2015.01.17 14:00 - Guardian Session: Seven Heavens and Second Winds

Guardian session was attended by nine avatars today...
Ari, Bruce, Eden, Eos, Eliza, Agatha, Riddle, Ari,  and Ewan. :)

Eliza: Hi Bruce and Agatha :)
Bruce: Heya, Eliza. Heya, aggers.
Eliza adjusting lighting
Bruce: :)
Bruce: I must have my lighting set permanently.  I never see anything but mid-day.
Bruce: (since I changed to SL viewer.)
Eliza: It shows up for me differently depending on setting, and Eliza hasn't been on much since switching computers.... yes, different viewer and keyboard too
Bruce nods.
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Liz and Brucie
Eliza: Hello :)
Bruce: Howdy do.
Eliza: I'm checking chatlog settings too, before everyone arrives and meeting begins, brb
Bruce: kk.
Bruce: np.

Agatha Macbeth: Hey diddle diddle here comes Riddle
Bruce: Heya Riddle.
Riddle Sideways: Hi everyBody
Eliza: Hi Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: who is Blub's friend?
Bruce: That is McBlubson.
Riddle Sideways: or is it an alt blub?
Agatha Macbeth: I can see Edie nearby
Bruce: (Blub's son.)
Eliza: Blub is a dad?
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Ewan
Bruce: Heya, Ewan!
Eliza: Hi Ewan, ltns
Ewan Bonham: Hi there friends!
Ewan Bonham: Having a hard time sitting here, but I can stand...:)
Riddle Sideways: Hey Ewan
Bruce: Move more toward us.
Eliza: it may be because of the sim boundary
Bruce: You're staning in no man's land.
Bruce: standing*
Eliza: :)
Bruce: You should be fine now, Ewan.
Bruce: Heya, Eden.
Eliza: Hi Eden :))
Riddle Sideways: hi eden
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Edie dear
Eliza: skating?
Ewan Bonham: yay!
Bruce: Heya, Eos.
Agatha Macbeth: So good to see you
Eliza: Hi Eos :))
Agatha Macbeth: And Eos(ess) too
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Gang!
Eliza: It is skating season, isn't it....hm
Bruce: yeppers.
Eliza: will have to dig out my blades
Eden Haiku: Hi everyone :;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Ari :)
Eliza: Hi Ari :)
Bruce: Heya, Ari.
Ari: greetings all!
Bruce: wb, Riddle.
Eos Amaterasu: symmetry

Eliza: lovely to see you all. Any life updates to share? (forgive me if typing is slower than usual since I'm on a PC keyboard that my fingers aren't used to ^^)
Riddle Sideways: back from da crash
Eos Amaterasu: (wonders why E is on pc)
Bruce: This is .... ELEPHANTASTIC !!
Bruce:               _____
Bruce:             /  0        \____
Bruce:           /   _    \__/         \
Bruce:          /  /  \      ____     I  \
Bruce:         /_/      I    I       I    I
Bruce:                    I__I       I__I
Bruce: Heya, Qt.
Ari: welcome qt
Eliza: Hi Qt :)
Qt Core: Hi all
Agatha Macbeth: Sera QT
Eos Amaterasu: Hi qt, ari, riddle
Riddle Sideways: hi qt
Ewan Bonham: Hi QT
Bruce loves Apple keyboards.
Eliza: long story, Eos :)
Agatha Macbeth: William Tell would have had one
Bruce: :)
Eliza smiles
Eos Amaterasu: (will have to wait for a camp fire, E :-)
Eliza: :))
Bruce: or maybe he would have used the Apple keyboard for target practice.
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed
Eos Amaterasu: he nicked the apple
Ewan Bonham: Lol
Agatha Macbeth: Or dropped it on Newton
Eos Amaterasu: made him think different
Agatha Macbeth: 'Oi get outta me tree'
Qt Core: (luckily the guy wasn't under a coconut...
Bruce: "Outside the crate" as it were.
Eos Amaterasu: it must be high or low
Eliza: hahah.... don't mind me
 

Beginning...

Eliza: Shall we begin with what there is to begin?
Agatha Macbeth: We don't x
Ewan Bonham: We all seek No Mind...
Bruce: yes, let's start.
Eos Amaterasu: ponders that koan
Eliza: So Aph sent an email that she can't make it today... but in general she is coordinating April's poetry event
Bruce: Yes, thanks for mentioning that, Eliza.
Eliza: and doesn't want it to get too bogged down, which is why we're starting planning rather early
Agatha Macbeth fiddles with her lighting
Agatha Macbeth: Good idea
Eliza: Bruce, do you know if there is anything in particular she wanted to bring up about it?
Bruce: Nope.
Eliza: Or a theme?
Bruce: Just to be sure to mention that folks are invited to bring poems,
Eliza: It will be year 7 for PlayasBeing
Bruce: either of their own or someone else's that they could read.
Agatha Macbeth: Seventh heaven
Eos Amaterasu: itch
Eliza: :)

Ewan Bonham: Will there be some folks who will be featured ..or listed as readers? Or is it just an open mic?
Eliza: If like last time, we'd plan ahead
Bruce: Probably just an open mic, but we'd need to check with Aph on that.
Agatha Macbeth: What's that?
Bruce: anyone can get up and read...
Agatha Macbeth: Oh
Eliza: Probably have a list in order to keep the time manageable, then if there was surplus, others could read in addition?
Bruce: but I'm pretty sure that Aph would like to know in advance who's intending to be there.
Eliza: yes
Eden Haiku: yes, good idea.
Bruce: Yes, good point, Eliza.
Agatha Macbeth: Would this be voice or text?
Ewan Bonham: Should we make a list now?
Bruce: for me, probably both.
Bruce: last time we did it, it was in voice.
Eos Amaterasu: Commercial for the number 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GksEo8EDXiE
Eliza: voice encouraged, text mandatory along with
Agatha Macbeth nods
Bruce: Yes, having text of the poem being read is always good.
Bruce: (or usually good).
Eden Haiku: yes, voice is great for poetry readings,
Eliza: I still have Eden reading PaB Cafe on my ipod ^^
Eden Haiku: Oh wow, blushing ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Must be wonderful
Bruce: [I keep revising my old sonnets -- and reading them again at PaB anniversaries.]
Bruce: Mostly written thirty years ago.
Agatha Macbeth loves a Brucie sonnet
Bruce: ty
Riddle Sideways: nothing like a good old sonnet
Bruce blushes.
Eliza: yes, really nice

Eliza: another thing that is encouraged and planned ahead for, is whether some would like a stage setting, or picture displayed
Agatha Macbeth: We could use the theatre?
Eden Haiku: Should you choose a theme maybe?
Eliza: but we can't make a list here because not everyone in the group attends. I think Aph is keeping a list of everyone who wants to be involved
Eos Amaterasu: poem specific setting?
Ewan Bonham: Can we read poems written by others?
Bruce: for sure you can read others' poems.
Eliza: we were in the molecule theater last time, and some had picture backdrops
Riddle Sideways: can you read on a Vespa
Eliza: :))
Bruce: ha ha!
Eliza: or in a house ... with a mouse
Agatha Macbeth: Relativity
Eden Haiku: I always love Riddle's questions :-)
Eliza: so what do we think about themes?
 

Settling on the theme, which eventually comes back to Agatha's first thought (above)...

Riddle Sideways: a seven theme?
Ewan Bonham: Hmmm... something on Love?
Eden Haiku: Yep, a seven theme would be good. Tell us about it Riddle?
Bruce ponders a "7 theme."
Agatha Macbeth: 7 up
Eden Haiku: LOL
Riddle Sideways: not knowing ...  probably "7" dictorations hanging around
Eden Haiku: Pschttt, pschtt...
Agatha Macbeth sniffs
Eliza: 7 lines, or 7 words...
Qt Core: 7 sins ?
Eliza: heheh
Eden Haiku: From nines to sevens
Agatha Macbeth: Isn't that a bit restricting?
Riddle Sideways: 7 line Koans?
Eden Haiku: mathematocal poetry
Eliza: 7 words would be for sure, restricting
Bruce: 7 swans a-swimming?
Eliza laughs
Agatha Macbeth pulls Brucie's antlers
Bruce ouch.
Eliza: love might be too big a theme, and 7 words too small
Eden Haiku: Exactly
Eos Amaterasu: 7 plus or minus 2
Agatha Macbeth: Strike a happy medium
Bruce: :)
Qt Core: writing in septenaries (or whatever english call 7 syllables lines
Bruce: 3 1/2 ?
Eden Haiku: Could be seven strophes too...
Qt Core: or seven books
Eos Amaterasu: seventh heaven
Eden Haiku: I like 7th heaven as a theme...
Agatha Macbeth: Moi aussi
Eliza: It gives something to play with
Ewan Bonham: Nice
Bruce: 7 chakras?
Eden Haiku: Rich of possibilities
Bruce: nods.
Bruce: 7th Heaven is nice.
Riddle Sideways: 7 dwarfs
Eliza grins
Bruce loves primes.
Eden Haiku: Pokes Riddle
Eliza now has a chakra map with labels like sneezy and dopey on it
Bruce: Yikes!
Agatha Macbeth: Figures...
Eliza shakes image from her mind
Agatha Macbeth watches the image drop on the floor
Eden Haiku: hihi
Bruce ponders mind-image broken into seven pieces.
Bruce: afk for just a sec.  brb.

Eliza: :) Okay, so Aph will probably be happy that we've made a little headway with the event. Should we continue to keep this session time to talk about it until the day approaches?
Agatha Macbeth: Mind the squirrels
Eliza: and emails of course
Eden Haiku: Stairway of seven steps to heaven,,,
Agatha Macbeth: Good idea Liz
Eliza: if we need more time, we can have weekly meetings instead of twice monthly
Agatha Macbeth: Good idea
Eden Haiku: Yes, this seems to be a good time.
Ewan Bonham: Yes, this is a better time for me..
Eliza: It would be good for Storm to give some times to meet in the molecule too, to make sure all the tech things are in order
Eliza: permissions etc
Eliza: and "friends of Playasbeing" are welcome to join and read too
Eliza: but may need to partner w a guardian to build things
Eos Amaterasu: Seven faced marble eye transitory dream doll
Eliza: :)
Eliza: hm...other items...

Eden Haiku: Can't wait to hear you poem Eos,!
Eos Amaterasu: (that was from a Grateful Dead lyric)
Eden Haiku: Oh!
Eliza: maybe songs should be welcome too
Bruce: This is an excellent time for moi.
Ewan Bonham: Yes, Songs and sing alongs...
Eos Amaterasu: songs, yes (someone observed songs are slowed down speech)

Bruce reads back to see what he missed whilst grabbing coffee.
Eliza: singing round the campfire...
Eliza: we are having very few sessions these days, does anyone have thoughts on that?
Bruce: KOMM BAEEE YAAAAA.
Eden Haiku: What are the other items Eliza?
Bruce: Kori and I just had a half-session.
Bruce: I iwll post it after this metg.
Eliza: just the few sessions and Aph has asked to know if there are topics people would like. We do have a long list of topics on the wiki, but I think she meets pertinent things now, or basic directions

Eliza: On Thursdays we haven't had topics beforehand but pretty pleasant chats with a little bit of themeishness
Agatha Macbeth grins
Riddle Sideways: Aph gets attendance probably because of the emailing the topic days ahead.
Ewan Bonham: Topics sometimes help with focus..
Bruce loves theme-ish-ness.
Ewan Bonham: If people feel they can come away with some gems due to focus, they may come back..
Bruce: (better than the meishness.)
Eliza: Aph is good with topics. when I name one ahead of time I get attached to it and a little pushy :))
Agatha Macbeth: You pushy?
Bruce: a little pushing is sometimes good, Eliza.
Eliza: not sure how often it comes across, but yeah... like a classroom :P
Agatha Macbeth: An apple for the teacher

Eden Haiku: I miss the silly times of PaB: onigokko, Moon's forests and all the silliness...
Agatha Macbeth: Agreed. Sillyness rocks
Eliza: yeah.... and Friday play days. Hard to plan though
Eden Haiku: I miss the Finnish people in Pab ...
Agatha Macbeth: I only remember two :p
Eden Haiku: Fael and Moon and Suzi and others I forgot the names. Then one who had children, a baby...
Agatha Macbeth: FC
Ari: Star
Eliza: lots has changed in SL and by effect, in PaB
Eden Haiku: Star!
Agatha Macbeth: Ripples
Eliza nods
Eden Haiku: Yes... sorry to sound so nostalgic...
Bruce: Vorder Forder is from Iceland.
Agatha Macbeth: Nostalgic is good
Eliza: not at all.... I think we all think about things like that
Eliza: because there is that magic balance maybe?
Eliza: people who play in SL then that spills into pab or other focuses?
Agatha Macbeth: Wheels within wheels maybe
Eliza: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Windmills of the PaB
Eos Amaterasu: playing with sense of forward experiment
Eliza: hmm
Eliza: forward experiment sounds nice
Agatha Macbeth: Hmm
Eden Haiku: Hummm
Eliza: :) singing happening already
Eos Amaterasu: Winnie would approve
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed

Eden Haiku: WE need to find our second wind maybe, for the 7th anniversary?
Riddle Sideways: Sun would approve
Eliza nods enthusiastically and has been watching weather closely
Agatha Macbeth: Second wind makes me think of mah jong for some reason
Ewan Bonham: I also have a suggestion...
Eden Haiku: A forward experiment of our new selves?
Ewan Bonham: Is this the time for suggestions?
Eliza: sure Ewan
Riddle Sideways: sure
Ewan Bonham: What about posting notecards through our group and other groups?
Eliza: what kind?
Ewan Bonham: For events that may be open for newcomers..
Ewan Bonham: Such as this poetry event or other events that may draw folk who might be interested in PaB
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, do we have any?
Agatha Macbeth: Oh right
Eliza: I think giving notecards is a nice idea, if people are also involved in other groups
Eliza: I received a notecard today about a religions conference I've attended the last few years in UUtopia... am going to add it to the log for those interested
Eliza: so along those lines?
Ewan Bonham: yes..
Eliza: so in general it is nice to share invitations with friends
Ewan Bonham: Yes
Eos Amaterasu: intersecting circles
Eliza: for weekly chats, I'm not sure.... I'd only invite if there was a particular thing going on that seemed to fit that group or person
Ewan Bonham: Nod
Riddle Sideways: Friends of PaB is a rather large group.  send postcards there
Eliza: :) post cards
Agatha Macbeth: Wish you were here
Eliza: I like that.... you're right, maybe we don't "check in" enough
Riddle Sideways: love that song
Eliza: simply and sweetly say hello
Agatha Macbeth: Hello ♥
Eliza: ♥ ♥ ♥
Eliza: ♥ ♥ ♥
Ewan Bonham: Hello
Bruce: Hello
Eden Haiku: :-)
Eliza: wish you were here, and also "we're still here"
Agatha Macbeth: And we are
Eden Haiku: We're still here, indeed...
Eliza: pretty amazing if you think about it
Agatha Macbeth nods
Eden Haiku: It is!
Agatha Macbeth: Maintaining a presence so to speak
Ewan Bonham: Yes
Riddle Sideways: still here and as fresh as 3-day old bread
Agatha Macbeth: Crunch
Eliza: better to make pudding with, or croutons
Eden Haiku: All these Monday mornings and Tuesday mornings conversations throughout the years...and Friday sessions and guardians meetings...
Agatha Macbeth: And all the other stuff
Eliza: mhm... and perhaps remembrance of some taste of something special that keeps one ear open for the invitation to come
Eden Haiku: dancing and balloons and music and so on...
Eliza: :) and skating
Eden Haiku: And skating and snowing and all sorts of transportations: flying carpets and so on...
Bruce loved Bleu's art projects....
Eden Haiku: Chairs and doubles and paintings and sculptures!

Eliza: I guess art project can be incorporated with poetry as one option this time around
Agatha Macbeth: Oh my
Eden Haiku: That would be great!
Bruce: Our projects from the last time are sill in the dome, right?
Eliza: I was walking around the last projects the other day
Bruce: wow.
Eliza: the large eggs are still displayed... dream eggs
Bruce: This is .... ELEPHANTASTIC !!
Bruce:               _____
Bruce:             /  0        \____
Bruce:           /   _    \__/         \
Bruce:          /  /  \      ____     I  \
Bruce:         /_/      I    I       I    I
Bruce:                    I__I       I__I
Riddle Sideways: many are fun to sit in
Agatha Macbeth: Elephantastic
Eliza: little heavens
Bruce makes note to return to dome.
Eliza: good to stir up creative juices
Eden Haiku: Yepp!!
Agatha Macbeth: And simmer gently
Agatha Macbeth: For 7 years

Eliza: everyone should feel welcome to send emails or notices to the group and say they'd like to meet to play with project ideas or build together or work on poetry together
Eliza: there was a group like that in SL for a while, that had no plan at all, just met to work on disparate things, side by side, for a few hours
Eliza: share with one another or not...sort of a virtual cafe for focus :)
Bruce nods.
Bruce listens.
Eden Haiku: Likes the idea of a virtual cafe a lot...
Eliza: it worked well... I attended a few times
Eliza: the main thing I guess was that someone took the time to shout out
Eliza: where they'd be and at what time
Eliza: no pressure
Eden Haiku: Ah! tha'ts nice and easy...
Eliza: 5 Bells could work that way sometimes?
Eden Haiku: Sure!
Agatha Macbeth: Haven't been there for ages
Eden Haiku: That,s the Pub right?
Eliza: yes
Agatha Macbeth: There's Sun's place too
Eliza: lonely cat there by now
Agatha Macbeth: Aww
Agatha Macbeth: Wonder if she has a bus pass
Eliza: Bella has probably drunken all the kegs..
Eden Haiku: Went to play with Bella a few times...
Eliza: :)
Eliza: or a nondual railroad pass
Agatha Macbeth: That too
Bruce: ;)
Riddle Sideways: went there too, but the darts game is rigged
Eliza: it is?
Riddle Sideways: only Storm can win :)
Eden Haiku: Ah! Ah!
Eliza: ha ha..

Eliza: ah one more thing today.... Our calendar on the wiki has some names of people I don't think are hosting anymore but haven't made a announcement about that... am not sure if no one is coming or if there is no host or both - have to send some notes... but if anyone meets with paradise or cal, runs into them wandering about, please ask...
Agatha Macbeth: Haven't seen either for a long time
Bruce: I see Cal every Wednesday... could pass along the message.
Eliza: thanks Bruce
Bruce: (Original Face group).
Eos Amaterasu: we here are 9
Eliza: wonderful, that meeting has been going on consistently for a while
Agatha Macbeth: Ach 9
Eos Amaterasu: we here are no
Eliza: oh, so we are :)
Bruce: We've been meeting for almost four years.
Agatha Macbeth: Yes I'm glad Darren is back too
Bruce: Yes!  Dareen is WELL....
Bruce: Darren*
Eliza nods....has posted some sessions for the 1am time
Agatha Macbeth: Yay!
Bruce: and his friend Ava has now joined the group (from Australia).
Agatha Macbeth: Strewth
Bruce: YAYY!
Eliza: great :)

Eliza: I think that's it for now everyone...
Eliza: unless any questions or things to bring up?
Eden Haiku: Thank you Eliza ;)
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe it's Mira's alt <chortle>
Eliza: Thanks for being here Eden
Eliza: And everyone
Agatha Macbeth: Yay great to see you Edie
Eden Haiku: A pleasure to see you all ...
Ewan Bonham: Nice being with you all.
Riddle Sideways: thanks everyBody
Eliza: really appreciate friends' presence
Eos Amaterasu: yes, thnx all!
Ari: great seeing everyone again
Bruce: Thanks, Eliza.
Eden Haiku: Bye, have a great week end! See you soon I hope...
Agatha Macbeth: Presence of Being ;-)
Eliza: see you in two weeks if not before then
Bruce: Thank you, everyone for coming and joining in.
Eden Haiku: Skating away....
Eliza: <3
Eliza: :)) will ask Storm about ice
Agatha Macbeth: Bit late!
Ewan Bonham: Bye for now..
Agatha Macbeth: Brucie has shrunk

Agatha Macbeth: Got the log okay Liz?
Eliza: yes but ugh shows with stamps again
Eliza: not sure why, when I thought I'd clicked not to
Agatha Macbeth: Let me check mine

THANK YOU -again- AGATHA!