The Guardian for this meeting was Zen Arado. The comments are by Zen Arado. There was a region restart but we were able to get back to pavilion where Eliza showed us new backgrounds for retreats to be held there.

Eliza Madrigal: tada
Eliza Madrigal: so this is just one scene
Zen Arado: very nice
Eliza Madrigal: Moss Garden
Eliza Madrigal: but there are a few others...
Zen Arado: are we at the pavilion again?
Eliza Madrigal: we are in the pavilion, just with different cyllinders around, like a curtain
Zen Arado: I thought it was still offline
Zen Arado: this is much better
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: so do you think this will help to create a retreat-y atmosphere?
Eliza Madrigal: on the outside it is semi-transparent and says "please enter quietly"
Zen Arado: to me a retreat atmosphere is a square roon facing the wall
Zen Arado: :)
Zen Arado: room
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Zen Arado: where I would be this week if I could go
Eliza Madrigal: actually I've done that in SL... wall gazing, lol
Eliza Madrigal: Oh retreat going on in your center?
Zen Arado: yes..a 6 day sesshin
Eliza Madrigal: nice
Zen Arado: started last night
Zen Arado: until Sunday
Eliza Madrigal: I miss retreats... but I think mostly I'd just like my whole life to be that way
Zen Arado: could be addictive yes
Eliza Madrigal: perhaps not sitting at a wall but retreat-minded
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Zen Arado: impossible to explain
Zen Arado: last 6 day one I did was this time two years ago
Zen Arado: it was very cold
Zen Arado: no heating
Zen Arado: my legs get cold
Eliza Madrigal: allowed to bundle up?
Zen Arado: sitting on a cushion keeps legs warmer
Zen Arado: calves shins and feet
Eliza Madrigal: I still have circulation trouble in longish sittings
Zen Arado: hard to keep them warm
Eliza Madrigal: and technically that means I have bad form I guess, but also has to do with illness history etc
Zen Arado: Hi Xiri :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Xiri :))
Xirana Oximoxi: 's current display-name is "Xirana".
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Zen, Eliza:)
Zen Arado: bad form?
Eliza Madrigal: What is your first impression of the space this way?
Xirana Oximoxi: is it your quiet session, Eliza?
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, not yet... was just showing Zen what Bleu made for those
Xirana Oximoxi: ok:)
Eliza Madrigal: would love to hear your impressions
Eliza Madrigal: there are a few diff options
Xirana Oximoxi: ohhhh...very nice inside!! wow!!
Zen Arado: I would like some of these wrap-around photos
Zen Arado: for my place
Eliza Madrigal: It feels really nice...
Zen Arado: it's beautiful
Xirana Oximoxi: yes:)
Eliza Madrigal: of course one still suspends disbelief for it to feel immersive...
Eliza Madrigal: but I have a small grin sitting here

Eliza Madrigal: going to try another
Zen Arado: the pavilion usually feels too ...open
Eliza Madrigal: this way someone approaching can still see they can walk in I hope
Eliza Madrigal: but may slow down a little
Eliza Madrigal: what do you think of this one? too cave like?
Eliza Madrigal: those are bautiful Xiri
Xirana Oximoxi: I can try to upload better ones:)
Zen Arado: ty Xiri
Eliza Madrigal: Bleu has a way of making the photos seamless
Eliza Madrigal: gorgeous clouds
Zen Arado: ah yes must look for software for that
Zen Arado: novols = clouds?
Eliza Madrigal: I'll try just one more... am not as sure about this one... feels a bit too dark
Zen Arado: nuvols
Xirana Oximoxi: ahh yes...that's the problem...if you put it in a long wall..the divding lines show it and is not nice
Xirana Oximoxi: nuvols= clouds in Catalan :)
Zen Arado: like nuages en francais
Xirana Oximoxi: arbres florits = blooming trees
Xirana Oximoxi: oui:)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Zen Arado: a Japanese temple would be nice
Xirana Oximoxi: this one looks strange for me...
Eliza Madrigal: due to the ground, or?
Zen Arado: I have only seen one so far
Zen Arado: ?
Xirana Oximoxi: it looks like it's not perfectly 'set'..like trembling picture if I move a little the camera
Eliza Madrigal: ah, interesting... it may be because I didn't remove the first
Eliza Madrigal: I have one more of the "moss garden"....
Zen Arado: see it now
Zen Arado: trees
Eliza Madrigal: yes, that's what I was trying to show before
Zen Arado: lovely sunlight effects
Eliza Madrigal: I like this one, thogh the pavilion feels to cut into it a little
Zen Arado: like a clearing in a forest
Eliza Madrigal: maybe inevitable
Eliza Madrigal: mmmmhm
Eliza Madrigal: Xiri that one would prob look really nice... poppies
Eliza Madrigal: I have to make time to play so I don't mess these up, lol
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...ahh now I did seee it well...just at the end :)
Zen Arado: just briefly
Xirana Oximoxi: yes
Zen Arado: I like this too
Xirana Oximoxi: nice one :)
Xirana Oximoxi: it'a amazing how a simple foto can change the place:)
Eliza Madrigal: :) atmossphere
Eliza Madrigal nods
Zen Arado: we are spoiled now
Zen Arado: dodn't want to go back to oppen pavilion
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: may use one of these for dream circle too....
Eliza Madrigal: recreating Luci's nebula box
Zen Arado: love the mossy bank
Eliza Madrigal: quiets everything
Eliza Madrigal: in RL you can't go to this garden unless you make advance plans and write a sutra by hand
Xirana Oximoxi: :))
Zen Arado: really?
Eliza Madrigal: it is so delicate... all the moss.. so I guess this way they keep the tourism flow low
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Zen Arado: it's in Japan?
Xirana Oximoxi: ah ok..I though it was a joke' :) so it's real yo can not go there
Eliza Madrigal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saih%C5%8D-ji_(Kyoto)
Eliza Madrigal nods
Zen Arado: who was it told us about being in a Japanese garden like this?
Eliza Madrigal: also designed by Muso, the zen master hana has studied and I used some poems from during the last retreat
Zen Arado: Hana?
Eliza Madrigal: yes!

Eliza Madrigal: I have to go... am sorry to miss dancing and playing today but Sunji says we can do it again
Zen Arado: ah
Eliza Madrigal: sorry to take the moss :)
Zen Arado: she is calling it off then?
Eliza Madrigal: noooo
Eliza Madrigal: definitely still going on
Zen Arado: so long and thanks for the moss?
Eliza Madrigal: just that I can't come :)
Eliza Madrigal: lol
Zen Arado: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Zen Arado: byee ty for coming
Xirana Oximoxi: thanks for showing us so nice environment
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Eliza Madrigal: bye thanks for playing and giving feedback
Zen Arado: it's very nice
Xirana Oximoxi: I also go now....see you soon :)
Eliza Madrigal: Bleu will be pleased :))
Eliza Madrigal: bye for now
Zen Arado: kk byye Xiri :)
Xirana Oximoxi: see you later:)) dancing fflamenco:)