2011.12.17 07:00 - Art, books, e-books, dancing Fancy Shawl...

The Guardian for this meeting was Xirana Oximoxi joined by Boxy, San and Korel.

Xirana Oximoxi: boxi!!!!
Alfred Kelberry: xiri! :)
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh you look fun!!!
Alfred Kelberry: hello, spanish beauty :)
Xirana Oximoxi: how are you???
Xirana Oximoxi: hello boxy's beauty:)
Alfred Kelberry: antlers and flute are on
Xirana Oximoxi: does it sound?
Alfred Kelberry: yep
Xirana Oximoxi: ahh yes..I hear... wonderful!
Alfred Kelberry: you can play too
Xirana Oximoxi: do you want to claim the session? I have not done because noone was here
Alfred Kelberry: clicking on the cubes and balls
Alfred Kelberry: no, you go ahead :)
Xirana Oximoxi: ok:) I don't remember well how to do.but I go ahead:)
Alfred Kelberry: wee!
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: now... I click on the coloured balls and it stays quiet
Alfred Kelberry: hmm
Xirana Oximoxi: now it sounds again
Alfred Kelberry: should work
Xirana Oximoxi: maybe it goes slow
--BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: I should have to take you as a Christmas tree:))... to see if I get a lot of gifts:)
Alfred Kelberry: hehe
Alfred Kelberry: good idea :)
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Alfred Kelberry: hope you will make it to a meetup next year
Xirana Oximoxi: it's a quiet time saturdays at this time...
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh you are preparing another meeting?
Xirana Oximoxi: where???
Alfred Kelberry: not yet. just pondering. woly suggested venice.
Alfred Kelberry: there are many nice places in europe
Xirana Oximoxi: and you have said you will make a special session to explain the last one.... have you done it yet?
Xirana Oximoxi: ohh yes... Venice is a nice place:)
Alfred Kelberry: it's today at 1 pm
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh ok!! wonderful!
Xirana Oximoxi: I will come:)
Alfred Kelberry: good! :)
Alfred Kelberry: "Being a versatile artist, Xirana does not specialize in only one form of painting, but follows interests in many genres."
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: haha
Xirana Oximoxi: boxy!!
Alfred Kelberry: you're a famous lady :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... very famous:)
Alfred Kelberry: san :)
Santoshima Resident: hello
Xirana Oximoxi: hello San!
Santoshima Resident: how are you both?
Alfred Kelberry: xiri is having an exhibition at the paris metro!
Xirana Oximoxi: fine ty:) ..
Santoshima Resident: really?
Santoshima Resident: that's great
Alfred Kelberry: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlif...ture/129/25/22
Xirana Oximoxi: welll yes... and tomorrow is the opening... with a concert too:) I am getting very busy as an artist here:)
Santoshima Resident: are you living there?
Alfred Kelberry: paris is a tp away in sl :)
Xirana Oximoxi: San... it's in SL!!! lol
Santoshima Resident: ohhh!
Xirana Oximoxi: I love the RL Paris
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Alfred Kelberry: yes, paris is awesome
Santoshima Resident: yup
Alfred Kelberry: way better than london :)
Xirana Oximoxi: we can make a meeting there..maybe:)
Santoshima Resident: ok
Xirana Oximoxi: a lot of art to visit
Alfred Kelberry: yes!
Xirana Oximoxi: and wonderful avenues, cafees
Santoshima Resident: yeah
Alfred Kelberry: and one meetup in rural area of france
Santoshima Resident: ok, deal
Xirana Oximoxi: oh yes rural is also nice idea
Xirana Oximoxi: I have suggested some rural places to San in Catalunya
Santoshima Resident: i passed those on to Eliza, Xir
Santoshima Resident: i'm needing to not be involved in the planning
Alfred Kelberry: do people speak english in catalonia?
Xirana Oximoxi: but usually the problem is that they are difficukt to get there with public transport
Xirana Oximoxi: ah wonderful San :)
Santoshima Resident: but we could find a way, if there is interest
Alfred Kelberry: we'll hitchhike :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... sure... if one place is good we can find the way to get there
Xirana Oximoxi: no boxy...we speak catalan:))
Xirana Oximoxi: and usually in rural areas not a lot of people speaks English
--BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: if it's a touristic place yes
Alfred Kelberry: then we'll need you as a translator :)
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: you've survived in Germany:).. and your German ...
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Santoshima Resident: how do i get this avi's head to move?
Santoshima Resident: in the settings
Santoshima Resident: of firstorm?
Alfred Kelberry: "A fine landscape painter, her landscapes unite authoritative craftsmanship and a strong sense of form with richly pigmented surfaces and impressionist color truth."
Santoshima Resident: she's like a statue
Alfred Kelberry: it's about xiri :)
Xirana Oximoxi: haha boxy!! :)
Santoshima Resident: oh, sorry, more please
Xirana Oximoxi: you got the info in last exhibition! :)
Alfred Kelberry: yes, from the metro notecard :)
Xirana Oximoxi: you mean your avi, san?
Santoshima Resident: yes, but first
Santoshima Resident: what is the LM for the exhibit?
Xirana Oximoxi: oh ok:)
Santoshima Resident: ty
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: I give it to you
Santoshima Resident: ty
Alfred Kelberry: i have already, xiri :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes..I know:)
Santoshima Resident: will go twice!
Alfred Kelberry: you paint and i'm your secretary :)
Xirana Oximoxi: haha very good to have a secretary to promote the paintings!! :)
Alfred Kelberry: indeed :)
Alfred Kelberry: but in the end it's about the popularity of a painter
Alfred Kelberry: even most dull paintings can be sold for millions if the author is famous
Xirana Oximoxi: in this place they are very professional and take everything very seriously...
Xirana Oximoxi: oh yes.... that's true!
Xirana Oximoxi: Putin has made only one painting and it was sold for a terrible amount of millions:)
Alfred Kelberry: oh, didn't know that
Alfred Kelberry: i wouldn't even look at it :)
Xirana Oximoxi: I saw a reportage about Art business in Russia actually
Xirana Oximoxi: all milionaire want to have a BIG art collection
Alfred Kelberry: yes, to please they BIG ego :)
Xirana Oximoxi: I think it's the place where Art is selling better now...maybe also China
Alfred Kelberry: their
Xirana Oximoxi: usually the collectors are very very rich
Alfred Kelberry: yea, you gotta be :)
Xirana Oximoxi: other people buy to have in their house and enjoi
Alfred Kelberry: pema should try painting
Santoshima Resident: why, boxy?
Xirana Oximoxi: I like here because you can organise your own exhibition without curators:))
Alfred Kelberry: he's famous. he can sell them well :)
Santoshima Resident: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: sure:)
Alfred Kelberry: xiri, isn't the gallery owner a curator here?
Xirana Oximoxi: in Paris Metro it is... but if I want I can rent a space and have my own
Xirana Oximoxi: and make openings and parties and share with my friends:)
Alfred Kelberry: yes! :)
Alfred Kelberry: much cheaper than in rl :)
Xirana Oximoxi: it's cheaper and easier than in RL :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes!! :)
Santoshima Resident: do people really look here? more than a few seconds?
Alfred Kelberry: is it hard dealing with curators?
Santoshima Resident: in this digital realm, the speed of attention is less
Santoshima Resident: than living with a real painting
Santoshima Resident: or drawing
Xirana Oximoxi: well in RL yes:) and in SL ... well I don't go after...and things come without having to look for
Xirana Oximoxi: and I say yes... hang my works and that's done:)
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: now I want to stop until I have all new ones
Xirana Oximoxi: I see it as a stimulous to paint in RL and then share
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Alfred Kelberry: one painting a day project? :)
--BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: well.... that can also be:))and the more you work the more better results you get
Xirana Oximoxi: Picasso always said that inspiration should find you working... and I agree :)

Xirana Oximoxi: San.. you are also very creative
Xirana Oximoxi: you would not like to do exhibitions in SL?

Santoshima Resident: i worked as a book designer for 25 years

Santoshima Resident: yes, i would like that
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh sure!!! that's shown in the work for PaB ice
Alfred Kelberry: oh wow, 25 years
Korel Laloix: osiyo
Alfred Kelberry: awesome
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Korel!!
Santoshima Resident: Osiyo, Korel
Korel Laloix: longer than I have been alive.... grins
Santoshima Resident: :)
Alfred Kelberry: you kori is just a baby :)
Korel Laloix: Will be 25 soon though.
Xirana Oximoxi: wonderful !!!!
Xirana Oximoxi: we will make a BIG party! :)
Santoshima Resident: yes
Alfred Kelberry: book design must be a very competative business
Santoshima Resident: yes
Alfred Kelberry: so many books coming out
Korel Laloix: And this is my Golder Birthday as well... so not sure what I need to do for it.
Korel Laloix: Golden
Alfred Kelberry: and many look really good. one would think that all the designer tricks have already been applied :)
Korel Laloix: I do love the feel and smell of really old books.
Alfred Kelberry: eek
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... I also like paper books...old or not... I've had some discussions about if they will desapear with e books and computers... but I think it's a pleasure to read and hold it
Alfred Kelberry: yes, they will stay like film photography. for enthusiasts.
Santoshima Resident: oh, i hope they are not so rarefied as that
Korel Laloix: And for schoool work...
Alfred Kelberry: but i'd much rather carry a kindle than a bunch of books :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... probably you are right boxy
Korel Laloix: A book I can hold in my hand is alot better than an ebook.
Santoshima Resident: yes!!!!
Xirana Oximoxi: to travel and take your book collection with you is better an ebook
Korel Laloix: I had to buy one book as an ebook for my classes... I preinted most of the 500 pages.
Alfred Kelberry: ha
Alfred Kelberry: you tree killer!
Xirana Oximoxi: ui Korel:)
Korel Laloix: True.. but I have planted my share of trees.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: Was reading The Man Who Planted Trees again the other day.
Korel Laloix: Another lovely book to hold i your hands.
Santoshima Resident: there is an animated video of that?
Santoshima Resident: Is there?
Xirana Oximoxi: another kind of discussion... how do we waste more energy..with a computer or ebook or with paper books?

Korel Laloix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ampqPdTV_z0

Santoshima Resident: exactly the question, Xir
Santoshima Resident: thanks, Korel
Korel Laloix: It is a lovely story.
Alfred Kelberry: any kind of production is using oil at some point
Santoshima Resident: coltan in the production of computers
Korel Laloix: I think this was in pastels... but I really have no idea what that means.
Santoshima Resident: not just oil/petrolium resources
Santoshima Resident: oh, sorry korel, talking at crossed topics ... i'll look
Korel Laloix smiles.. I am lost as well.
Xirana Oximoxi: I must go now... boxy... what happens with the chat log...woud you take it or it continues recording?
Santoshima Resident: YES! this is the one i was thinking of, thanks, korel
Korel Laloix: ciao
Santoshima Resident: it's great
Santoshima Resident: bye Xirana
Korel Laloix: It is nice, but the book is really comforting in my hands.
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye... :)
Alfred Kelberry: xirir, i think it continues
Xirana Oximoxi: ok...
Alfred Kelberry: kori, isn't a video better than reading the story? :)
Xirana Oximoxi: see you later... looking fordward for the special session about germany meeting:)
Santoshima Resident: when is that?
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: There are some that go either way.
Xirana Oximoxi: at 1 pm :)
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye
Alfred Kelberry: xir :)
Korel Laloix: Looking forward to some me reading... not school reading.
Santoshima Resident: yeah, that's a treat
Korel Laloix: Sooooo glad classes are over.
Santoshima Resident: congrats on finishing!
Korel Laloix: Some cooking, reading, catchign up with friends.
Korel Laloix: Practice my dancing.
Korel Laloix: I so love this season... but it is a very moving time for me as well.
Alfred Kelberry: dancing? what kind?
Korel Laloix: I do First American dancing.
Korel Laloix: Mainly Fancy Shawl.. but also Buckskin or traditional.
Alfred Kelberry: oh my
Korel Laloix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsveO6mDw1E
Alfred Kelberry: ha! it's almost like pab on fridays :)
Santoshima Resident: who taught you to dance, korel? who did you watch?
Alfred Kelberry: i want that drum
Korel Laloix: For some reason, mom always took me to the powwows... and the lessons were free babysitting for her I think.
Santoshima Resident: watching the feet ... intricate
Korel Laloix: It is very complicated.
Korel Laloix: YOu have to know the music.
Korel Laloix: Know you dance.
Korel Laloix: your
Korel Laloix: And be able to addapt.
Santoshima Resident: it appears that way as well
Korel Laloix: I am not very good.... but I do OK as I am a marathon runner so my endurance lets me keep up the pace better than everhone else.
Santoshima Resident: that's necessary ... very energetic dancing
Korel Laloix: It is... you do break a good sweat doing it.
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: Grandma is helping me build a better regalia for it.
Korel Laloix: SO that should help as well.
Santoshima Resident: regalia is the shawl?
Korel Laloix: The entired outfit.
Santoshima Resident: send pictures?
Santoshima Resident: when it's done?
Korel Laloix: Might do.
Santoshima Resident: :)
Korel Laloix: Will see how it look and how comforatable.
Santoshima Resident: sure
Korel Laloix: Or might send a vid of me dancing in the new stuff.
Santoshima Resident: :))
Santoshima Resident: i better go to work ~ good to talk with you both
Santoshima Resident: enjoy the day ~
Korel Laloix: Take care.
Korel Laloix: I am enjoying it for sure.
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Korel Laloix: Thanks for teh chat.
Korel Laloix: OH well.. off to wander.
Korel Laloix: Take care.

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