2014.06.19 13:00 - Serious Play

The Guardian for this meeting was Aphrodite Macbain. The comments are by Aphrodite Macbain.

Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Zon
Aphrodite Macbain: come and join me
Aphrodite Macbain: kk
Zon Kwan: quiet here?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: everyone is outside
Zon Kwan: or watching football
Aphrodite Macbain: and I'm here inside, fiddling with my new cell phone
Zon Kwan: hi San
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi San :-)
Santoshima Resident: hello
Aphrodite Macbain: thanks for joining me
Santoshima Resident: likewise
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Zon Kwan: how are you both?
Aphrodite Macbain: Really well thanks Zon
Santoshima Resident: ok, thanks, Zon ~ how're you?
Aphrodite Macbain: now if I could only figure out this cell phone...
Santoshima Resident: suggestion: read the manual
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: that's what I'm doing
Santoshima Resident: are you expecting a call?
Aphrodite Macbain: no I'm travelling in the next week and I thought I'd get one while I was on the road
Aphrodite Macbain: so I'd be reachable
Aphrodite Macbain: is there anything you would like to talk about today?

Summer gardens

Aphrodite Macbain: are you both enjoying summer? planted any plants?
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm waiting for the sunshine
Santoshima Resident: still seems like spring here ... cool .... am eating the plants: kale and letuces
Zon Kwan: same here
Aphrodite Macbain: you have lettuces and kale growing already?
Aphrodite Macbain: my seeds haven't even germinated
Santoshima Resident: kale from last year: slow to grow because of the large trees
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Santoshima Resident: they are spindly, but tasty
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Santoshima Resident: lettuce from starts earlier this year
Aphrodite Macbain: do you cook them or eat them raw?
Santoshima Resident: in raised beds with a cover to stop the debris from the fir trees
Aphrodite Macbain: the kale I mean
Santoshima Resident: kale raw
Santoshima Resident: can be cooked, but whats the point of that?
Aphrodite Macbain: I remember you talking about those raised beds in the fall San :-)
Santoshima Resident: best to just graze with a bottle of olive oil in hand, i think
Aphrodite Macbain: now they are bearing fruit - or rather salad
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)

Aphrodite Macbain: have you got a garden Zon?
Zon Kwan: sorry rl...
Zon Kwan: waves
Santoshima Resident: bye zon
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Santoshima Resident: how brief our time
Aphrodite Macbain: yes

Aphrodite Macbain: make hay etc etc
Santoshima Resident: i suppose
Santoshima Resident: stuck sometimes in the typing animation
Santoshima Resident: you ready to travel?
Aphrodite Macbain: close
Aphrodite Macbain: went shopping yesterday and bought some summer clothes
Aphrodite Macbain: stocked up on food for my cats
Santoshima Resident: they will like that
Aphrodite Macbain: arranged for people to feed the cats and water my plants
Santoshima Resident: good good
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: you travelling this summer?
Santoshima Resident: not if i can help it
Aphrodite Macbain: just a quick ferry ride every so often
Santoshima Resident: there is n need at present
Santoshima Resident: ferry is like taking a bus

Walking under water

Santoshima Resident: in sl i used to enjoy walking this avatar underwater
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Santoshima Resident: for the feeling effect it would produce
Aphrodite Macbain: very cool
Aphrodite Macbain: and wet
Santoshima Resident: completely dry! surprise!
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Santoshima Resident: but nonetheless ... an opportunity to look at effects of visuals on feeling state
Santoshima Resident: and that was interestint to me
Aphrodite Macbain: how does it "feel"?
Santoshima Resident: well ... have you walked "Aphrodite" under stretches of sl ocean floor?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Santoshima Resident: ok! then we can talk
Santoshima Resident: :)
Santoshima Resident: how was it?
Aphrodite Macbain: my experience was a little unnerving
Aphrodite Macbain: not being able to see as well
Santoshima Resident: why not?
Aphrodite Macbain: a little frightening
Santoshima Resident: murky water? or just nothing around in the graphic field to see?
Aphrodite Macbain: the latter
Santoshima Resident: i see
Aphrodite Macbain: I felt like I was in a very dark room
Santoshima Resident: yeah
Aphrodite Macbain: feeling my way
Aphrodite Macbain: not knowing what to expect
Santoshima Resident: oh
Aphrodite Macbain: and almost wanting to take a deep breath as is emerged above the surface
Aphrodite Macbain: what was your experience?
Santoshima Resident: hmm, well ... it was late at night, and was dallying in-world. so the visual was not far off from the actual. per expectation:
Santoshima Resident: loneliness, aloneness for a while
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Santoshima Resident: then just a kick in the pants "what am I doing encouraging this ind of feeling"
Santoshima Resident: well, since then, I've found some great underwater rezzers
Aphrodite Macbain: oh?
Santoshima Resident: and have wanted to find the space to try:
Santoshima Resident: sharks
Aphrodite Macbain: like what?
Santoshima Resident: urchins,
Santoshima Resident: sea snakes
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Santoshima Resident: various well drawn critters
Santoshima Resident: by an artist in sl who is from Japan
Santoshima Resident: i doubt I'll be abel to try them
Aphrodite Macbain: why? there are many places to rezz atuff
Santoshima Resident: underwater?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. Perfect Paradise is a great place
Aphrodite Macbain: but I suppose you would have to get permissions by becoming a member
Santoshima Resident: i'm not a perfect paradisee
Santoshima Resident: oh i see
Aphrodite Macbain: they have a big beach area with stuff underwater
Aphrodite Macbain: If you wanted to t ry them out
Santoshima Resident: ok, i shall investigate ... it's on the "play" list
Aphrodite Macbain: I know a few other places I can send you LMs for
Santoshima Resident: okie dokie, thank you
Aphrodite Macbain: yw :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: but if it makes you feel isolated and lonely...
Santoshima Resident: that is an indulgence if no one I know is online
Aphrodite Macbain: something SL can do very easily
Aphrodite Macbain: to me anyway
Santoshima Resident: well, the medium is pretty sterile, really
Santoshima Resident: or rather, i guess, it is what you make it ... (what i make it)
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: I go through stages
Santoshima Resident: care to name a few?
Aphrodite Macbain: right now, as I am organizing the solstice celebration, I'm working with lots of people- creative people- and it's fun

A new? Ari

Arisia Vita: greetings all
Aphrodite Macbain: and I feel engaged because I am making connections
Aphrodite Macbain: Ari!
Aphrodite Macbain: welcome
Arisia Vita: ty
Aphrodite Macbain: how you have changed!
Arisia Vita: :)
Santoshima Resident: hi Ari :)
Aphrodite Macbain: who are you now?
Arisia Vita: whoever you wish me to be :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I see you still have a heart. :-)

Arisia Vita: my most important part

Aphrodite Macbain: I'm not sure if I agree with the wizard!
Arisia Vita: then how about this?
Arisia Vita: The heart's size stems from how much you love, its luster from how much you are loved by others. Strive for a heart which is both grand and glorious.
Aphrodite Macbain: sounds a bit better-another great quote from Ari!
Arisia Vita: you two inspire me
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: :)
Arisia Vita: that kind of reminds me of the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz
Arisia Vita: after he got his heart
Aphrodite Macbain: right!
Aphrodite Macbain: and no rust!
Arisia Vita: And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. - The Wizard of Oz.

Houses of safety and solitude

Aphrodite Macbain: I was telling San about the beach in Perfect Paradise and the underwater area
Aphrodite Macbain: where you used to live
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you still inhabit Perfect Paradise?
Arisia Vita: yes
Arisia Vita: though not as often as I'd like
Aphrodite Macbain: do you still have your little underwater house?
Arisia Vita: alas, no, Mira needed the prims
Aphrodite Macbain: she is very prim-hungry ... too bad
Arisia Vita: oh, I still have the house, but in inventory now
Aphrodite Macbain: I had a little house there- made out of leaves and branches
Aphrodite Macbain: now in inventoery :-)
Arisia Vita: it's not where my house is, but how many friends are in it...
Arisia Vita: sounds like Tarzan and Jane's house
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles - it also depends on the size of the house
Arisia Vita: true
Santoshima Resident: { just as an aside, 2/3 of my inventory has recently, mysteriously ... disappeared ...}
Arisia Vita: I bet it returns

Aphrodite Macbain: Did anyone have a tree house when they grew u?
Arisia Vita: I did!
Arisia Vita: and loved it
Arisia Vita: spent many hours there
Aphrodite Macbain: Did you san?
Santoshima Resident: i had cardboard boxed on the ground, they were great fun for a time
Santoshima Resident: as i recall :)
Santoshima Resident: boxes
Arisia Vita: I had that too
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Arisia Vita: shy guys find many ways to enjoy solitude
Aphrodite Macbain: a cozy place to fantasize
Aphrodite Macbain: and bring in safe friends
Santoshima Resident: also a grat firescape tube slide on teh side of a school features large in personal history
Santoshima Resident: solitude is necessary
Aphrodite Macbain: weeeee
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: yes

Equanimity

Arisia Vita: Loneliness is a word to express the pain of being alone... Solitude is a word to express the glory of being alone. - Paul Tillich
Santoshima Resident: what's a word somewhere in the middle?
Aphrodite Macbain: nods. nice distiction
Santoshima Resident: equanimity
Arisia Vita: good question
Aphrodite Macbain: between loneliness and solitude?
Arisia Vita: and you answered it well
Aphrodite Macbain: nice San
Santoshima Resident: ty ... aiming for that
Aphrodite Macbain: nods but both involve being alone

Toes

Arisia Vita: nice toes too San :)
Arisia Vita: and Aph
Santoshima Resident: ah, thought you'd never notice the toes!
Arisia Vita: why do girls paint their toes?
Santoshima Resident: ty
Arisia Vita: so boys will notice
Santoshima Resident: boys and girls, we aim to please
Aphrodite Macbain: thank you. San introduced me to good feet and hands!
Arisia Vita: you succeed
Aphrodite Macbain: no more lumpen limbs
Santoshima Resident: i still think it shoujld be a requirement of "guardianship"
Santoshima Resident: well drawn hands and feet
Aphrodite Macbain: giggles
Aphrodite Macbain: appearance is everything
Santoshima Resident: hmm
Santoshima Resident: everything and nothing ... it's just playing
Santoshima Resident: we're here to learn
Santoshima Resident: i better get ready fro class
Santoshima Resident: good to see you both
Aphrodite Macbain: I like changing my nailpolish colour to match my outfit. Just like playing with dolls
Santoshima Resident: yep, i agree Aph

Arisia Vita: ok, it's been great being with you both
Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks for coming San. Good to see you
Arisia Vita: hope to see you again soon
Santoshima Resident: it's serious play
Aphrodite Macbain: yes!
Aphrodite Macbain: have a great class
Arisia Vita: be well and happy
Santoshima Resident: enjoy the day ~
Santoshima Resident: bfn
Aphrodite Macbain: all good wishes
Aphrodite Macbain: byee
Arisia Vita: bye for a bit
Aphrodite Macbain: Byee