. But he’s cool, without doing a dang thing. The effect of black and white with the orange is also cool. 

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Today's SL Flickr Pick: Amazing, Emotional Avatar Portraits by Aver Osk

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Aver Osk has stunning avatar portraits that evoke strong emotions. “Hope flies away” is a great example. The dried, cracked lips, the drooping ash, all suggest a feeling of helplessness and despair. She’s not taking care of herself, something that happens when people think they don’t deserve good things like a bit of lip balm. What hope she has is pinned to her nose, not the place where hope can grow and worse yet, the pin is unsnapped, those letters are ready to slide right off.  

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