Today at 5pm eastern (2pm SL time) I was hoping to attend my first poetry reading in Second Life at the Wrong Way Cafe, but no one else showed up. Seems like something that happens to poetry lovers a lot. I'm not sure why it didn't happen and I can't find any information about it, but I did pick up a free pack of British Cigs, so it wasn't all a waste.
I feel like there is a great lack of information in SL. Things are tough to find for newbies. One article Tricia sent said that for people who weren't hardcore programmers and "computer people" SL seems boring and tedious and I get that feeling.
But, there is a lot out there. I feel that it's difficulty is a great parallel to the real world; things are tough to find, but if you're passionate about it you can find anything you want. SL is not built for instant gratification: you actually have to build satisfaction yourself.
I found a blog that shows what one user does every time she gets online and I think it will be a great help: http://secondtourist.blogspot.com/. I'll keep checking this out and will find some creative things going on in SL.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Second Life: My Beginning
So far my experience with Second Life is discouraging, but I'm keeping an open mind about it. The world is often slow and difficult to move around. Also, like the real world, there seems to be too much to take in. It's hard to find what you want, there's no goal or mission, and searching becomes tedious after awhile. But, I'm slowly getting the hang of it.
In the search of creative arts I have made a few discoveries. The Asgard Gallery in Theretra is a great art gallery with lots of links to others. All of the pictures have integrated poetry. You simply click on the pictures and a haiku pops up. The "digital art" is exquisite. I would love to learn how they create it, but people are hard to find in this place.
I have joined a couple groups, POETRY GUILD and Writers of SL. They give out invitations and post interesting things, but I have not yet been to an event.
I am planning on going to The Wrong Way Cafe on Monday at 2pm (11 am eastern) for a poetry reading. It looks like a great place and it will be very interesting to see how a poetry reading is done online.
Also, I found an online magazine about SL called In The Grid, http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/ which gives a lot of information about interesting things going on in SL.
I am developing ideas for the presentation and I will continue to post my thoughts.
In the search of creative arts I have made a few discoveries. The Asgard Gallery in Theretra is a great art gallery with lots of links to others. All of the pictures have integrated poetry. You simply click on the pictures and a haiku pops up. The "digital art" is exquisite. I would love to learn how they create it, but people are hard to find in this place.
I have joined a couple groups, POETRY GUILD and Writers of SL. They give out invitations and post interesting things, but I have not yet been to an event.
I am planning on going to The Wrong Way Cafe on Monday at 2pm (11 am eastern) for a poetry reading. It looks like a great place and it will be very interesting to see how a poetry reading is done online.
Also, I found an online magazine about SL called In The Grid, http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/ which gives a lot of information about interesting things going on in SL.
I am developing ideas for the presentation and I will continue to post my thoughts.
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