2012.11.05 07:00 - Dubai is like SL in RL

The Guardian for this meeting was szavanna Resident. The comments are by szavanna Resident.

Eliza Madrigal: after you....
 szavanna Resident: ;o)
 szavanna Resident: can u change it to grass?
 Eliza Madrigal: yes but do you know how?
 szavanna Resident: I did it before yes hmm
 Eliza Madrigal: "/9grass" is what you type
 szavanna Resident: was just IMing Kev our commune artist
 Eliza Madrigal: when wearing your tag
 Irishk9 Aeon: hi guys
 szavanna Resident: Welcome K9 °͜°
 Eliza Madrigal: Hello Irishk9
 szavanna Resident: take your time
 szavanna Resident: welcome to Play as Being
 szavanna Resident: where we look at life as a laboratory °͜°
 --BELL--
Irishk9 Aeon: ah
 szavanna Resident: We have chat sessions 4 times day
 szavanna Resident: and the log of the chat we post online
 Irishk9 Aeon: right
 szavanna Resident: so keep quiet hehe
 szavanna Resident: is it ok if we post your words?
 Irishk9 Aeon: sure
 Eliza Madrigal: welcome
 Eliza Madrigal: Hi Xiri!
 szavanna Resident: °͜° probably you haven't met Liz
 szavanna Resident: Xiri °͜°
 Irishk9 Aeon: hia
 Eliza Madrigal: no we've not met til now - pleased to meet you
 Xirana Oximoxi: hello Sza! E·liza and K9!! :-)
 szavanna Resident: K9 is our artist of the month at the commune in November
 Irishk9 Aeon: pleased to meet you too
 szavanna Resident: Xiri you know already :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: yeps hehe
 Xirana Oximoxi: ohhh I must go to visit the exhibit!! :-)
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes...I know:)
 Irishk9 Aeon: its a small one
 szavanna Resident: Kev's?
 Eliza Madrigal: I missed Mellowdee's yesterday
 szavanna Resident: yes we need to have the opening party too °͜°
 szavanna Resident: I went to Mel's
 Xirana Oximoxi: Sza...are you still curating the gallery?
 szavanna Resident: love it
 szavanna Resident: yes I am
 Irishk9 Aeon: i was talking to sedi about it a mo ago
 Xirana Oximoxi: I was there too...I did not see you:) Mel's works were really interesting
 Xirana Oximoxi: were= are
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 szavanna Resident: yes I love those abstract animated things
 szavanna Resident: brb one moment
 Xirana Oximoxi: ok:)
 Xirana Oximoxi: I like that she also explains with a notecard her works
 Xirana Oximoxi: what they mean for her
 Eliza Madrigal: will make time to see very soon :)
 Eliza Madrigal: that seems important - the backstory adds so much richness
 szavanna Resident: back sorry °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: I must go back to visit too... I was in my laptop and was not good to appreciate all
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Xirana Oximoxi: quick brb:)
 Eliza Madrigal: I was having this conversation with my kids last night, about modern art and what has value
 szavanna Resident: it was late for me so didn't have time to read the cards
 Irishk9 Aeon: i havnt seen Mellodees work either
 Eliza Madrigal giggles as Mel signs on
 szavanna Resident: may be she comes to PaB?
 Xirana Oximoxi: I've comennetd 'Square waves' a little with Zen.... can I copy the text here?
 Eliza Madrigal: oh sure
 Xirana Oximoxi: it's very short
 Xirana Oximoxi: "Square Waves" - All the parts of our lives which move in seeming harmony, until an unexpected wave comes along and throws us off into turns and movements we could never have anticipated.
 Eliza Madrigal: *wonderful*
 szavanna Resident: °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: all pieces has her meaning
 szavanna Resident: where is it from Xiri?
 Xirana Oximoxi: this a piece of mel:)
 szavanna Resident: oh °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: a scupture of her
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes...when you visit...click to get the notecards:)
 szavanna Resident: actually I would love to play with that type of thing also
 Xirana Oximoxi: I am sure you would do amazing pieces:)
 szavanna Resident: hmm °͜° I love to play
 Eliza Madrigal: :)
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 szavanna Resident: just a bit of prim torture, some scripts
 szavanna Resident: and some fractals
 szavanna Resident: hehe
 Eliza Madrigal contemplates prim torture
 Xirana Oximoxi: I have no patience to learn how to do 3D works here:)...I stay painting in rl
 Irishk9 Aeon: i love to play wit prims hehe
 Irishk9 Aeon: h
 szavanna Resident: yes K9 is good
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Eliza Madrigal: what is your work like K9?
 Eliza Madrigal: particular themes?
 Irishk9 Aeon: well ive mostly just made various buildings
 Irishk9 Aeon: a lot of urban
 Xirana Oximoxi: ah yes...I've visited:)
 Irishk9 Aeon: but some other themes too
 Irishk9 Aeon: a light house was the last thing i made
 Xirana Oximoxi: fun how one can try buildings...rezzing them at the same place
 szavanna Resident: I just made a japanese house
 Eliza Madrigal: :)
 szavanna Resident: for the PaB retreat
 Irishk9 Aeon: its great now, you can link together any sizes
 szavanna Resident: let me show you °͜°
 Irishk9 Aeon: and any amount
 Eliza Madrigal: so more flexible parameters
 Irishk9 Aeon: yes
 Eliza Madrigal smiles as tea house appears
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes... I've had fun building my small new studio.... but it's very 'simple:)
 Irishk9 Aeon: ive linked huge buildings
 szavanna Resident: °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: wow Sun...is this your building?
 Irishk9 Aeon: hello san
 szavanna Resident: ops sorry San °͜°
 Eliza Madrigal: a variation is in the pab retreat spot now.... so nice
 Eliza Madrigal: Hi San
 Santoshima Resident: hi
 Xirana Oximoxi: hi San
 Xirana Oximoxi: really nice
 Xirana Oximoxi: how many prims?
 szavanna Resident: it takes time to make the texture and figure out the door scripts
 szavanna Resident: hmm not sure
 Irishk9 Aeon: oh, thank you
 Xirana Oximoxi: I am alwasy counting prims:)...and looking for 'one prim possible:))
 Eliza Madrigal: ty Sun! not every day one is given a house ;-)
 --BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: thank you Sun!!! :-)
 Eliza Madrigal: brb must take vitamins
 szavanna Resident: hb °͜°
 szavanna Resident: love it Kev ty °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: ohh I like it very mcuh too:)) you are really skilled
 Irishk9 Aeon: ty
 szavanna Resident: Zenji °͜°
 Irishk9 Aeon: Hello Zen
 Eliza Madrigal: sorry I could have waited but might have forgotten
 Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zen
 Zen Arado: Hi all
 Xirana Oximoxi: hello Zen!
 Eliza Madrigal zoom on light beacon
 szavanna Resident: np Liz °͜°
 Santoshima Resident: hi Zen :)
 szavanna Resident: its sooo big
 Eliza Madrigal: can see molecule from up there
 Santoshima Resident: brb
 szavanna Resident: trying to make a tiny version of mine
 szavanna Resident: San what are the type of things you make in SL?
 Eliza Madrigal: she said brb but have you seen the treehouse?
 Eliza Madrigal: it is really lovely
 szavanna Resident: oh she made the treehouse?
 Eliza Madrigal nods
 szavanna Resident: yes I think I saw it
 szavanna Resident: :)
 szavanna Resident: love tree houses
 Eliza Madrigal: I really love the natural feeling of mosses at the bottom especially
 Eliza Madrigal: feeling of time, which is difficult in SL
 szavanna Resident: yes
 szavanna Resident: its funny how in RL we want things to look new
 Eliza Madrigal: :) sometimes
 szavanna Resident: and here we want things to show time
 Xirana Oximoxi: in what sense is difficult the feeling of time in Sl?
 Xirana Oximoxi: seasons?
 Irishk9 Aeon: also night and day
 Irishk9 Aeon: we have control now in sl
 szavanna Resident: or the cracks in a building
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes:)
 Eliza Madrigal: sometimes repetitive textures can seem too stock... but what I mean is, if something like moss is done well one feels like time has passed there
 Eliza Madrigal: that there has been change
 Eliza Madrigal: and life
 szavanna Resident: yes °͜°
 Xirana Oximoxi: ahh yes... I understand
 Irishk9 Aeon: yes, i love that kind of detail
 Eliza Madrigal: cracks in the building, yes!
 Zen Arado: did you see that old place Mira took me?
 Eliza Madrigal: wabi sabi
 szavanna Resident: which place?
 Eliza Madrigal: not sure Zen
 Xirana Oximoxi: no Zen..where?
 Zen Arado: like an old Dutch house
 szavanna Resident: I don't think I saw
 Eliza Madrigal: nor I
 szavanna Resident: do you have the LM?
 Zen Arado: I forget
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Zen Arado: no
 Eliza Madrigal: I think when time is 'done well' in SL the lines between RL/SL are thinner
 Irishk9 Aeon: so many great places in sl to visit
 Eliza Madrigal: thin places
 szavanna Resident: for example my build doesn't show time
 szavanna Resident: its boring °͜°
 szavanna Resident: just blocks
 Eliza Madrigal: it isn't, it is lovely and just right for the context
 Santoshima Resident: there is no difference: sl and rl .. it's just a graphic venue, and text interface
 Santoshima Resident: people are people
 Santoshima Resident: no difference
 Santoshima Resident: fantasy more allowed to reign in this graphic context
 szavanna Resident: °͜°
 Santoshima Resident: and that gets confused
 Santoshima Resident: as being different
 Irishk9 Aeon: yes, we can dothings in sl not yet possible in rl
 Irishk9 Aeon: do things
 Santoshima Resident: (am jumping in after being away to make toast, so i hope i caught the stream)
 Eliza Madrigal: balances tipped a bit? interesting idea
 szavanna Resident: wb San °͜°
 Santoshima Resident: in super-hero cartoons
 Santoshima Resident: for wexample
 Santoshima Resident: example
 Zen Arado: with toast :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: i love what they have been building in dubai
 Santoshima Resident: more possiblity in expresing
 Irishk9 Aeon: and places like that
 szavanna Resident: Dubai?
 szavanna Resident: like?
 Santoshima Resident: situations that are difficult to make visible in other
 Santoshima Resident: ways
 Eliza Madrigal: well super heros are hyperbolizing inner qualities?
 Irishk9 Aeon: all those interesting detailed highrises
 Santoshima Resident: liek genocide
 Santoshima Resident: like other dark matters that are huge
 Santoshima Resident: and need expression
 szavanna Resident: hmm yes
 --BELL--
szavanna Resident: dark matter hmm reminds me of a session topic °͜°
 Eliza Madrigal nods
 Eliza Madrigal: how dark matters matter :)
 Zen Arado: nice word..'hyperbolizing'
 szavanna Resident is looking at Dubai buildings
 Eliza Madrigal: sometimes to address something you need to amplify it to near ridiculous proportions
 Xirana Oximoxi: I have an image of very high buildings:) like K9's :)
 Eliza Madrigal: :)
 Eliza Madrigal: can't miss it, that's for sure
 Zen Arado: easier to build nowadays now with 64m allowed
 Eliza Madrigal: beautiful photo
 szavanna Resident: °͜°
 Zen Arado: I have to build a new gallery
 szavanna Resident: it's more like something made in SL
 Zen Arado: wow are they real?
 szavanna Resident: yes
 Xirana Oximoxi: http://www.dubai-tourism.net/admin/m...D71_dubai2.jpg
 Eliza Madrigal: reminds me of Oz
 szavanna Resident looks
 Irishk9 Aeon: they are beautiful
 Zen Arado: yes
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes...amazing
 Eliza Madrigal: amazing is the word... would love to see photos from inside
 szavanna Resident: it feels like another planet
 Eliza Madrigal: when I think of dubai buldings I think, unfortunately, of those standard houses with pools, lined up on the oceas
 Eliza Madrigal: *oceans
 Zen Arado: looks like the 'Shard'
 Zen Arado: in London
 Eliza Madrigal: so it is nice to see this kind of creativity
 Eliza Madrigal: ah....interesting
 szavanna Resident: yes there are amazing sctructures there
 szavanna Resident wonders how to make this in SL °͜°
 Zen Arado: they can't build high in belfast
 Zen Arado: it is on clay I think
 Irishk9 Aeon: yeah, they cant build very high in dublin yet either but they are working on it
 Xirana Oximoxi: in Barcelona either
 Eliza Madrigal: the intention of building high matters - creativity not just ego
 Eliza Madrigal: one can see it in the work
 szavanna Resident: hmm I just wonder how much it costs
 Eliza Madrigal: not a trump tower :P
 Zen Arado: but it's also because land id expensive
 szavanna Resident: Kev how can one make a shape like that?
 szavanna Resident: yes
 szavanna Resident: its easier in SL :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: i would make it in sections
 Xirana Oximoxi: then rotate the object
 Irishk9 Aeon: you can lean the pieces the way you need
 Irishk9 Aeon: then put them on top of eachother
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes.... that way you can also 'walk inside:)
 Irishk9 Aeon: you can twist them too
 szavanna Resident: can u show Xiri?
 Eliza Madrigal: Nice to meet you K9, and to see you artisty friends
 szavanna Resident: hehe if you are up for it
 Irishk9 Aeon: can i build here?
 szavanna Resident: hmm no you can't ;(
 Eliza Madrigal: I need to go for a bit
 szavanna Resident: ok Liz °͜° ty for coming ;))
 Irishk9 Aeon: bye Eliza
 szavanna Resident: hugs ❤
 Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye Liz. :)
 Zen Arado: bye Eliza
 Eliza Madrigal: thanks!!
 Eliza Madrigal: ♥ ♥ ♥
 Xirana Oximoxi: are you going to build your own gallery Zen?
 szavanna Resident: hmm nice to be in the persence of creative friends °͜°
 szavanna Resident: *presence
 Irishk9 Aeon: yes
 Zen Arado: some time Xiri
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Zen Arado: I had one before
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes..I visited
 Zen Arado: you saw it?
 Xirana Oximoxi: long ago...I don't remember exactly
 Irishk9 Aeon: id be happy to show you how to make shapes n things
 szavanna Resident: you built the one we have all been to?
 Zen Arado: I bought a bgger piece of land in front of it that Wol was selling
 szavanna Resident: oh I would love to learn Kev °͜°
 Irishk9 Aeon: cool
 szavanna Resident: ahh really Zenji
 Zen Arado: but didn't like it and sold it and bought back my original land
 szavanna Resident: ahh ok
 --BELL--
szavanna Resident: what was wrong with it
 Xirana Oximoxi: if you prepare a session I will come too:) k9 :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: yay
 Xirana Oximoxi: why d
 szavanna Resident: oo sounds exciting
 Xirana Oximoxi: you did not like the land, Zen?
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Zen Arado: no...it didn't feel right
 Zen Arado: too near the water
 Irishk9 Aeon: hello Ari
 szavanna Resident: hi Ari °͜°
 Arisia Vita: greetings all :)
 Xirana Oximoxi: hello Ari! :-)
 Zen Arado: luckily Paradise bought it and put palm trees there
 szavanna Resident: great outfit Ari :)
 Zen Arado: Hi Ai
 Arisia Vita: ty
 Xirana Oximoxi: ohhh yes...really smart:)
 Xirana Oximoxi: ahh lol Zen...too near the water?
 Xirana Oximoxi: you prefer the mountains?
 Zen Arado: I like to see water but
 Zen Arado: not too close
 Xirana Oximoxi: ok:)
 Zen Arado: it's just a feeling
 Zen Arado: I liked the position of my gallery
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes... it happens to me too....I mean to have feelings of the places in SL
 Zen Arado: so long as no one builds a big bulding in front of me
 Zen Arado: which is what I was scared of
 Xirana Oximoxi: I've rented a small piece of land bercuase where I had my gallery have sold the place....and I also hope noone builds a big city in the near:))
 Xirana Oximoxi: so..I will not show to k9:::) (joking) :)
 Zen Arado: he he keep k9 away
 szavanna Resident: ;p
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 Zen Arado: no skyscrapers ;)
 szavanna Resident: thats not nice
 szavanna Resident: hehe don't keep K9 away
 Irishk9 Aeon: lol
 Zen Arado: my father had 3 brothers..all builders
 Zen Arado: bricklayers and a joiner
 Xirana Oximoxi: kk.... we can make a combination...nature and high buildings:)
 szavanna Resident: Xiri °͜°
 szavanna Resident: compromise
 Xirana Oximoxi: :)
 szavanna Resident: would love to learn how to build in RL too
 Zen Arado: it's hard work in RL :)
 szavanna Resident: hmm yes
 szavanna Resident: ok then ... I will just watch ;p
 Zen Arado: can't just click a mouse
 Zen Arado: :)
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes....so different here:) amazing how just changing a texture all looks so different..in one clcik
 szavanna Resident: yes by now we are so used to it
 szavanna Resident: it used to feel more like magic
 Irishk9 Aeon: yes
 Zen Arado: I need to get better textures
 szavanna Resident: textures for the gallery?
 Irishk9 Aeon: i still use cg textures
 Zen Arado: textures are the key
 Xirana Oximoxi: yes
 Irishk9 Aeon: true Zen
 Zen Arado: what are they K9?
 Irishk9 Aeon: they are very important
 Zen Arado: cg?
 Xirana Oximoxi: 'cg'?
 Irishk9 Aeon: cg is a free website
 Irishk9 Aeon: they update regularly
 szavanna Resident: what kind of textures you need Zenji
 Zen Arado: hmmm
 Zen Arado: did you ever see the Rose theatre?
 Irishk9 Aeon: oh yes
 Zen Arado: loved those textures
 Irishk9 Aeon: its beautiful
 Zen Arado: like a palace
 szavanna Resident: ah here it is : http://www.cgtextures.com/
 szavanna Resident: no I don't think I have seen it
 Zen Arado: oh ty Sunji
 szavanna Resident: :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: yep, thats the one
 Xirana Oximoxi: I must go now...have a nice day all..and see you soon!!
 Xirana Oximoxi: thanks you Sun! :-)
 Zen Arado: byee Xiri :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: seeyou xirana
 Xirana Oximoxi: bye bey
 szavanna Resident: take care Xiri °͜°
 szavanna Resident: ty for coming
 szavanna Resident: °͜°
 Zen Arado: I better go to..have to get back for Original Face group meeting
 szavanna Resident: ah yes
 Arisia Vita: me too Zen
 szavanna Resident: thats a long one
 Arisia Vita: it was great being with you all
 szavanna Resident: take care Ari, Zenji
 Zen Arado: 2 hours
 Irishk9 Aeon: nice to meet you
 Zen Arado: byee
 szavanna Resident: have a great week :)
 Irishk9 Aeon: seeya
 Zen Arado: you too
 Arisia Vita: same here
 szavanna Resident: ty :)
 Arisia Vita: be well and happy
 Irishk9 Aeon: you too
 Arisia Vita: I leave you in good hands Irish :)
 szavanna Resident: ;p
 Irishk9 Aeon: that was fun
 szavanna Resident: °͜° yes it was