Dear Reader

Well, having just hit 12k page turns on this little blog...(which needs a bit of work, I know). ..it's always interesting to know if its just one mad person looking 12,000 times at my musings.....or 12000 people who mistakenly came across my blog and immediately left....




So I thought it only right that I share some statistics courtesy of StatCounter. com (thanks boys) and it seems that altho a lot of my readers are English...there are all sorts of nationalities stumbling upon these words.

One person in a boat off the west coast of Africa....wow....who are YOU??




and, I understand ....19% of you spend more than 20 minutes reading my stuff ....hmmm...I think that might be a mistake, either by Statcounter, or a mistake by the culprits... :)) altho...there are over 500 posts now...most of them a bit dull, it's true.... but a few gems inbetween. ...maybe I should do a ..."best of..."

hmmm... only trouble is, I'd have to read thro them all...lol... I do have a life...

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Poetik, summer circus

Well, I popped over to Poetik's Summer Circus and was slightly surprised at the way things turned out.

I had an innocent ride on an elephant before I hopped on the merry-go-round horses... hmmm, not what I had expected..

Luckily (?) no harm befell me ...... the work of Nur Moo..

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Jeanni Nishi skin

I really love this skin by Jeanni Nishi, a virtual sister, its got a pale green hue, quite subtle and, of course, I blogged the free eyes which you are welcome to help yourselves to....

The headdresses have sold well, and it's time for me to make some new. The hair is Deviant Kitties... slightly messed about with by me...

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ColeMarie Soleil, another great piece.

Well, she's a lady I have blogged often in these pages, dear Reader, and that is no surprise for those who know her.

In my last post for Koinup, OMNIBUS, I wrote "I'd encourage anyone, if I could, to keep on making images of Avatars as Avatars...the fake human ones are OK too...but these ones are almost documenting a new phase in our mental pioneering... we are the pioneers of Virtual Existence, and potentially the Avatarness Researchers."

That was before I had seen the wonderful documentary (my choice of word, altho ColeMarie would agree) by the talented Colemarie Soleil....

Her video is a perfect example of what I meant in my Koinup blog.

Using SL to build a poor duplicate of "real life" is such a complete waste of time compared to the exploration and documentation of this new phase of psychic research.

Look inside yourself, that's where the exciting stuff is happening, and, if you can...make images that record what you see. It gives the visual arts a whole new meaning, they become historical documents.

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Magoo Soup on Thursday

Well, more of a stew really...
I have been invited, along with some pretty cool folk to show a piece at the new show opening Thursday, 6th August at Soup Magoo.

The idea is that all the people who didn't get to win the BiW competition should strut their stuff courtesy of Mab MacMoragh....aided and abetted by monCherrie AfterThought...

Now the official opening is Saturday.... and its called SLon des Refuses

"Opening Reception: Monday, Aug 10, 7PM SLT, with a special performance by Tuna Oddfellow"

These are the cool people showing....quite a list I think..... its at Soup Magoo.... Magoo (161,155,71) IM me for an LM if you can't find it yourself...


socks clawtooth
sowa mai
banrion constantine
ally aeon
nessuno mayoo
elros tuominen
soro nishi
robin moore
strawberry holiday
klink epsilon
azdel slade
corcosman voom
tsui yamabushi
hollow prim
dekka raymaker
penumbra carter
shellina winkler
man michinaga
monet destiny
sunn thunders
scotsgraymouser janus
cinco pizzicato
arm strom
ford herberie
four yip
shirley marquez

omg... hope I haven't forgottten anyone...

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Skin for sale

Well, I got it together at last after several requests my Grid Skin is now for sale at my place

It's copy/mod ...any probs, (there is a bulk permissions bug for those of you who are blissfully unaware..:)))) ...just IM me..

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VISUAL Narrative

Now it's always great to resolve stuff in your head, no matter how long it takes, and, sometimes it takes me a while. i have said before, it may take me a while but I get there in the end....

What's this about? Well, a while back I had a long exchange with Alpha concerning "Narrative" after my post called "Narrative is primary....I have my doubts". My concern was that too many words are used to "sell" pieces instead of letting the eyes do the talking.

In a recent excellent post by Alpha on NPIRL blog in which she talks of Selavy's work (02.05.08, I'm a longtime fan).
Alpha makes it a lot clearer that she means Visual Narrative..... Now...the addition of the word visual to narrative has that Zen thing going where the contradiction takes the idea to a new level.... one I can totally relate too. The post is very much a 'must read" for people interested in art, I think.

I was also pleased as punch to find out that she hates interactive stuff too ...."The whole web is a dump site of "interactive" art installations" (Alpha)... because I was starting to think I was becoming a morose misanthrope...hehehhehe


Anyway...all this has happened just a few days after my latest build which is now finished and open for your amusement should you wish to visit.... (SLURL).... and, it was during the making of the piece that I realised what Alpha (and Bettina) were trying to describe....













No words were harmed in the making of this piece ... I may even called it "Untitled"... just to reinforce my recent berating of the verbal outpourings of "immersive" art..

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