Cry into the Dark

I want to cry and scream loudly, let the whole Second Life hear it. Desert again reaches its own and Angara disappeared without any trace. So, it already looked that the resurrection was coming after certain time and when new buildings and objects filled the sim. New inhabitants and visitors were coming as well. Then, it happened, all is away.

Is it the end of all things?

Satori

Hadžime jori                      From long ago
Au wa wakare                    Thought I had heard to meet
Kikinagara                          Could only mean part

Akacuki širade                    Yet I gave myself to you
Hito o koikeria                    Forgetful of the coming dawn.


(Lesley Downer: The Last Concubine)

The haiku, which I have used as the beginning my today’s contribution, was written by Sachi, heroine of above-mentioned romance, to her lover Shinzaemon. This romance is set in background of old Japan of 19th century. The forbidden love, concubines, shogun, samurais and emperor, this all had to go away. The shogun reign was coming to an end and the Japanese had to forget all these things whatever want or do not want. I read this romance in several portions and it is so far the most interesting, what I read in the last time.

And after that, this experience became an inspiration to find some similar in Second Life. SL Search is certainly the powerful tool, but one does not achieve the aim in the all things. I used the original name of Japan capital – Edo. Of course, when I ignore avatar names, the first position occupied fashion trademark of male wear “Styles of edo”. Btw., it is my favorite. However, it was not matter, because the link to EDO JAPAN sim was in tow. Firstly, I would like to say several words about Edo and then we fly there.

The castle Edo was founded at Musashi plane in 1457, but it became an official residence and capital in year 1603. The shoguns from Tokugawa dynasty governed the whole country till year 1863. The Japanese emperor held a minority role in this time and his court resided in Kyoto. When the emperor came back to the capital after the shogunate extinction, the city bore another name – Tokyo. It means “East capital” and it is till now.

Sim EDO JAPAN is rather the shopping area, but fully inspired by Japanese architecture. What all can anybody buy there?

Hairs LALA Moon trademark Prim Hair Shop
Japanaese furniture from Yamamoto trademark
Kimonos and the relevant accessories from Juno Kobo trademark

and a lot of others.

However, the old Japanese garden hided many of secrets and corners. Lonely kneeling samurai meditated in the shadows of huge sakura (Japanese blowing cherry) and in sunshine. He was protected by a watchtower and does not perceive the surrounding beauty. He thought of the only.


Her name felt on his lips. He called her to myself. However, nobody answered and only old stone lamp was shining into the night darkness.


“Maybe she appears onto water surface”, he said to myself. But only the fishes with sorrow eyes swam lazily in the small lake under sakura and not choppy surface did not tell anything about her.


The night cold drove the samurai to a house neat to fire. He decided to find her in flickering flames without his katanas and waraji.


However, the wood cracking in fire slowly cradled his mind, which dropped in beneficial sleep, and with it the whole body too. Maybe dream brings something so long desired.


The morning dawn rays wake all living creatures and also samurai up. The bird song floated in the air and bells jingle of the harness was listening. She is coming …

World Builder

The last two days, I have been somewhat full of positive and strong emotional impressions both in Real Life and Second Life. Originally, I have wanted to write about something other, what is related to just my experience in RL, but I have received another impulse from my friend Zuza on Facebook.

What we are able to do each other? Are we able to make concessions? Such questions maybe impress as a social cliché, but I think that everybody ask oneself a questions.

So, what do loving men make for her love? Look till end.

Second Life 13

So-called “the lost worlds” always attracted me. There were ones lost in time depth, when the dinosaurs disappeared forever and when the big civilizations went down. It was either decline of the Roman Empire in a blaze of its glory or disappearance of the mythical Atlantis somewhere in the deep of the oceans.

There were also the worlds lost in space, in the infinite universe distances or just in the deep of the oceans of our blue planet Earth.

I visited such world in Second Life too. Pteron, lost city in the sea, place for meditation and calm. It is a place of the curious temples, towers and objects over and under the see surface.

The second place is not sure either lost world or lost time. It is one of the most prestige American university – The Standford University in state California near well-known Silicon Valley. Stanford is unusual among great universities in having seven schools on one campus: Humanities and Sciences, Law, Medicine, Business, Earth Sciences, Engineering and Education. We, in Czech Republic, have to only dream about that, because Charles University in Prague (see left column on the page at the bottom for English info) and also Masaryk University in Brno and their schools (faculties) are fragmented over whole cities.

Of course, The Stanford University does not miss in Second Life. The Stanford University Libraries island contains resources and exhibits for the various Stanford Libraries. The library part has fascinating design and neighboring tower is interesting to explore.

SLurls: Pteron, Stanford University Libraries


(Sources: Koinup.com, Stanford University)

1.000.000 L$ in ¾ Hour!

Today I have received a short notice into my Email. It was about one event, which has taken place in SL yesterday. The whole article about it is on The Secondlife Newspaper. I have to share it with you.

The charity is not only a domain of the real life, but there are several charity forms in Second Life, e.g. the help to poor people in the third world, the distance child adoption or the help to AIDS patients. I wrote about this here. There is also the form of sims sponsoring through avatar donation and it is a case of yesterday event.

As you can see on the picture, this situation has appeared 15 minutes later after the opening the clothing fair at an archipelago of 9 sims. In that time there were about 300 avatars. While there was the dance party in the middle sim, the total sim donation achieved 1.000.000 lindes during only 45 minutes! Incredible!

And what can you find there? Women and men clothes, shoes, fashion generally, fashion in Gothic, Neko, Mediaeval of Victorian style or you can hunt tresures.

Be careful, the sim, mostly the middle one, is often full. Therefore, it is necessary to decrease amount of your accessories, etc. to move friendly. But of course no nudity!

SLurl: The Mediterranean Sea

(Source: The Secondlife Newspaper)

Welsh Lakes Video

Yesterday I have introduced one sim and today I add nice video to that.



(Sources: Koinup.com, YouTube.com)

Second Life 12

So, I am back here again with some interesting SL places, which are interesting for me and I hope also for you. During time, I have collected many SLurls due to Koinup.com projects. Thus, I have used them, have looked on these sims and have made several amateur pictures.

Holt

The sim is not too special for anything. It is a residential zone. However, there is a small moyen-âge castle that should be to see. Try small pillow to meditation as me. You will be guard by the knight and the lonely tree in wilderness.

Snow Crash

However, the castle here is huge and extensive. You will hard sweat before climb up. The castle looms on cliff high over stormy ocean. Some dragoon guards by the see surface and mysterious wizard is in elevation. Perhaps, only room with gothic window pressures to contemplation.

Tayaila

The third castle lies on snowy Tayaila sim. Three woman prophets with a mysterious chalice protect the castle secret. Time as if have stopped here and white horse has stagnated in time and space vainly seeking your way under falling snowflakes. Some piece of rock could be an answer.

Welsh Lakes

I would like to present the most beautiful sim at the end. The sim name could suggest that there is landscape with many lakes like in real Wales, but it is not true. The whole sim is covered by snow and terrain has different vertical distance. It is really work of art in the minimalist style. Look the pictures and resigned yourself to that.

SLurl: Holt, Snow Crash, Tayaila and Welsh Lakes

Reincarnation

Unreal thing became real one! Outlines and shapes are coming up from depth of desert sand. Some lonely group is waiting by fire.

Recently I have written about Angara and at the same time I have said goodbye. Never I would think that after so short time Angara is appearing in its all beauty. Of course, this process is not fast. You cannot build the new world in one day, but all is probably on the right way. There is the first building on the sim –shop of PXD Toxic mark. So, your favorite dresses and accessories are back.

New address is following: SLurl

And time is stopped

Sometimes there is need to stop in time or in space, both in our real and the second, the virtual. To sit everywhere and to meditate. The weather outside is just fit for that. (Note: There is bad weather now in my country. It is overcast and rainy).

So, I have also sat down today and have read my Emails. There was one tip, some beautiful in Second Life again. It was a video from SL. I am always fascinated that somebody can achieve and make such a thing and with smooth camera.

Go and get lost in time and space depth somewhere or other in Africa. Let absorb by picture and music in Ancient Mother.

And what’s about the deep of no explored seas and oceans, where there is life under and over mantle of ice. All Aristotle elements – fire – earth - air – water – will battle in Remain Untamed.

Ordinary thing can look drearily as well like in the last movie Ordinary Can Be So Dreary.

Lyric Lundquist is the author of all and I recommend you watch them in high quality on YouTube.

(Sources: YouTube, New World Notes)

The Lost World

Something is changed. I fell it in my bones. Nothing is like was. The places once known do not exist. The places once beautiful disappeared in desert dust. Who is staying there? Only they, who created these places. Survivors. Maybe they are enriched by something. Feelings. Experiences. History became legend. Legend became myth.

These words sound rather pessimistic. But what one thinks oneself, when he/she hears that something is already not or it will be not. Destruction, ruin and sorrow. Angara has passed out of his existence today.

Desert has absorbed everything. Only wailing wind is spreading and moving grains of sand. Runway with an aircraft is vainly waiting for passengers. I am also vainly watching for wanderers in desert. Nobody is coming.

It remains only hope that one day the city comes up from desert and an ancient glory will be restored. I believe.